The dialog appears when you right-click a banded object and select Properties from the shortcut menu. It helps you to specify the properties of the banded object and contains the following tabs: General, Border, Export and Others.
OK
Applies the banded object properties and closes this dialog.
Cancel
Cancels the changes and closes this dialog.
Displays the help document about this feature.
Ignores the setting and closes this dialog.
This tab shows some general information of the banded object.
Name
Specifies the display name of the banded object.
Show NLS Value
Specifies to show the translated name for the display name of the banded object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it.
If checked, this option takes effect only when the display name of the banded object is not modified.
Width
Specifies the width of the banded object in inches.
Height
Specifies the height of the banded object in inches.
Background
Specifies the background color of the banded object.
To change the color, click the color indicator to select a color, or click More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog in which you can select a color within a wider range or input a color string in the format #RRGGBB. If you want to make the background transparent, input Transparent in the text box.
This tab shows information about borders of the banded object.
Color
Specifies the border color.
To change the color, click the color indicator to select a color, or click More Colors in the color indicator to access the Color Picker dialog in which you can select a color within a wider range or input a color string in the format #RRGGBB. If you want to make the color transparent, input Transparent in the text box.
Width
Specifies the border width in inches.
Top Line
Specifies the style of the top border line.
Bottom Line
Specifies the style of the bottom border line.
Left Line
Specifies the style of the left border line.
Right Line
Specifies the style of the right border line.
You can use this tab to configure the export settings.
Export to CSV
Specifies whether to include the banded object when you save the report result as a TXT file with Delimited Format selected.
Export to Excel
Specifies whether to include the banded object when exporting the report to Excel.
Export to HTML
Specifies whether to include the banded object when exporting the report to HTML.
Export to PDF
Specifies whether to include the banded object when exporting the report to PDF.
Export to PostScript
Specifies whether to include the banded object when exporting the report to PostScript.
Export to Report Result
Specifies whether to include the banded object in Web Report Studio or when the report is opened in Web Report Result.
Export to RTF
Specifies whether to include the banded object when exporting the report to RTF.
Export to Text
Specifies whether to include the banded object when exporting the report to Text with Delimited Format unselected.
Export to XML
Specifies whether to include the banded object when exporting the report to XML.
You can use this tab to configure other settings.
Suppress
Specifies whether to show the banded object in the report. All formulas and calculations will be skipped if the property is set to true.
Suppress When Empty
Specifies whether to display the banded object in the report when no record is returned to it.
Suppress When No Records
Specifies whether to display the banded object in the report when no record is returned to its parent data component.
Enable Navigation
Specifies whether to enable page navigation on the banded object. If it is set to true, if the banded object contains more than one page, a page navigation bar specific for the banded object will be available right below it. You can use the bar to view the desired pages.
When this property is set to true, you can further specify the height and width of the page for the banded object to display multiple pages, by setting the following two properties. If you later resize the banded object, the two properties will be reset to the resized values.