Previous TopicNext Topic


ReportItem

The ReportItem element is an abstract base element for all visual report items, such as Label, Table, List, and Grid.

Extends

DesignElement->ReportElement

Property summary

Inherited properties

comments, customXml, extends, name, userProperties

ReportItem properties

The following sections describe the properties of the ReportItem element.

bookmark

Defines this item as a hyperlink target. Many report items can be the target of hyperlinks. The bookmark is a string that uniquely identifies the item instance within the report. This property is an expression that evaluates to a string. If the string is blank or null, then the item has no bookmark. Bookmarks should be unique. If there are duplicates, the behavior of the hyperlink is undefined: it may jump to the first item with that name.

dataSet

The name of the data set that provides data for this item. If blank, the data set is the one defined for the enclosing list, table or other element. The data set name is optional. If you don't provide a name, the report item inherits a data set. A report item defined as a section automatically uses the first data set defined in the report design. A report item nested inside a container uses the data set for the container.

height

Height of the item. Some items have a dynamic size, in which case this property specifies the minimum height. The actual size in the printed report usually depends on the content, and may be larger than the height specified in the height property. For example, a data item, label item, or text item grows as tall as required to display its content.

paramBindings

Bindings between input parameters in the included design and values in the main design. A report item can pass information to the data set by providing bindings to input parameters of the data set. Each binding identifies an input parameter by name, and provides an expression that gives the value of the parameter.

refTemplateParameter

The name of the template parameter definition, applicable only to report items that are created from a template.

style

Name of the style applied to this item. Report items provide many style properties. An element can inherit its style properties from a parent element, from a named style, or from a style that identifies the context in which the item appears. This property provides the name of the shared style to use. A report item can set the value of style properties. Properties set on this element override the properties inherited from a parent element or a shared style.

toc

A table of contents entry for this item. The TOC property defines an expression that returns a string that appears in the Table of Contents for this item or its container.


(c) Copyright Actuate Corporation 2006

Previous TopicNext Topic