Parameter Control Properties dialog

This dialog helps you to edit the properties of a parameter control. It contains the following tabs:

• General tab
• Font tab
• Border tab

OK

Applies the settings and closes this dialog.

Cancel

Cancels the settings and closes this dialog.

Help

Displays this help document.

General tab

This tab shows some general information of the parameter control. See the tab.

Name

Specifies the name of the parameter control.

Parameter

Displays the name of the parameter.

Format

Specifies the display format of the parameter value.

Position

Displays the position mode of the parameter control. If the parameter control is directly contained in the report body, a tabular cell, or a text box, its position mode can be modified.

• Absolute: The parameter control's position will be decided by its X and Y property values.
• Static: The parameter control will be positioned at the default location in its container. If selected, the X, Y and other position-related properties will be hidden or disabled.

X

Specifies the X coordinate of the parameter control.

Y

Specifies the Y coordinate of the parameter control.

Width

Specifies the width of the parameter control.

Height

Specifies the height of the parameter control.

Top Padding

Specifies the space between the text of the parameter control and its top border.

Bottom Padding

Specifies the space between the text of the parameter control and its bottom border.

Left Padding

Specifies the space between the text of the parameter control and its left border.

Right Padding

Specifies the space between the text of the parameter control and its right border.

Background

Specifies the background color of the parameter control.

To change the color, click the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog and then specify a new color, or input a color string in the format #RRGGBB. If you want to make the background transparent, input Transparent in the text box.

Foreground

Specifies the foreground color of the parameter control.

To change the color, click the color indicator to access the Select Color dialog and then specify a new color, or input a color string in the format #RRGGBB.

Font tab

This tab shows the font-related information of the text in the parameter control. See the tab.

Font

Specifies the font face of the text.

Size

Specifies the font size of the text.

Horizontal Alignment

Specifies the horizontal alignment mode of the text.

Vertical Alignment

Specifies the vertical alignment mode of the text.

Bold

Specifies whether to make the text bold or not.

Underline

Specifies whether the text will be underlined or not.

Italic

Specifies whether to make the text italic or not.

Border tab

This tab shows information about borders of the parameter control. See the tab.

Color

Specifies the border color.

Width

Specifies the border width.

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.