Label

The properties of a label in a web report are:

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

Data type: Boolean

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. Enter an integer value to change the size.

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

Data type: Enumeration

Italic Specifies whether to make the text italic.

Data type: Boolean

Strikethrough Specifies whether to add a strikethrough line to the text.

Data type: Boolean

Text Specifies the text in the label. Enter a string to display as the label text.

Data type: String

Underline Specifies whether to underline the text.

Data type: Boolean

Vertical Alignment Specifies the vertical justification of the text in the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Word Wrap Specifies whether to wrap the text to the width.

Data type: Boolean

Geometry
Height Specifies the height of the object, in inches or centimeters. Enter a numeric value to change the height.

Data type: Float
Width Specifies the width of the object, in inches or centimeters. Enter a numeric value to change the width.

Data type: Float
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

Foreground Specifies the foreground 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

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

Data type: String
ID Specifies the identifier of the object, which must be unique in the report. The ID property can be a style sheet selector.

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
Padding
Bottom Padding Specifies the space in inches or centimeters between the text and the bottom border of the object. Enter a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float

Left Padding Specifies the space in inches or centimeters between the text and the left border of the object. Enter a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float

Right Padding Specifies the space in inches or centimeters between the text and the right border of the object. Enter a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float

Top Padding Specifies the space in inches or centimeters between the text and the top border of the object. Enter a numeric value to change the padding.

Data type: Float

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

Border Thickness Specifies the width of the border in inches or centimeters. Enter a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float

Bottom Line Specifies the line style of the bottom border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Left Line Specifies the line style of the left border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Right Line Specifies the line style of the right border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Shadow Specifies whether to draw two shadowed borders, beneath and to the right of the object.

Data type: Boolean

Shadow Color Specifies the color of the shadow. 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 and fill effect.

Data type: String

Top Line Specifies the line style of the top border of the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Pattern
Pattern Color Specifies the color in which to draw a pattern to fill 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 and fill effect.

Data type: String

Pattern Style Specifies the style of the pattern. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • none - No pattern will be applied to the object.
  • 50% - The object will be filled in the Pattern Color of 50%-transparency.
  • horizontal - The pattern will be made of horizontal lines of the Pattern Color.
  • vertical - The pattern will be made of vertical lines of the Pattern Color.
  • grid - The pattern will be an overlapping of horizontal and vertical lines of the Pattern Color.
  • diagonal - The pattern will be made of diagonal lines of the Pattern Color.

Data type: Enumeration

Others
Invisible Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report results. All formulas and calculations will still be performed if the property is set to true.

Data type: Boolean

Link Specifies to link the object to another report, a website, or an e-mail address. Click in the value cell to set the link target. For details, see Binding a link to a label.

Data type: String

Logic Column Specifies whether to show the object in the next visible table cell in the same row when the column which holds the object is hidden. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration

Notes:

  • The next visible table cell should be completely empty, that is, the cell should not hold any content including blank space.
  • When the property for several objects in the same row is set to next visible column, and the columns holding these objects are all hidden, then only the object in the rightmost column will be shown in the next visible cell.
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 Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report results. All formulas and calculations will be skipped if the property is set to true.

Data type: Boolean

Note: When both the Invisible and Suppress properties of an object are set to true, Suppress has the higher priority.
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
Transfer Style Specifies whether the style group of the primary report will be applied to the linked report if the object is linked to a report.

Data type: Boolean

Note: For tables, only these label properties can be rendered in Web Report Studio: