##### Area

The properties of a shape map area in a page report are listed as follows. You can set these properties globally for all the map areas, or respectively for each specific map area.

Property Name | Description
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General
Class Type | Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Data Inherit | Indicates whether the dataset for this object is inherited from another object. This property is read only.
Dataset | Indicates the dataset used by the object. This property is read only.
Instance Name | Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Use Global Setting | Specifies whether to apply the settings that you have set globally for all the map areas to this object. true - If selected, the object will take the global settings, and all the properties for the object will become read only. false- If selected, the properties for the object can be edited if required. Data type: Boolean
Area
Alternate Text | Specifies the tip of the area, which is displayed when you hover the mouse pointer over the area in HTML result or in Page Report Studio. This property takes effect only when Alternate Content Type on the map object is set to customized and the area has data. Data type: String
Detail Report | Specifies the detail report that the object is linked to. Click in the value cell to set the detail report. For details, refer to Linking to a detail report. Data type: String
Fill Color | Specifies the color with which to fill the area which has records. Choose a color from the drop-down list, enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000), choose/create a formula or edit an expression that returns a color, or select Custom from the drop-down list to specify the color and fill effect. Data type: String
Link | Specifies to link the object to another report, a website, an e-mail address or a Blob data type field. Click in the value cell to set the link target. For details, see Binding a link to a label. Data type: String
Name | Specifies the name of the area. Data type: String
Shape
Coordinates | Indicates the coordinates of the area for laying out the map. The coordinates are displayed as: X1,Y1,X2,Y2,X3,Y3,... (X/Y: The X/Y coordinate of one of the polygon's corner.) This property is read only.
Type | Indicates the shape of the area. This property is read only.
Boundary
Boundary Color | Specifies the color of the area border. Choose a color from the drop-down list, enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000), choose/create a formula or edit an expression that returns a color, or select Custom from the drop-down list to specify the color and fill effect. Data type: String
Boundary Style | Specifies the line style of the area border. Choose an option from the drop-down list. Data type: Enumeration
Boundary Width | Specifies the width of the area border. Enter a numeric value to change the width. Data type: Float
Accessibility
External AccessKey | It is mapped to the HTML attribute accesskey. This attribute specifies an access key to the object. Data type: String
External CSS Class Selector | Specifies a class selector to be applied to the object when exported as HTML. Enter a valid class name from the CSS file. Data type: String
External TabIndex | It is mapped to the HTML attribute tabindex. This attribute specifies the position of the object in the tabbing order for the current report. Enter an integer equal to or greater than 0 and less than 65535. Data type: Integer
External Title | It is mapped to the HTML attribute title. This attribute offers advisory information about the object. Data type: String
HrefLang | It is mapped to the HTML attribute hreflang. This attribute specifies the base language of the resource designated by a link and may only be used when a link is specified. Data type: String