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Home > Report Builder > Objects > Properties

Properties 

Objects themselves each have their own set of properties provide the flexibility to customize the way objects appear and function.

Below is a list of the properties used by VisitorRego.NETs report builder the objects they apply to, and their purpose:

Name

Applies To 

 Purpose

Appearance

 

 

    BackColor

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Picture, Shape, Rich Text Box

Defines the background colour used by the object e.g. a label with a black backColor will appear as a black square.

    Forecolor

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

Used to define the Colour of text for an object e.g. an object with a ForColor of green will have green text.

    CanGrow

Text Box, SubReport

Controls wether an object can grow based on the amount of text contains within it.

    CanShrink

Text Box, SubReport

Controls wether an object can shrink based on the amount of text contains within it.

    LineColor

Line

Specifies what colour is used by a line.

    LineStyle

Shape, Line

Changes the visual style of a like object e.g. solid line or doted line.Controls the thickness of a given line.

    LineWeight

Shape, Line

Controls the thickness of a given line.

    Style

Shape

Specifies the actual shape used by the shape object e.g. square. 

Data

 

    Checked

Check Box

    DataField

Text Box, Check Box, picture, Rich Text Box, SubReport

Specifies the name of a data field from the VisitorRego.NET database to pull data from to use in a report.

    DistinctField

Text Box

    Text

Label, Text Box, Check Box

Dictates what text to is to be used by the object e.g. a Text Box with the Text property of "Name" would Read Name.

    DataBound

Rich Text Box

Data Summary

 

 

    SummaryFunc

Text Box

     SummaryRunning

Text Box

Design

 

 

    (Name)

All

Designates the name of the object has to be unique.

    (Name)

All

    Type

All

Displays what the object is e.g. Text Box, Image, or Label.

    Visible

All

Controls weather an object is visually present on the report if not then it will not be displayed.

    Enabled

PageBreak

    KeepTogether

PageBreak

    NewPage

PageBreak

Specifies if a break will separate material onto a new page upon printing.

Format Text

 

 

    OutputFormat

Text Box

Dictates how data is formatted by an object e.g. weather a set of numbers is ether a currency or a percentage.

    CheckAlignment

Check Box

Controls where in an object a check box is located e.g. if set to middle right then the check box will be centred vertically on the right hand side of the object.

    MultiLine

Rich Text Box

Allows an object to contain multiple lines of text.

    RightToLeft

Label, text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

Controls weather text is inverted for sites in countries that read from right to left.

    TextAlign

Label, Text Box

Specifies how text is positioned in the object e.g. Top Left or Middle Right.

    TextFont

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

Holds many of the options for controlling the appearance of an objects text.

          Name

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

Holds the font name used by the text of an object.

          Size

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

Controls the text size used by an object.

          Unit

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

          Bold

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

Controls wether an objects text is bolded true meaning that it is bold.

          GdiCharSet

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

          GdiVerticalFont

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

          Italic

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

Controls wether an objects text is italicized true meaning that the text is in italics.

          Strike Out

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

Controls wether an objects text has a dash running through it true meaning that the text is striked out.

          Underline

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Rich Text Box

Controls wether an objects text is underlined true meaning the text is underlined.

    WordWrap

Label, Text Box

Specifies that if a word would extend past the boundaries of an object that it would instead be placed on a new line in the object.

Image

    Image

Picture

Controls what image file the picture object uses e.g. VisitorRegoLogo.jpg.

    PictureAlignment

Picture

Defines where the image is placed from within the object e.g. top left or bottom right.

    SizeMode

Picture

Controls how the image is displayed in the object i.e. shrunk to fit within the object or cropped.

Layout

    Height

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Picture, Shape, Rich Text Box, SubReport

The amount of space an object consumes vertically.

    Left

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Picture, Shape, Rich Text Box, SubReport

The distance an object is from the left hand side of the report.

    Top

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Picture, Shape, Rich Text Box, SubReport, PageBreak

The distance an object is from the top of the report.

    Width

Label, Text Box, Check Box, Picture, Shape, Rich Text Box, SubReport

The amount of space an object consumes Horizontally.

    X1

Line

Specifies where on the report a line starts horizontally.

    X2

Line

Specifies where on the report a line ends horizontally.

    Y1

Line

Specifies the vertical position of X1 on a report.

    Y2

Line

Specifies the vertical position of X2 on a report.






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