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Multi-Value Container Properties
This topic describes the properties of a Multi-Value Container object, that is, a List or Drop-down List 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 Name | Available For | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Class Type | Query Page Report | Shows the class type of the object. Read only. |
| Data Inherit | Query Page Report | Shows whether the object inherits dataset from another object. Read only. |
| Dataset | Query Page Report | Shows the dataset the object applies. Read only. |
| Instance Name | Query Page Report | Shows the instance name of the object. Read only. |
| Geometry | ||
| Height | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the height of the object. Type a numeric value to change the height. Data type: Float |
| Width | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the width of the object. Type a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Float |
| X | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the object's top left corner, relative to its parent container, when the object is not in static position in the container. Type a numeric value to change the coordinate.
Data type: Float |
| Y | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the vertical coordinate of the object's top left corner, relative to its parent container, when the object is not in static position in the container. Type a numeric value to change the coordinate.
Data type: Float |
| Color | ||
| Background | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies 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 | ||
| Class | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | 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:
To apply the Class Selector in the file to the object, type C in the value cell. Data type: String |
| ID | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the name of the ID Selector to apply to the object, which you define in the CSS file of the style the report applies. For example, to apply the ID Selector in the preceding sample CSS file to the object, type W in the value cell. Data type: String |
| Style | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the style you want to apply to the object. You can specify the style in two ways:
Data type: String |
| Others | ||
| Auto Scale in Number | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to automatically scale the Number values in the object that fall into the two ranges:
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to CSV | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to Excel | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to HTML | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to include the object in the HTML output.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to PDF | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to include the object in the PDF output.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to PostScript | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to Report Result | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | 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 or use the library component at runtime.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to RTF | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to include the object in the RTF output.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to Text | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to include the object in the Text output.
Data type: Boolean |
| Export to XML | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output.
Data type: Boolean |
| Invisible | Query Page 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 |
| Position | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Designer enables this property when the object is in a flow layout container, such as the report body or a tabular cell, text box, or KPI. You can use it to specify the position of the object in the container. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration |
| Record Location | Query Page Report, Web Report | Specifies 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.
See Example 2: Showing a Label on Every Page Except the Last. Data type: Enumeration |
| Suppress | Query Page Report, Web Report | Specifies whether to suppress the object in the design area and in the report. If you suppress an object, Logi Report Engine skips all formulas and calculations that involve the object. This property has higher priority over Invisible. Data type: Boolean |
| Suppress When No Records | Query Page 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 | ||
| Column Index | Query Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the X coordinate of the object relative to its parent container in the Excel and CSV outputs, measured in cells. Data type: Integer
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| Row Index | Query Page Report, Web Report | Specifies the Y coordinate of the object relative to its parent container in the Excel and CSV outputs, measured in cells. Data type: Integer
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| Border | ||
| Border Color | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies 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 Thickness | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the width for the border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.
Data type: Float |
| Bottom Line | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the line style for the bottom border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Left Line | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the line style for the left border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Right Line | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the line style for the right border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Top Line | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the line style for the top border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
| Text Format | ||
| Bold | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to apply bold formatting to the text in the object. Data type: Boolean |
| Font Face | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the font face of the items in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration |
| Font Size | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the font size of the items in the object. Type an integer value to change the size. Data type: Integer |
| Foreground | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies the foreground color of the items in 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 |
| Italic | Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component | Specifies whether to italicize the items in the object. Data type: Boolean |
| Accessibility | ||
| External CSS Class Selector | Query Page Report | Specifies the name of the Class Selector for the object in the HTML output. Data type: String |
| External Style | Query Page Report | This property is mapped to the HTML attribute style, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String |
| External Title | Query Page Report | This property is mapped to the HTML attribute title, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String |
| Language | Query Page Report | This property is mapped to the HTML attribute lang, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String |
This property takes effect when you set the page report tab or web report's