A control is an element that you add to a
The Control Reference documents each control offered by Geocortex Printing. A control's documentation may include the following sections:
Description: A description of what the control does.
Properties Common to Most Controls: A list of properties that are shared by most controls. See Properties Common to Most Controls below.
Actions: Group of commonly used properties, and actions for the control. These properties are aggregated at the top of the Properties panel, but also appear in their respective property groups. Changes made to the properties that appear in this panel will be reflected in the property group they belong to.
Styles: Group of properties that define the styles applied to the control. For more information see Styles.
Appearance: Group of properties for configuring the appearance of the contents of a control, such as background color or text formatting. See Inherit Settings from the Band or Report for more information on how bands and controls can share Appearance property settings.
Behavior: These properties enable a control and its contents to resize or reformat at run time.
Data: Group of properties that allow you to shape
Layout: Group of properties that determine the size, position etc of the control in the
Navigation: Together, these properties allow you to map
Printing: Supports right-to-left writing systems.
Geocortex Printing has the following controls:
Actions
Actions |
Align to Grid Size to Grid Center Horizontally Center Vertically Bring to Front Send to Back Fit Bounds to Container A container includes a band or a panel. This property is only enabled if the control is the only item in the container. |
Styles
Even Style |
Type: String Sets the style used when the Setting an |
Odd Style |
Type: String Sets the style used when the Setting an |
Style |
Type: String Sets the style used. |
Background Color |
Type: Color Can be configured in the Properties or Expressions panel. Specifies the |
Border Color |
Type: Color Can be configured in the Properties or Expressions panel. Specifies the |
Border Dash Style |
Can be configured in the Properties or Expressions panel. Specifies the dash style for the |
Border Width |
Type: Single Can be configured in the Properties or Expressions panel. Specifies the width of the border(s) in pixels, using a floating point value. |
Borders |
Can be configured in the Properties or Expressions panel. Applies a set of borders (top, right, bottom, left) to a control. |
Font |
Type: Font Can be configured in the Properties or Expressions panel. Sets the
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Foreground Color |
Type: Color Can be configured in the Properties or Expressions panel. Specifies the |
Padding |
Can be configured in the Properties or Expressions panel. Defines the location of a |
Behavior
Can Publish |
Type: Boolean Specifies whether a control is displayed in the document created at runtime. When checked, the control is shown in the document created at runtime. When unchecked, the control can only be seen in the design area. |
Keep Together |
Type: Boolean Sets whether an item can be split horizontally across pages. When |
Visible |
Type: Boolean Can be configured in the Expressions panel. Sets whether the control is visible at run-time. |
Data
Tag |
Type: Object Can be configured in the Expressions panel. Stores data that is closely associated with the control. |
Design
Name |
Type: String Name assigned to the control. The name can contain letters, numbers, and the underscore character. It cannot contain spaces or special characters. The value of the Name property can be used to identify the control in the report items list at the top of the Properties and Expressions panels.
Name property value in the report items list A control's Name property is also used to identify the control in the Report Explorer panel.
Name property value in the Report Explorer |
Layout
Location |
Specifies where the top left corner of the control is in the band. The origin (X=0, Y=0) is the upper left corner of the band. |
Size |
Specifies the height and width of the |
Navigation
Bookmark |
Type: String Can be configured in the Properties or Expressions panel. Specifies the text to appear in a bookmark. |
Parent Bookmark |
Declares which control's bookmark will be used as the parent for the selected control's bookmark. The selected control's bookmark is set using the If this property is left empty, the selected control's bookmark will be shown as connected to the root bookmark in the document map. |
Navigation URL |
Type: String Can be configured in the Expressions panel. Specifies the URL that the web browser navigates to when the control is clicked. |