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Group Footer Panel Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Group Footer Panel object in a banded 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. This property is read only.
Data Inherit Query Page Report Shows whether the object inherits dataset from another object. This property is read only.
Dataset Query Page Report Shows the dataset the object applies. 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

Color
Background Page Report, Web Report Specifies the background color or fill effect of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color in the color palette, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For a page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression to return a color.

Data type: String
CSS
Class Page 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
Style Page 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 above 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
Cross Page Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether the panel can be split across a page break in the report result.
  • true - Select to split the panel across a page break when it exceeds the page height.
  • false - Select to display the panel on the next page when it spans a large space vertically and cannot completely show on a page.

This property cannot take effect if you disable Page Layout for the report, meaning, the report is in continuous page mode.

Data type: Boolean
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 you preview the report in Page Report Result for a page report or Web Report Result for a web report in Designer, and when users run the report at runtime.

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
Fill Whole Page Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to extend the panel to the bottom of the page in the report result, so that the next panel starts on a new page.

Data type: Boolean
Invisible Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to hide the object in the design area and in the report result. Logi Report Engine performs all the calculations that involve the object regardless of whether the object is visible or not.

Data type: Boolean
Label Page Report, Web Report Specifies the tool tip you want to display for the panel when you hover over the left edge of the panel in the design area. Type a string to change the label.

Data type: String
Merge to Next Panel Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to merge the panel into the next panel in the Excel output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
On New Page Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to start the panel on a new page in the report result. The default behavior (the property being "false") is to start the panel on a new page only when the previous page is filled. This property cannot take effect if you disable Page Layout for the report, meaning, the report is in continuous page mode.

Data type: Boolean
Record Location 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.
  • default - Select to calculate the values of the properties in the default location where the object is placed.
  • page header - Select to calculate the values of the properties in the banded page header panel.
  • page footer - Select to calculate the 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

Show Bottom Line Query Page Report Specifies whether to add a horizontal line at the bottom of the panel in the report result.

Data type: Boolean
Suppress Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to suppress the object in the design area and in the report result. If you suppress an object, Logi Report Engine skips all formulas and calculations that involve the object.

Data type: Boolean

Note icon When you set both the Invisible and Suppress properties of an object to "true", Suppress has the higher priority.
Suppress Blank Panel Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to exclude the panel in the report result when it contains no data.

Data type: Boolean
Suppress When No Records Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to exclude the object in the report result when no record is returned to its parent data component.

Data type: Boolean
Underlay Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to layer the panel beneath the next panel in the banded object. This property is read only for the banded group footer panel, meaning, the panel cannot be underlaid.

Data type: Boolean
Border
Border Color Page Report, Web Report 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, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For a page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression to return a color.

Data type: String
Border Joint Page Report, Web Report Specifies the joint style for the border lines of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • miter - Select to join path segments by extending their outside edges until they meet.
  • round - Select to join path segments by rounding off the corner at a radius of half the line width.

Data type: Enumeration
Border Thickness Page Report, Web Report Specifies the width for the border of the object. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float
Bottom Line Page Report, Web Report Specifies the line style for the bottom border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Left Line Page Report, Web Report Specifies the line style for the left border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Radius Page Report, Web Report Specifies the radius for the joint of the border lines, which takes effect when Border Joint is "round". Type a numeric value to change the radius.

Data type: Integer
Right Line Page Report, Web Report Specifies the line style for the right border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Top Line Page Report, Web Report Specifies the line style for the top border of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Accessibility
External CSS Class Selector Query Page Report Specifies the name of the Class Selector for the object in the HTML output of the report.

Data type: String
External ID Query Page Report This property is mapped to the HTML attribute id, as specified by w3.org.

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
Language Query Page Report This property is mapped to the HTML attribute lang, as specified by w3.org.

Data type: String

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