Chapter 4 Managing a Report

Selecting border format

You can define border formatting in the report.

If you call the Format dialog box from the Available Items pane, the border formatting becomes the default format, as explained in section Defining global format for an item.

If you call the Format dialog box from the Report Items pane, the border formatting applies to the selected report item, as explained in section Formatting individual items.

The following border formatting is available from the Format dialog box:

Frame option	Result in the generated report	Result
Left	Inserts a vertical line to the left of all the occurrences of the highlighted text selection in the Available Items pane
Right	Inserts a vertical line to the right of all the occurrences of the highlighted text selection in the Available Items pane
Top	Inserts an horizontal line on top of all the occurrences of the highlighted text selection in the Available Items pane
Bottom	Inserts an horizontal line at the bottom of all the occurrences of the highlighted text selection in the Available Items pane
Box	Inserts a unique rectangle around all the occurrences of the highlighted text selection in the Available Items pane (only available for card and List items)
Width	Indicates the width of the border frame	—
Box width	Indicates the width of the box frame	—
From text	Sets the amount of space from text to top, bottom, left, and right border	—

Box option

The Box option is only available for:

• Text Label in card items
• Column header and Text in List items

If you select the Box option in the Format dialog box of a card item You insert a unique rectangle that groups all the occurrences of Text Label (property names) including Text (corresponding property values) by default.

If you select the Box option in the Format dialog box of a List item You insert a unique rectangle that groups all the occurrences of Column Header (heading of column, example Code). You also insert a unique rectangle that groups all the occurrences of Text (value in the column), if you have previously highlighted each of these text selections in the Available Items pane.

To select frame format:

1. Select an item.
2. Select Report→Format.
   
   The Format dialog box opens to the Font tab.
3. Click the Border tab to select border format.
   
4. Select an item in the Available Items pane of the Format dialog box.
   
   The item is highlighted.
5. Define border format.
6. Click OK.

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