Filter Control Properties

The Filter Control Properties dialog box is used to edit the properties of a filter control.

There are the following tabs in this dialog box: General, Font, Border and Title.

Applies the settings and closes this dialog box.

Cancel

Cancels the settings and closes this dialog box.

Help

Displays the help document about this feature.

General

This tab shows some general information of the filter control.

Filter Control Properties dialog - General tab

Name

Specifies the name of the filter control.

Show NLS Value

Select this option to show the translated name for the display name of the object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it.

If selected, this option takes effect only when the display name of the object is not modified.

Format

Specifies the field value format in the filter control.

Auto Scale in Number

Specifies whether to automatically scale the values of the field added in the filter control that are of the Number data type when the values fall into the two ranges:

When 1000 <= value < 10^15, the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units are used to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12).
When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, scientific notation is used to scale the values.

By default it is set to auto which means that the setting follows that of the filter control's parent data container. When it is true, the specified format applies to the integer part of the values after scaled, but if the specified format conflicts with Auto Scale in Number, for example, the values are displayed in percentage, then the Auto Scale in Number setting is ignored.

Position

Displays the position mode of the filter control. If the filter control is directly contained in the report body, a tabular cell, or a text box, its position mode can be modified.

Absolute: The filter control's position will be decided by its X and Y property values.
Static: The filter control 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.

Filter On

Displays the fields that the filter control is based on. You can select the button to open the Edit Filter Control dialog box.

Specifies the X coordinate of the filter control.

Specifies the Y coordinate of the filter control.

Width

Specifies the width of the filter control.

Height

Specifies the height of the filter control.

Background

Specifies the background color of the filter control.

To change the color, select the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog box and then specify a new color, or type a color string in the format #RRGGBB. If you want to make the background transparent, type Transparent in the text box.

Foreground

Specifies the foreground color of the filter control.

To change the color, select the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog box and then specify a new color, or type a color string in the format #RRGGBB.

Show Title

Specifies whether to show the title of the filter control.

Font

This tab shows the font-related information of the text in the filter control.

Filter Control Properties dialog - Font tab

Font

Specifies the font face of the text.

Size

Specifies the font size of the text.

Bold

Specifies whether to make the text bold or not.

Underline

Specifies whether the text will be underlined or not.

Italic

Specifies whether to make the text italic or not.

Border

This tab shows information about borders of the filter control.

Filter Control Properties dialog - Border tab

Color

Specifies the border color.

Width

Specifies the border width.

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.

Title

This tab shows information about the title of the filter control. It is available when the Show Title option is selected in the General tab of the same dialog box.

Filter Control Properties dialog - Title tab

Text

Specifies the text of the title.

Auto Map Field Name
Specifies whether to automatically map the title text to the dynamic display name of a field bound with the filter control.