Line

The properties of a line object in a page report are:

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
Bottom Attach Pos X Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the bottom right point of the line in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel.

Data type: Float

Bottom Attach Pos Y Specifies the vertical coordinate of the bottom right point of the line in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel.

Data type: Float

Top Attach Pos X Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the top left point of the line in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel.

Data type: Float

Top Attach Pos Y Specifies the vertical coordinate of the top left point of the line in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel.

Data type: Float

CSS
Class Specifies a CSS class to be applied to the object which is a valid class in the CSS file.

Data type: String

Style The property can be used in two ways.
  • Specifies a style to be applied to the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list which is available when a Style Group has been selected at the report tab level and when there are styles in the Style Group that can be applied to the object, or type in the style name.
  • Specifies a CSS selector to be applied to the object. Enter a valid class name from the CSS file.

Data type: String

Others
Export to Page Report Result Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Page Report Result.

Data type: Boolean

Export to Excel Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Excel.

Data type: Boolean

Invisible Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report results. All formulas and calculations will still be performed.

Data type: Boolean

Record Location Specifies the calculation point for the properties which use formulas. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • Default - The values of the properties are calculated in the default location where they are located.
  • Page Header - The values of the properties are calculated in the page header.
  • Page Footer - The values of the properties are calculated in the page footer.

Data type: Enumeration

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

Excel
Bottom Attach Column The four Excel properties, Top Attach Column, Top Attach Row, Bottom Attach Column and Bottom Attach Row, work together to control the position of a drawing object in the exported Excel file.

Bottom Attach Column specifies the X coordinate of the lower right corner of the drawing object in the exported Excel file, measured in cells. The Columned property at the report tab level must be set to true for this property to take effect.

Data type: Float

Bottom Attach Row The four Excel properties, Top Attach Column, Top Attach Row, Bottom Attach Column and Bottom Attach Row, work together to control the position of a drawing object in the exported Excel file.

Bottom Attach Row specifies the Y coordinate of the lower right corner of the drawing object in the exported Excel file, measured in cells. The Columned property at the report tab level must be set to true for this property to take effect.

Data type: Float

Top Attach Column The four Excel properties, Top Attach Column, Top Attach Row, Bottom Attach Column and Bottom Attach Row, work together to control the position of a drawing object in the exported Excel file.

Top Attach Column specifies the X coordinate of the upper left corner of the drawing object in the exported Excel file, measured in cells. The Columned property at the report tab level must be set to true for this property to take effect.

Data type: Float

Top Attach Row The four Excel properties, Top Attach Column, Top Attach Row, Bottom Attach Column and Bottom Attach Row, work together to control the position of a drawing object in the exported Excel file.

Top Attach Row specifies the Y coordinate of the upper left corner of the drawing object in the exported Excel file, measured in cells. The Columned property at the report tab level must be set to true for this property to take effect.

Data type: Float

Line Property
Line Color Specifies the color of the line. Choose a color from the drop-down list, enter a hexadecimal RGB value (e.g. 0xff0000), or select Custom from the drop-down list to specify the color.

Data type: String

Line Style Specifies the style of the line. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Line Thickness Specifies the thickness of the line. Enter a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float

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

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

External Style It is mapped to the HTML attribute style. This attribute specifies style information for the object.

Data type: String

External Title It is mapped to the HTML attribute title. This attribute offers advisory information about the object.

Data type: String

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

Note: When a report is exported to HTML files, the lines in it should be vertical or horizontal lines. Otherwise, they cannot be shown properly in the HTML file. You should make sure that Top Attach Pos X = Bottom Attach Pos X or Top Attach Pos Y= Bottom Attach Pos Y. There is no such problem for PDF, PS, RTF and other output formats.