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Multi-Value Container Properties

This topic lists the properties of a Multi-Value Container object, that is a List or Drop-down List object. The availabilities of the properties vary for the supported report types: Query Page Report, Web Report and Library Component.

Property Name Available For Description
General
Class Type Query Page Report Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Data Inherit Query Page Report Indicates whether the dataset for this object is inherited from another object. This property is read only.
Dataset Query Page Report Indicates the dataset used by 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
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 top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. This property is ignored if the Position property is set to static. Type a numeric value to change the position.

Data type: Float
Y Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the vertical coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. This property is ignored if the Position property is set to static. Type a numeric value to change the position.

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, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns 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:

@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
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 above 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:
  • 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
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:
  • When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Designer applies the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12).
  • When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, Designer uses scientific notation to scale the values.

Data type: Boolean
Export to CSV Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Excel Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to HTML Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the HTML output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PDF Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the PDF output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PostScript Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Report Result Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object when previewing the report in Page/Web Report Result and running the report in Page/Web Report Studio, or when the library component is used in JDashboard.

Data type: Boolean
Export to RTF Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the RTF output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Text Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the Text output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to XML Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Invisible Query Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report result. All formulas and calculations will still be performed if the property is set to true.

Data type: Boolean

Position Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the position of the object. 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.
  • 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

Suppress Query Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report result. All formulas and calculations will be skipped if the property is set to true.

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 When No Records Query Page Report, Web Report Specifies whether to display the object in the report result 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 of the report, measured in cells. This property takes effect only when the Columned property of the report tab or web report is "true" and Position of the object is not "static".

Data type: Integer
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 of the report, measured in cells. This property takes effect only when the Columned property of the report tab or web report is "true" and Position of the object is not "static".

Data type: Integer
Border
Border Color Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the color of the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color.

Data type: String

Border Thickness Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the width of the border. Type a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float

Bottom Line Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style of the bottom border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Left Line Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style of the left border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Right Line Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style of the right border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Top Line Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the line style of the top border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Text Format
Bold Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to make the text bold.

Data type: Boolean

Font Face Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the text font of the items in the multivalue container. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Font Size Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the text font size of the items. Type an integer value to change the size.

Data type: Integer

Foreground Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies the color of the item text. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color. For page report, you can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color.

Data type: String

Italic Query Page Report, Web Report, Library Component Specifies whether to make the text italic.

Data type: Boolean

Accessibility
External CSS Class Selector Query Page Report Specifies a class selector to be applied to the object when exported as HTML. Type a valid class name from the CSS file.

Data type: String

External Style Query Page Report It is mapped to the HTML attribute style. This attribute specifies style information for the object.

Data type: String
External Title Query Page Report It is mapped to the HTML attribute title. This attribute offers advisory information about the object.

Data type: String
Language Query Page Report It is mapped to the HTML attribute lang. This attribute specifies the base language of the object's attribute values and text content.

Data type: String

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