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Banded Line Properties
You can use the Banded Line Properties dialog box to update the properties of a line in a banded object. This topic describes the properties in the dialog box.
Server displays the dialog box when you right-click a line in a banded object and select Properties from the shortcut menu.
This topic contains the following sections:
You see these elements on all the tabs:
OK
Select to apply any changes you made here and close the dialog box.
Cancel
Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
Help button
Select to view information about the dialog box.
Close button
Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
General Tab Properties
Specify the general properties of the line.
Name
Specify the display name of the line.
Show NLS Value
Select to show the translated name for the display name of the object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it, and when you have not modified the display name of the object.
Position
Specify the position of the line.
- absolute
Select if you want to use the X and Y property values to decide the line's position. - static
Select if you want to place the line at the default location in its container. Server will hide or disable the X, Y, and other position-related properties.
Top Attach Pos X
Specify the horizontal coordinate of the upper left point of the line in a banded panel. A line can cross panels, and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel.
Web Report Studio only supports horizontal lines and vertical lines, so you need to ensure that the line you draw is horizontal or vertical.
Top Attach Pos Y
Specify the vertical coordinate of the upper left point of the line in a banded panel.
Bottom Attach Pos X
Specify the horizontal coordinate of the lower right point of the line in a banded panel.
Bottom Attach Pos Y
Specify the vertical coordinate of the lower right point of the line in a banded panel.
Line Properties Tab Properties
Specify the line properties.
Line Color
Specify the color of the line.
To change the color, select the color indicator. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value to specify a color, for example, #9933ff.
If you want to make the color transparent, type Transparent in the text box.
Line Thickness
Specify the thickness of the line.
Line Style
Select the style of the line.
Suppress When No Records
Select if you want to hide the line in the report when no record returns to its parent data component.
Export Tab Properties
Configure the export settings.
Export to CSV
Select if you want to include the object in the Text output with Delimited Format.
Export to Excel
Select if you want to include the object in the Excel output.
Export to HTML
Select if you want to include the object in the HTML output.
Export to PDF
Select if you want to include the object in the PDF output.
Export to PostScript
Select if you want to include the object in the PostScript output.
Export to Report Result
Select if you want to include the object when opening the report in Web Report Result.
Export to RTF
Select if you want to include the object in the RTF output.
Export to Text
Select if you want to include the object in the Text output without Delimited Format.
Export to XML
Select if you want to include the object in the XML output.
Excel Tab Properties
Configure the settings for the Excel output.
Specify the X coordinate of the lower-right corner of the line in the Excel output, measured in the number of cells.
Specify the Y coordinate of the lower-right corner of the line in the Excel output, measured in the number of cells.
Specify the X coordinate of the upper-left corner of the line in the Excel output, measured in the number of cells.
Specify the Y coordinate of the upper-left corner of the line in the Excel output, measured in the number of cells.