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User-Defined Object (UDO) Properties

This topic describes the properties of a User-Defined Object (UDO) that you can use in query-based page reports only.

A UDO has special properties defined by users. The properties listed in the Report Inspector correspond with the ones defined in your UDO programs. The following shows the default properties.

Property Name Description
General
Class Type Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Instance Name Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Geometry
Height Specifies the height of the object. Type a numeric value to change the height.

Data type: Float
Width Specifies the width of the object. Type a numeric value to change the width.

Data type: Float
X 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 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 Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String

Foreground Specifies the foreground color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list or select Custom to customize a color. You can also use a formula or edit an expression that returns a color, or type a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000) to specify a color.

Data type: String

CSS
Class 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 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, and there are styles in the style group that are applicable to the object.

Data type: String
Others
Export to CSV Specifies whether to include the object in the CSV output of the report. If it is set to true, only the text value will be included.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Excel Specifies whether to include the object in the Excel output of the report. If it is set to true, only the text value will be included.

Data type: Boolean
Export to HTML Specifies whether to include the object in the HTML output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PDF Specifies whether to include the object in the PDF output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PostScript Specifies whether to include the object in the PostScript output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Report Result Specifies whether to include the object when previewing the report in Page Report Result and running the report in Page Report Studio.

Data type: Boolean
Export to RTF Specifies whether to include the object in the RTF output of the report.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Text Specifies whether to include the object in the Text output of the report. If it is set to true, only the text value will be included.

Data type: Boolean
Export to XML Specifies whether to include the object in the XML output of the report. If it is set to true, only the text value will be included.

Data type: Boolean
Invisible 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 Specifies the position of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Record Location 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 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 Specifies whether to display the object in the report result when no record is returned to its parent data container.

Data type: Boolean
Excel
Column Index 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 is "true" and Position of the object is not "static".

Data type: Integer
Column Number Specifies the number of columns which will be the object's width in the Excel output. The Columned property at the report tab level must be set to true for this property to take effect.

Data type: Integer
Row Index 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 is "true" and Position of the object is not "static".

Data type: Integer
Row Number Specifies the number of rows which will be the object's height in the Excel output. The Columned property at the report tab level must be set to true for this property to take effect.

Data type: Integer
Font
Bold Specifies whether to make the text bold.

Data type: Boolean

Font Face Specifies the font of the text. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Font Size Specifies the font size of the text. Type an integer value to change the size.

Data type: Integer
Italic Specifies whether to make the text italic.

Data type: Boolean

Accessibility
External CSS Class Selector 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

Note icon Logi Report UDO does not support RTF and PDF outputs. That is, when exporting to RTF and PDF, a report with a UDO may not be rendered correctly. However, there is no such problem for HTML and PostScript.

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Properties of the Built-in UDOs

Logi Report provides you with two built-in UDOs: JHyperLink and JRotator, the properties of which are as follows

JHyperLink

It operates in a similar way to the hyperlink in an HTML file (only for Windows NT). See its special properties below:

Property Name Description
Others
Auto Fit Specifies whether to adjust the width and height of the object according to the contents.

Data type: Boolean

Display Value Specifies the displayed text of the hyperlink. This property has lower priority than Display Image.

Data type: String

Enable Hyperlink in Excel Specifies whether to enable the hyperlink in the Excel output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Enable Hyperlink in HTML Specifies whether to enable the hyperlink in the HTML output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Enable Hyperlink in PDF Specifies whether to enable the hyperlink in the PDF output of the report.

Data type: Boolean

Executer Class Name If the specified URL is linked to a .rst file - the result file for the Logi Report Result export format, you should select jet.udos.RPTExecuter. For other links, use jet.udos.IEExecuter.

Data type: String

Horizontal Alignment Specifies the horizontal justification of the content in the JHyperLink container. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

HTML Style Specifies the CSS style of the JHyperLink in HTML output and in Page Report Studio. The value is a String value containing only the body part of a CSS style definition. Make sure that you provide the right CSS style string.

For Example, if a full style definition is:

style="text-decoration:underline;color:#ffc800;font:italic small-caps bold 12pt serif;"

you need only type the content in the quotation marks as the HTML Style value:

text-decoration:underline;color:#ffc800;font:italic small-caps bold 12pt serif;

Data type: String

Target Specifies the window or frame at which to target contents. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • blank - Loads the linked document into a new blank window. This window is not named.
  • self - Loads the linked document into the window in which the link is selected (the active window).
  • parent - Loads the linked document into the immediate parent window of the active window. If there is no parent window, the active window is used.
  • top - Loads the linked document into the topmost window.

Data type: Enumeration

Tooltips Text Specifies the tool tip that displays when you hover over the JHyperLink in Designer view mode, in HTML output, or in Page Report Studio.

Data type: String

URL Specifies the URL for accessing the linked file or website page.

Data type: String

Vertical Alignment Specifies the vertical justification of the content in the JHyperLink container. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Word Wrap Specifies whether to enable the word wrap function of JHyperLink in the exported files.

Data type: Boolean

Image
Alternate Text Specifies the text you want to show instead when the image cannot display.

Data type: String

Display Image Specifies the local path of the image displayed for the hyperlink (like a hotspot in HTML). This property has higher priority than Display Value.

Data type: String

Original Specifies from where the image is fetched when viewing or running the report on Server.

This property has following two options:

  • true - If selected, the image will not be delivered when publishing the report to Server. Server will find the image from the local directory specified by the property Display Image when you view the report.
  • false - If selected, the image will be delivered when publishing the report to Server. Server will obtain the image from the Server side when you view or run the report.

Data type: Boolean

Accessibility
External AccessKey It is mapped to the HTML attribute accesskey. This attribute specifies an access key to the object.

Data type: String
External CSS Class Selector 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

HrefLang It is mapped to the HTML attribute hreflang. This attribute specifies the base language of the resource designated by a link and may only be used when a link is specified.

Data type: String

Example:

Insert two JHyperLink UDOs, and specify the following:

  • URL: http://www.jinfonet.com
    Display Value: go here.
  • URL: C:\docword.txt
    Display Value: abc
    Display Image: C:\LogiReport\Designer\Demo\SampleReports\Coffee.jpg

When you point your mouse at either UDO, a hand will show you that it is a hyperlink. By selecting it, you will be taken to the destination. The application launched to open it (the linked file) is from your Windows NT system. If Display Value and Display Image both have been specified, the image has the higher priority to be displayed.

JRotator

It is a built-in UDO that can be rotated. Text and images can be held in JRotator. See its special properties below:

Property Name Description
Others
Display Image Specifies the local path of the image displayed in the JRotator. This property has higher priority than Display Value.

Data type: String
Display Value Specifies the text displayed in the JRotator. This property has lower priority than Display Image.

Data type: String
Horizontal Alignment Specifies the horizontal justification of the text in the JRotator container. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Rotate Specifies the angle at which to rotate the JRotator, in degrees.
  • 0 - No rotation.
  • positive value - Rotates the JRotator clockwise.
  • negative value - Rotates the JRotator anticlockwise.

Data type: Integer
Vertical Alignment Specifies the vertical justification of the text in the JRotator container. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

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