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OLE Object (Multimedia Object) Properties
This topic lists the properties of an OLE Object, that is a Multimedia Object. The availabilities of the properties vary for the supported report types: Page Report and Web Report.
| Property Name | Available For | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Class Type | Query Page Report | Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only. |
| Instance Name | Query Page Report | Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only. |
| Geometry | ||
| Height | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the height of the object. Type a numeric value to change the height.
Data type: Float |
| Width | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the width of the object. Type a numeric value to change the width.
Data type: Float |
| X | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. This property is ignored if the Position property is set to static. Type a numeric value to change the position.
Data type: Float |
| Y | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the vertical coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. This property is ignored if the Position property is set to static. Type a numeric value to change the position.
Data type: Float |
| Color | ||
| Background | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color.
Data type: String |
| CSS | ||
| Class | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies a CSS class to be applied to the object which is a valid class in the CSS file.
Data type: String |
| Style | Page Report, Web Report | The property can be used in two ways.
Data type: String |
| Others | ||
| Export to CSV | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output of the report.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to Excel | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output of the report.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to HTML | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to include the object in the HTML output of the report.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to PDF | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to include the object in the PDF output of the report.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to PostScript | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output of the report.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to Report Result | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to include the object when previewing the report in Page/Web Report Result and running the report in Page/Web Report Studio.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to RTF | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to include the object in the RTF output of the report.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to Text | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to include the object in the Text output of the report.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to XML | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output of the report.
Data type: Boolean |
| Invisible | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report result. All formulas and calculations will still be performed if the property is set to true.
Data type: Boolean |
| Position | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the position of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Record Location | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the calculation point for the properties of the object which are controlled by formulas. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Suppress | Query Page Report | Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report result. All formulas and calculations will be skipped if the property is set to true.
Data type: Boolean
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| Suppress When No Records | Query Page Report | Specifies whether to display the object in the report result when no record is returned to its parent data component.
Data type: Boolean |
| Excel | ||
| Column Index | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the X coordinate of the object relative to its parent container when exported to Excel or CSV, measured in cells. The Columned property at the page report tab or web report level must be set to true for this property to take effect.
Data type: Integer |
| Row Index | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the Y coordinate of the object relative to its parent container when exported to Excel or CSV, measured in cells. The Columned property at the page report tab or web report level must be set to true for this property to take effect.
Data type: Integer |
| Border | ||
| Border Color | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the color of the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color.
Data type: String |
| Border Thickness | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the width of the border. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.
Data type: Float |
| Bottom Line | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the line style of the bottom border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Left Line | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the line style of the left border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Right Line | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the line style of the right border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Top Line | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the line style of the top border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Object Settings | ||
| Access Key | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the accelerator key for the object.
Data type: String |
| Alternate Text | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the text will be displayed instead if the object cannot be displayed.
Data type: String |
| Archive | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the character string that can be used to implement your own archive functionality for the object.
Data type: String |
| Class ID | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the class identifier of the object.
Data type: String |
| Code Base | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the base path used to resolve relative URIs specified by the Class ID and Archive properties. When null, its default value is the base URI of the current report.
Data type: String |
| Declare | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to make the current object definition a declaration only. The object must be instantiated by a subsequent object definition referring to this declaration.
Data type: Boolean |
| Horizontal Space | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the horizontal margin for the object.
Data type: Float |
| Name | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the name of the object.
Data type: String |
| Stand By | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the message to be displayed while the object is being loaded.
Data type: String |
| Tab Index | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the index that defines the tab order for the object.
Data type: Integer |
| Title | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the tip information of the object, which will be displayed when you hover the mouse pointer over the object after the report is exported to HTML or Page Report Result.
Data type: String |
| Use Map | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the URL, often with a bookmark extension (#name), to use as a client-side image map.
Data type: String |
| Value Type | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) type of the object.
Data type: String |
| Vertical Space | Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the vertical margin for the object.
Data type: Float |
| Accessibility | ||
| External CSS Class Selector | Query Page Report | Specifies a class selector to be applied to the object when exported as HTML. Type a valid class name from the CSS file.
Data type: String |
When you set both the Invisible and Suppress properties of an object to true, Suppress has the higher priority.