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Table Cell Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Table Cell object.

Designer provides some properties only when you use the object in certain report types. You can get details from the Available For column in the property table.

Property NameAvailable ForDescription
General
Class TypeQuery Page ReportShows the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Data InheritQuery Page ReportShows whether the object inherits dataset from another object. This property is read only.
DatasetQuery Page ReportShows the dataset the object applies. This property is read only.
Instance Name Query Page ReportShows the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Geometry
HeightPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the height of the object. Type a numeric value to change the height.

Data type: Float

WidthPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the width of the object. Type a numeric value to change the width.

Data type: Float

Color
BackgroundPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String

CSS
ClassPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the name of the Class Selector to apply to the object, which you define in the CSS file of the style the report applies.

For example, if you define the CSS file as follows:

@charset "GBK";
TextField {Background: #ff0000}
/*Style=LabelX*/
TextField[Style="LabelX"]{Background: #0000FF}
/*ID=W*/
TextField#W{Background: #FFFF00}
/*class=C*/
TextField.C{Background: #00FFFF}

To apply the Class Selector in the file to the object, type C in the value cell.

Data type: String

StylePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the style you want to apply to the object. You can specify the style in two ways:
  • Type the style which should be an Attribute Selector whose attribute is "style" in the CSS file of the style the report applies. For example, to apply the style in the preceding sample CSS file to the object, type LabelX in the value cell.
  • Choose a style from the drop-down list if you have specified the Style Group property for the report tab or web report, and there are styles in the style group that are applicable to the object.

Data type: String

Others
Export to CSVPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the CSV output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to ExcelPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the Excel output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to HTMLPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the HTML output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to PDFPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the PDF output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to PostScriptPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to Report ResultPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object when you preview the report in the Page Report Result format for a page report or Web Report Result for a web report in Designer, and when users run the report in the same format or use the library component at runtime.

Data type: Boolean

Export to RTFPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the RTF output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to TextPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the Text output.

Data type: Boolean

Export to XMLPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to include the object in the XML output.

Data type: Boolean

Horizontal Alignment Page Report, Web Report, Library Component

Specifies the horizontal justification of the content in the cell. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Note icon This property does not take effect, when the Position property of the object in the cell is "absolute".

Joining MergePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to merge all the sequential rows included in the cell vertically in the report.

Data type: Boolean

Record LocationPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the calculation point for the properties of the object that are controlled by formulas. This property takes effect only when the object is in a banded object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • default
    Select to calculate values of the properties in the default location where the object is placed.
  • page header
    Select to calculate values of the properties in the banded page header panel.
  • page footer
    Select to calculate values of the properties in the banded page footer panel.

For more information, see Example 2: Showing a Label on Every Page Except the Last.

Data type: Enumeration

RepeatPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to repeat the content of the cell on every page of the report, when the cell is split into pages.

Data type: Boolean

Suppress When No RecordsPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether to suppress the object in the report when no record is returned to its parent data component.

Data type: Boolean

Vertical Alignment Page Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the vertical justification of the content in the cell. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Note icon This property does not take effect, when the Position property of the object in the cell is "absolute".

Excel
Merged CellPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies whether the cell is also a merged cell in the Excel output, when it displays with its sequential cells as a merged cell in the report. This property takes effect when you export the report to Excel using Report Format.

Data type: Boolean

Border
Border ColorPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the color for the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color in the Pick a Color dialog box. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String

Border ThicknessPage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the width for the border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float

Bottom LinePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the line style for the bottom border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Left LinePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the line style for the left border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Right LinePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the line style for the right border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Top LinePage Report, Web Report, Library ComponentSpecifies the line style for the top border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Accessibility
AbbrQuery Page ReportThis property is mapped to the HTML attribute abbr, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String

AxisQuery Page ReportThis property is mapped to the HTML attribute axis, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String

External CSS Class SelectorQuery Page ReportSpecifies the name of the Class Selector for the object in the HTML output.

Data type: String

External IDQuery Page ReportThis property is mapped to the HTML attribute id, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String

HeadersQuery Page ReportThis property is mapped to the HTML attribute headers, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String

ScopeQuery Page ReportThis property is mapped to the HTML attribute scope, as specified by w3.org. Choose an option from the drop-down list to specify the set of data cells for which the current header cell provides header information in the accessible HTML output.
  • none
    Select it if you do not want to generate this attribute in the output.
  • Column
    Select it if you want the current header cell to provide header information for the rest of the column that contains it.
  • Row
    Select it if you want the current header cell to provide header information for the rest of the row that contains it.

Data type: Enumeration

Note icon For the Table Cell object in web reports and library components, Logi Report Engine can only render the properties that are available in the Web Report Studio Inspector panel at runtime.

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