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Banded Object Properties
The Banded Object Properties dialog helps you to edit the properties of a banded object. It contains the following tabs:
OK
Applies the settings and closes this dialog.
Cancel
Cancels the settings and closes this dialog.
Help
Displays the help document about this feature.
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This tab shows some general information of the banded object. See the tab.
Name
Specifies the display name of the banded object, which will be shown on the shortcut menu of the banded object.
Show NLS Value
Specifies to show the translated name of the display name of the banded object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it.
If checked, this option takes effect only when the display name of the banded object is not modified.
Position
Displays the position mode of the banded object. If the banded object is directly contained in the report body, a tabular cell, or a text box, its position mode can be modified.
- Absolute: The banded object's position will be decided by its X and Y property values.
- Static: The banded object will be positioned at the default location in its container. If selected, the X, Y and other position-related properties will be hidden or disabled.
X
Specifies the X coordinate of the banded object, in inches.
Y
Specifies the Y coordinate of the banded object, in inches.
Width
Specifies the width of the banded object, in inches.
Height
Specifies the height of the banded object, in inches.
Background
Specifies the background color of the banded object.
To change the color, select the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog and then specify a new color, or input a color string in the format #RRGGBB. If you want to make the background transparent, input Transparent in the text box.
Border
This tab shows information about borders of the banded object. See the tab.
Color
Specifies the border color. To change the color, select the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog and then specify a new color, or input a color string in the format #RRGGBB.
Width
Specifies the border width in inches.
Top Line
Specifies the style of the top border line.
Bottom Line
Specifies the style of the bottom border line.
Left Line
Specifies the style of the left border line.
Right Line
Specifies the style of the right border line.
Others
You can use this tab to view and configure some miscellaneous settings. See the tab.
TOC Anchor
Specifies whether or not to add the node that represents the banded object to the TOC tree that is displayed in the TOC Browser.
Suppress When No Records
If true and no records are returned to the banded object, the banded object will not be displayed.
Export to XLS
If true, the banded object will be exported when you save the report result as an XLS file (make sure to check Data Format in the Export dialog).
Export to CSV
If true, the banded object will be exported when you save the report result as a TXT file with Delimited Format selected.