Reporting
User Guide
Reference : Report Controls : Rich Text
The Rich Text control enables users to display, enter, and manipulate formatted text.
In the Property Grid, the Rich Text control's properties are divided into the following groups:
Specifies the background colour for the control. This option is also available on the Formatting Toolbar (
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Specifies the font settings for the control. Some of these settings are available on the Formatting Toolbar.
Specifies the text colour for the control. This option is also available on the Formatting Toolbar (
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).Displays the Formatting Rules Editor, used to choose which rules should be applied to the control during report generation, and define the precedence of the applied rules. Refer to Conditionally Change a Control's Appearance for further information.
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Used to define the priority of various style elements (such as background colour, border colour, etc.). Refer to Styles Concepts for further information on style inheritance.
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This property is used to define odd and even styles for the control, as well as to assign an existing style to the control (or a newly created one). Refer to Styles Concepts for further information on style inheritance.
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That if the Anchor Vertically property is set to Bottom or Both, the Can Grow and Can Shrink properties (see below) values are ignored, and do not participate in calculating a final height value of this control.
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When this property is set to Yes, the control's height can be automatically increased, if required, to fit the text. If there are other controls below the current control, they will be pushed down to prevent them from overlapping. Note that if a control overlaps the growing Rich Text by even one pixel, it will not be pushed down by the growing Rich Text.
When this property is set to Yes, and the text does not completely fill a Rich Text, then the control's height will be decreased to the height of its text. If there are other controls below the current one, they will be moved up to fill the gap. Note that if a control overlaps the shrinking Rich Text by even one pixel, it will not be pushed up by the shrinking Rich Text.
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This property contains events, which can be handled with the scripts. Refer to Handle Events via Scripts for further information on scripting.
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If the current report is bound to data, this property enables users to bind some of the control's properties (Bookmark, Navigation URL, Rtf and Tag) to a data field obtained from the report's data source, and to apply a format string to it. Refer to Display Values from a Database (Bind Report Elements to Data) for further information.
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If the current report has a data source, the Tag property can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the (Data Bindings) property, and from the Tag.Binding dropdown list, select the required data field.
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If the current report has a data source, the Rtf property (instead of Text) can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the (Data Bindings) property and in the Rtf.Binding dropdown menu, select the required data field. Refer to Display Values from a Database (Bind Report Elements to Data) for further information.
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Determines a control's name, by which it can be accessed in the Report Explorer, Property Grid or via scripts.
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These properties are used to create a hierarchical structure within a report, called a document map. Refer to Add Bookmarks for further information.
If the current report has a data source, the Bookmark property can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the (Data Bindings) property and from the Bookmark.Binding dropdown list, select the required data field.
Use the Navigation URL property to specify a URL for web browser navigation when a user clicks the control. The web browser displays a page in a window or a frame as specified by the Navigation Target property.
Users can create cross references within the report by assigning the name of the target control to the Navigation URL property, and setting the Navigation Target property to '_self'. Refer to Create Hyperlinks for further information.
If the current report has a data source, the Navigation URL property can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the (Data Bindings) property, and from the Navigation URL.Binding dropdown list, select the required data field.
