Element Properties

Property

Description

Value

Description

Name

Name of the element (stored in the "LL.CurrentContainerItem" variable).

Name

Sort order
(only tables, gantt and charts)

Multi-level sort orders can be defined in a dialog (if supported by the application), e.g. sort the data by country first and then by city.

Single-level sort orders can be selected from the drop down list.

Formula
 

Formula wizard

Dialog

 
List

Preview animation

Type of animation in the preview: Stretch, Blinds, Checkerboard, Appear, Wipe, Zoom, Plus, Focus, Wheel, Random Bars, Dissolve In, Peek in, Spiral, Grow, Strips, Wind Wheel, Wipe, Zigzag

Type

List

Background Color

To be able to display the area without content, the background color must be defined here.

Color

Dialog

Data Area Only

Some onjects support that the animation is only applied to the data area.

True

False

Formula

Yes

No

Formula wizard

Duration

Duration of animation in seconds

Number

Formula wizard

Trigger By

0
 

1

2
 

3
 

Formula

User Interaction

At Page Start

With previous object

After previous object

Formula wizard

Delay

The animation can be delayed by the defined time in seconds.

Number

Formula wizard

Distance After

Distance to the following element (omitted if the element ends at the page end).

Number

Formula
 

Formula wizard

Distance Before

Distance from the previous element (not required if the element starts at the beginning of the page.

Number

Formula

Formula wizard

Output height
(only charts)

Height of the object (including frame).

Pagebreak before

If the condition returns "True", a page break will be triggered before printing the object. If you have multiple multi-column objects, a page break is triggered automatically after an object if the column counts for the objects are different (e.g. 2-column table followed by a 3-column table) and if there would be insufficient room for the following object.

True

False

Formula

Break

No break

Formula wizard

Reset Page Counter

Defines the behavior of the page counter after a page break.

0

1
 

2

No

Reset Page Counter

Reset Page Counter and TotalPages$()

Spacing
(only charts, gantt and crosstabs)

Distance of the object (including frame) from the report container's print area.

Number

Left, Top, Right, Bottom

Column count

Number of columns in the object.

If you have multiple multi-column objects, a page break is triggered automatically after an object if the column counts for the objects are different (e.g. 2-column table followed by a 3-column table) and if there would be insufficient room for the following object.

Note: The "LL.CurrentTableColumn" field returns the index of the current column.

0
 

1

2

3

4

5

Formula

Container default

1-column

2-column

3-column

4-column

5-column

Formula wizard

Distance

Spacing of the columns in the object.

Number

Formula

Formula wizard

Column break condition
(only tables)

A column break will be triggered if the result of the condition is "True".

True

False

Formula

Yes

No

Formula wizard

Column break before

A column break will be performed before the object is output.

True

False

Formula

Yes

No

Formula wizard