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Line Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Line object that you can use in page reports and web reports.

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 Report Shows 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
Bottom Attach Pos XPage Report, Web Report Specifies the horizontal coordinate for the bottom end point of the line (or right end point if the line is horizontal) in the involved banded panel.

When you exchange the top and bottom end points, this property applies to the bottom end point after the exchange.

Data type: Float

Bottom Attach Pos YPage Report, Web Report Specifies the vertical coordinate for the bottom end point of the line (or right end point if the line is horizontal) in the involved banded panel.

When you exchange the top and bottom end points, this property applies to the bottom end point after the exchange.

Data type: Float

Top Attach Pos XPage Report, Web Report Specifies the horizontal coordinate for the top end point of the line (or left end point if the line is horizontal) in the involved banded panel.

When you exchange the top and bottom end points, this property applies to the top end point after the exchange.

Data type: Float

Top Attach Pos YPage Report, Web Report Specifies the vertical coordinate for the top end point of the line (or left end point if the line is horizontal) in the involved banded panel.

When you exchange the top and bottom end points, this property applies to the top end point after the exchange.

Data type: Float

CSS
ClassPage Report, Web Report Specifies 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 Specifies 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 ExcelPage Report, Web Report Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output.

Data type: Boolean

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

Data type: Boolean

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

Data type: Boolean

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

Data type: Boolean

Export to Report ResultPage Report, Web Report Specifies 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 at runtime.

Data type: Boolean

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

Data type: Boolean

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

Data type: Boolean

InvisiblePage Report, Web Report Specifies whether to hide the object in the design area and in the report. Logi Report Engine performs all calculations that involve the object regardless of whether the object is visible or not.

Data type: Boolean

Record LocationPage Report, Web Report Specifies the calculation point for the properties of the object that are controlled by formulas. 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

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

Data type: Boolean

Excel
Bottom Attach ColumnPage Report, Web Report Specifies the X coordinate for the lower right corner of the object in the Excel output, measured in cells. This property takes effect when you set Columned of the page report tab or web report to "true".

Data type: Float

Bottom Attach RowPage Report, Web Report Specifies the Y coordinate for the lower right corner of the object in the Excel output, measured in cells. This property takes effect when you set Columned of the page report tab or web report to "true".

Data type: Float

Top Attach ColumnPage Report, Web Report Specifies the X coordinate for the upper left corner of the drawing object in the Excel output, measured in cells. This property takes effect when you set Columned of the page report tab or web report to "true".

Data type: Float

Top Attach RowPage Report, Web Report Specifies the Y coordinate for the upper left corner of the drawing object in the Excel output, measured in cells. This property takes effect when you set Columned of the page report tab or web report to "true".

Data type: Float

Line Property
Enable Bottom ArrowPage Report, Web Report Specifies whether to use an arrow as the bottom end of the line (or right end if the line is horizontal). When you exchange the top and bottom ends, this property applies to the bottom end after the exchange.

Data type: Boolean

Enable Top ArrowPage Report, Web Report Specifies whether to use an arrow as the top end of the line (or left end if the line is horizontal). When you exchange the top and bottom ends, this property applies the top end after the exchange.

Data type: Boolean

Line ColorPage Report, Web Report Specifies the color of the line. 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

Line StylePage Report, Web Report Specifies the style of the line. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Line ThicknessPage Report, Web Report Specifies the thickness of the line. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float

Accessibility
External CSS Class SelectorQuery Page Report Specifies 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

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

Data type: String

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

Data type: String

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

Data type: String

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