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Text Box Properties
You can use the Text Box Properties dialog box to edit the properties of a text box. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.
This topic contains the following sections:
OK
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 Tab Properties
This tab shows some general information of the text box.
Name
Specifies the display name of the text box, which will be shown on its shortcut menu.
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 you select this option, it takes effect only when you have not modified the display name of the object.
Vertical Alignment
Specifies vertical justification of the text in the text box.
Vertical Auto Size
Specifies whether to automatically adjust the height of the text box according to the size of the components inserted.
Position
Displays the position mode of the component. If the component is directly contained in the report body, a tabular cell, or a text box, you can modify its position mode.
- Absolute
Logi Report will decide the component's position by its X and Y property values. - Static
Logi Report will position the component at the default location in its container. It will also hide or disable the X, Y, and other position-related properties.
X
Specifies the X coordinate of the text box.
Y
Specifies the Y coordinate of the text box.
Width
Specifies the width of the text box.
Height
Shows the height of the text box.
Background
Specifies the background color of the text box.
To change the color, select the color indicator to bring out 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.
Border Tab Properties
This tab shows information about borders of the text box.
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.
Others Tab Properties
You can use this tab to view and configure some miscellaneous settings.
TOC Anchor
Specifies whether to add the node that represents the text box to the TOC tree in the TOC Browser.
Suppress When No Records
Specifies whether to display the text box in the report result when no record is returned to its parent data component.
Export to XLS
If true, Server will export the component when you save the report result as an XLS file (make sure to check Data Format in the Export dialog box).
Export to CSV
If true, Server will export the component when you save the report result as a TXT file with Delimited Format selected.