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Shape Map Editor Dialog Box

You can use the Shape Map Editor dialog box to create and edit shape maps in a report. This topic describes the options in the dialog box.

Designer displays the Shape Map Editor dialog box when you select Insert > Map > Shape Map, or drag the Shape Map icon from the Components panel to the report destination, or right-click a shape map and select Format Shape Map from the shortcut menu.

You see the following options in the dialog box:

Menu

• File
  • Open
    Select to import a .shp or .xml file which contains some area information to the map object.
  • Save
    Select to accept and save the changes on the map object.
  • Save As
    Select to save the map object to an .xml file with the name you specify.
  • Canvas Setup
    Select to open the Shape Map Canvas Setup dialog box to change the width and height of the map object.
  • Close
    Select to close the dialog box.
• Edit
  • Undo
    Select to reverse a previous action.
  • Redo
    Select to redo an action.
  • Cut
    Select to erase an object and place it in the clipboard.
  • Copy
    Select to copy an object and place it in the clipboard.
  • Paste
    Select to take an object from the clipboard and place it into the map object.
  • Delete
    Select to delete the specified object.
  • Insert Mode
    Select to change the dialog box to the Insert Mode, in which you can add areas into the map manually; if you unselect the option, the dialog box is in the Edit Mode, in which you can edit areas as required.
  • Reset All
    Select to open the Reset All dialog box to reset the properties for the map areas including the labels and summary fields inside the areas globally.
  • Hide Duplicate Labels
    Select to only display the label and summary field for the biggest area for map areas that have the same name.
• View
  • Show Area Inspector
    Select to show the Map Area Inspector panel in the Shape Map Editor dialog box.
  • Show Area Labels
    Select to show labels and summary fields in the map areas in the Shape Map Editor dialog box.
• Insert
  • Background Image
    Select to specify an image as the background of the map object.
  • Match Background Image
    Designer enables this option when the size of the background image is not the same as that of the map object. You can select it to resize the map object to make it match the size of the background image.
  • Label
    Select to insert a label to the map object.
  • Line
    Select to insert a line to the map object.
  • Bind Data
    Select to open the Shape Map Data Binding Wizard dialog box to bind a dataset to the map object.
• Format
  • Conditional Formatting
    Select to open the Shape Map Area Conditional Formatting dialog box to add conditional formats to the map areas.
  • Align
  • Left
    Select to align the content in the specified object to the left boundary of the object.
  • Center
    Select to align the content in the specified object to the center of the object.
  • Right
    Select to align the content in the specified object to the right boundary of the object.
  • Justify
    Select to adjust the horizontal spacing so as to align the content evenly along both the left and right margins in the specified object.
  • Text Style
    • Bold
      Select to make the text in the specified object in bold style.
    • Italic
      Select to italicize the text in the specified object.
    • Underline
      Select to add a horizontal line under the text in the specified object.
• Help
  Select to view information about the dialog box.

Toolbar

You see the following commands on the toolbar:

• Open
  Select to import a .shp or .xml file which contains some area information to the map object.
• Save
  Select to accept and save the changes on the map object.
• Canvas Setup
  Select to open the Shape Map Canvas Setup dialog box to change the width and height of the map object.
• Cut
  Select to erase an object and place it in the clipboard.
• Copy
  Select to copy an object and place it in the clipboard.
• Paste
  Select to take an object from the clipboard and place it into the map object.
• Delete
  Select to delete the specified object.
• Undo
  Select to reverse a previous action.
• Redo
  Select to redo an action.
• Insert Mode
  If selected, the dialog box is in the Insert Mode, in which you can add areas into the map manually; otherwise, the dialog box is in the Edit Mode, in which you can edit areas as required.
• Line
  Select to insert a line into the map object.
• Bind Data
  Select to open the Shape Map Data Binding Wizard dialog box to bind a dataset to the map object.
• Font Face box
  Select the font face of the text in the specified object.
• Font Size box
  Select the font size of the text in the specified object.
• Bold
  Select to make the text in the specified object in bold style.
• Italic
  Select to italicize the text in the specified object.
• Underline
  Select to add a horizontal line under the text in the specified object.
• Background Color
  Select to specify the background color of the specified object in the color palette.
• Foreground Color
  Select to specify the foreground color of the specified object in the color palette.
• Conditional Formatting
  Select to open the Shape Map Area Conditional Formatting dialog box to add conditional formats to the map areas.
• Left
  Select to align the content in the specified object to the left boundary of the object.
• Center
  Select to align the content in the specified object to the center of the object.
• Right
  Select to align the content in the specified object to the right boundary of the object.
• Justify
  Select to adjust the horizontal spacing so as to align the content evenly along both the left and right margins in the specified object.

Map Area Inspector

The panel lists the objects in the shape map in a tree structure and the properties of the objects.

Search icon

Select to open the search box to search for properties of the selected object. To start searching, type the text you want to search for in the search box and Designer lists the properties containing the matched text. Designer closes the search box when you select another object.

You can make use of the following options in the search box:

• Drop-down icon
  Select to list more search options.
  • Highlight All
    Select to highlight all matched text.
  • Match Case
    Select to search for text that meets the case of the typed text.
  • Match Whole Word
    Select to search for text that looks the same as the typed text.
• Delete icon
  Select to close the search box and cancel the search.

The following shows the properties of the Area, Label, Summary and Line objects of a shape map in the Map Area Inspector panel.

Area Properties

Property Name	Description
General
Class Type	Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Data Inherit	Indicates whether the dataset for this object is inherited from another object. This property is read only.
Dataset	Indicates the dataset used by the object. This property is read only.
Instance Name	Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Use Global Setting	Specifies whether to apply the settings that you have set globally for all the map areas to this object. true - Select to apply the global settings for the object. All the properties for the object become read only then. false- Select to edit the properties of the object separately. Data type: Boolean
Area
Alternate Text	Specifies the tip of the area, which displays when the report users hover the mouse pointer over the area in HTML output or in Page Report Studio. This property takes effect only when you have set Alternate Content Type on the map object to "customized" and the area has data. Data type: String
Detail Report	Specifies the detail report to link the object to. Select the ellipsis button in the value cell to set the detail report. For more information, see Linking to a Detail Report. Data type: String
Fill Color	Specifies the color with which to fill the area which has records. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Link	Specifies to link the object to another report, a website, an e-mail address, or a Blob data type field. Select in the value cell to set the link target. For more information, see Adding Links in Reports. Data type: String
Name	Specifies the name of the area. Data type: String
Shape
Coordinates	Indicates the coordinates of the area for laying out the map. Designer displays the coordinates as: X1,Y1,X2,Y2,X3,Y3... (X/Y: The X/Y coordinate of one of the polygon's corner.) This property is read only.
Type	Indicates the shape of the area. This property is read only.
Boundary
Boundary Color	Specifies the color of the area border. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. Data type: String
Boundary Style	Specifies the line style of the area border. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Boundary Width	Specifies the width of the area border. Type a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Float
Accessibility
External AccessKey	The property is mapped to the HTML attribute accesskey. You can use it to specify an access key to the object. Data type: String
External CSS Class Selector	Specifies a class selector to apply to the object in the HTML output. Type a valid class name from the CSS file. Data type: String
External TabIndex	The property is mapped to the HTML attribute tabindex. You can use it to specify the position of the object in the tabbing order for the current report. Type an integer equal to or greater than 0 and less than 65535. Data type: Integer
External Title	The property is mapped to the HTML attribute title. You can use it to specify the advisory information about the object. Data type: String
HrefLang	The property is mapped to the HTML attribute hreflang. You can use it to specify the base language of the resource which is designated by a link and may only be used when a link is specified. Data type: String

Label Properties

Summary Properties

Line Properties

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