If you open a table-style report created by JReport Designer of a version lower than 8, you may find that the table is actually a banded object, and the columns of the table are organized as a banded column group which may contain one or more columns. The banded column group is displayed as BandedColumnInfos in the Report Inspector by default.
The properties of a banded column group in a page report are:
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Class Type | Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only. | |||
Data Inherit | Indicates whether the dataset for this object is inherited from another object. This property is read only. | |||
Dataset | Indicates the dataset used by the object. This property is read only. | |||
Instance Name | Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only. | |||
Color | ||||
Background | Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, enter a hexadecimal RGB value (e.g. 0xff0000), choose a formula that returns a color, or select Custom from the drop-down list to specify the color.
Data type: String |
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CSS | ||||
Class | Specifies a CSS class to be applied to the object which is a valid class in the CSS file.
Data type: String |
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Style | The property can be used in two ways.
Data type: String |
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Others | ||||
Column Widths | Specifies the column width values, measured in inches. Type the width values delimited by comma. If you want to use the Width property of a column, leave its place blank.
Data type: String |
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Export to CSV | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to CSV.
Data type: Boolean |
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Export to Page Report Result | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Page Report Result.
Data type: Boolean |
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Export to Excel | Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Excel.
Data type: Boolean |
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Pattern | Specifies the style group for the columns.
Data type: String |
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Position | Specifies the position of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration Note: This property only affects objects with a parent container that is the report body, a tabular cell, or a text box. |
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Record Location | Specifies the calculation point for the properties which use formulas. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
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Show Columns | Specifies the columns to be shown in the report result. Type the column mapping names delimited by comma. For example: Shipping Cost, Ship Date, Ship Via, Payment Received.
Data type: String |
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Suppress When No Records | Specifies whether to display the object in the report results when no record is returned to its parent data container.
Data type: Boolean |
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Border | ||||
Border Color | Specifies the color of the border of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, enter a hexadecimal RGB value (0xCCAA00), choose a formula that returns a color, or select Custom from the drop-down list to specify the color.
Data type: String |
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Border Thickness | Specifies the width of the border in inches or centimeters. Enter a numeric value to change the thickness.
Data type: Float |
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Bottom Line | Specifies the line style of the bottom border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
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Left Line | Specifies the line style of the left border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
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Right Line | Specifies the line style of the right border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
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Show Border | Specifies whether to show the border.
Data type: Boolean |
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Top Line | Specifies the line style of the top border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.
Data type: Enumeration |
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Accessibility | ||||
External CSS Class Selector | Specifies a class selector to be applied to the object when exported as HTML. Enter a valid class name from the CSS file.
Data type: String |
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External ID | It is mapped to the HTML attribute id. This attribute specifies a name to the object, which must be unique in the report.
Data type: String |
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Language | 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 |
See the next section for the properties of a banded column.