Table Cell Properties

This topic describes the properties of a Table Cell 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, Library Component	Specifies the height of the object. Type a numeric value to change the height. Data type: Float
Width	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the width of the object. Type a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Float
Color
Background	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, 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, 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
Style	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
Export to CSV	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	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	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	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	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	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	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 or use the library component at runtime. Data type: Boolean
Export to RTF	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	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	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output of the report. Data type: Boolean
Horizontal Alignment	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the horizontal justification of the content in the cell. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration This property does not take effect, when the Position property of the object in the cell is "absolute".
Joining Merge	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to merge all the sequential rows included in the cell vertically in the report result. Data type: Boolean
Record Location	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	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
Repeat	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to repeat the content of the cell on every page of the report result, when the cell is split into pages. Data type: Boolean
Suppress When No Records	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether to exclude the object in the report result when no record is returned to its parent data component. Data type: Boolean
Vertical Alignment	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies the vertical justification of the content in the cell. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration This property does not take effect, when the Position property of the object in the cell is "absolute".
Excel
Merged Cell	Page Report, Web Report, Library Component	Specifies whether the cell is also a merged cell in the Excel output of the report, when it displays with its sequential cells as a merged cell in the report result. This property takes effect only when you export the report to Excel using Report Format. Data type: Boolean
Border
Border Color	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, 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 Thickness	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	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	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	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	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
Accessibility
Abbr	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute abbr, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String
Axis	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute axis, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String
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
Headers	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute headers, as specified by w3.org. Data type: String
Scope	Query Page Report	This property is mapped to the HTML attribute scope, as specified by w3.org. Choose an option from the drop-down list to specify the set of data cells for which the current header cell provides header information in the accessible HTML output of the report. none - Select it if you do not want to generate this attribute in the output. Column - Select it if you want the current header cell to provide header information for the rest of the column that contains it. Row - Select it if you want the current header cell to provide header information for the rest of the row that contains it. Data type: Enumeration

Note icon For the Table Cell object in web reports and library components, Logi Report Engine can only render the properties that are available in the Web Report Studio Inspector panel at runtime.

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