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DBField
The properties of a DBField object are:
| Property Name | Description |
|---|---|
| General | |
| Display Name | Specifies the display name of the object.
Data type: String |
| Instance Name | Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only. |
| Geometry | |
| Height |
Specifies the height of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the height.
Data type: Float |
| Width | Specifies the width of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the width.
When the DBField is in a crosstab, it is available only when the DBField is used as aggregate field.
Data type: Float |
| X | Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. Type a numeric value to change the position in inches. Not available when the DBField is in a crosstab.
Data type: Float |
| Y | Specifies the vertical coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. Type a numeric value to change the position in inches. Not available when the DBField is in a crosstab.
Data type: Float |
| Color | |
| Background | Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.
Data type: String |
| Foreground | Specifies the foreground color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.
Data type: String |
| Text Format | |
| Auto Fit | Specifies whether to adjust the width and height of the object according to the contents. For performance concern, it is recommended that you do not set both Auto Fit and Word Wrap to true when the DBField is in a crosstab.
Data type: Boolean |
| Auto Scale in Number | The property is available when the object is of the Number data type. It specifies whether to
automatically scale the object values that fall into the two ranges:
The option "auto" means that the property setting follows that of the object's parent data container. Data type: Boolean |
| Bold | Specifies whether to make the text bold.
Data type: Boolean |
| Font Face | Specifies the font of the text. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Font Size | Specifies the font size of the text. Type an integer value to change the size.
Data type: Integer |
| Format | Specifies the display format of the text in the report result. It varies with data type and can be manually defined. Not available when the DBField is in a crosstab.
Data type: String Notes:
|
| Horizontal Alignment | Specifies the horizontal justification of the text in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Italic | Specifies whether to make the text italic.
Data type: Boolean |
| Strikethrough | Specifies whether to add a strikethrough line to the text.
Data type: Boolean |
| Underline | Specifies whether to underline the text.
Data type: Boolean |
| Vertical Alignment | Specifies the vertical justification of the text in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Word Wrap | Specifies whether to wrap the text to the width. For performance concern, it is recommended that you do not set both Auto Fit and Word Wrap to true when the DBField is in a crosstab.
Data type: Boolean |
| Border | |
| Border Color | Specifies the color of the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to define a color in the Color Picker dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.
Data type: String |
| Border Thickness | Specifies the width of the border in inches. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.
Data type: Float |
| Bottom Line | Specifies the line style of the bottom border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Left Line | Specifies the line style of the left border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Right Line | Specifies the line style of the right border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Top Line | Specifies the line style of the top border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Padding | |
| Bottom Padding | Specifies the space between the text and the bottom border of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the padding.
Data type: Float |
| Left Padding | Specifies the space between the text and the left border of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the padding.
Data type: Float |
| Right Padding | Specifies the space between the text and the right border of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the padding.
Data type: Float |
| Top Padding | Specifies the space between the text and the top border of the object, in inches. Type a numeric value to change the padding.
Data type: Float |
| Others | |
| Display Null | Specifies the string to be displayed if the field value is null. Data type: String |
| Export to CSV | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to CSV.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to Excel | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Excel.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to HTML | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to HTML.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to PDF | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to PDF.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to PostScript | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to PostScript.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to Report Result | Specifies whether to include the object in Web Report Studio or when the report is opened in Web Report Result.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to RTF | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to RTF.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to Text | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Text.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to XML | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to XML.
Data type: Boolean |