Tabular

The properties of a tabular are:

Property Name Description
General
Class Type Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Geometry
Height Specifies the height of the object, in inches or centimeters. Enter a numeric value to change the height.

Data type: Float
Width Specifies the width of the object, in inches or centimeters. Enter a numeric value to change the width.

Data type: Float
X Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. This property is ignored if the Position property is set to static. Enter a numeric value to change the position in inches or centimeters.

Data type: Float
Y Specifies the vertical coordinate of the top left corner of the object, relative to its parent container. This property is ignored if the Position property is set to static. Enter a numeric value to change the position in inches or centimeters.

Data type: Float
Color
Background Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, enter a hexadecimal RGB value (e.g. 0xff0000) or choose a formula that returns a color.

Data type: String
CSS
Class Specifies a CSS class to be applied to the object which is a valid class in the CSS file.

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
Style The property can be used in two ways.
  • Specifies a style to be applied to the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list which is available when a Style Group has been selected at the report level and when there are styles in the Style Group that can be applied to the object, or type in the style name.
  • Specifies a CSS selector to be applied to the object. Enter a valid class name from the CSS file.

Data type: String
Others
Export to CSV Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to CSV.

Data type: Boolean
Export to DHTML Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to DHTML.

Data type: Boolean
Export to Excel Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Excel.

Data type: Boolean
Export to PDF Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to PDF. This property is available only when a web control has been inserted into the object.

Data type: Boolean
Horizontal Auto Size Specifies whether to make the width of the object automatically adjusted according to the size of the components inserted.

Data type: Boolean
Invisible Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report results. All formulas and calculations will still be performed if the property is set to true.

Data type: Boolean
Position Specifies the position of the object. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • static - The object is positioned at the location in which it is inserted. The X and Y properties are ignored. The position of the object is affected by preceding objects in the same container.
  • absolute - The object will be located at the position specified by dragging and dropping or by setting its X and Y property values. The position of the object is not affected by preceding objects in the same container.

Data type: Enumeration

Note: This property only affects objects with a parent container that is the report body, a tabular cell, or a text box.
Suppress Specifies whether to show the object in the report results. All formulas and calculations will be skipped if the property is set to true.

Data type: Boolean
Vertical Auto Size Specifies whether to make the height of the object automatically adjusted according to the size of the components inserted.

Data type: Boolean
Excel
Column Index Specifies the X coordinate of the object relative to its parent container when exported to Excel or CSV, measured in cells. The Columned property at the report level must be set to true for this property to take effect.

Data type: Integer
Row Index Specifies the Y coordinate of the object relative to its parent container when exported to Excel or CSV, measured in cells. The Columned property at the report level must be set to true for this property to take effect.

Data type: Integer
TOC
Anchor Display Value Specifies the text for the TOC entry for this object in the TOC browser. By default the text is the unique object name assigned by JReport Designer. The TOC Anchor property must be set to true for this property to take effect.

Data type: String
TOC Anchor Specifies whether to include the object in the TOC browser for the report.

Data type: Boolean

A tabular may contain these objects: