This topic briefly describes the report properties. To open the Properties window of a report, select an empty line in Report Designer or click Edit, click Select Object, and click View, and then click Properties.
Properties
The following table lists the general report properties. For more information, see C/SIDE Reference Guide.
Property | Description |
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ID |
ID of the report. Must be unique among reports. |
Name |
Name of the report. |
Caption |
Caption (shown on the Request Form window, for example). The default is the same as Name. |
CaptionML |
The translation of the caption. |
ShowPrintStatus |
Determines whether the printing status window should be displayed during printing (with the opportunity to cancel printing). |
UseReqForm |
Determines whether the request form should be run before the report. |
UseSystemPrinter |
If Yes, then the system default printer is used to print the report. If No, then the printer defined for the combination User/Report in the setup is used. |
ProcessingOnly |
If No, the report is a processing only report. If Yes, the report cannot have sections. |
TransactionType |
The behavior of a transaction takes effect from the beginning of a transaction. There are four basic transaction type options: Browse, Snapshot, UpdateNoLocks, and Update. There is a Report option that maps to one of the basic options and enables a report to use the most concurrent read-only form of data access. When you use Classic Database Server, it maps to Snapshot. When you use SQL Server, it maps to Browse. |
Description |
For internal purposes. |
TopMargin |
Top margin in 1/100 mm. |
BottomMargin |
Bottom margin in 1/100 mm. |
LeftMargin |
Left margin in 1/100 mm. |
RightMargin |
Right margin in 1/100 mm. |
HorzGrid |
Distance between horizontal gridlines (1/100 mm). |
VertGrid |
Distance between vertical gridlines (1/100 mm) |
Permissions |
The permissions of the report to access database objects. (The report can have wider permissions than the individual user, thereby enabling the user to print reports which retrieve information from tables normally cannot be accessed.) |
Orientation |
Sets the page orientation for the report, Portrait or Landscape. |
PaperSize |
Sets the paper size for the report. |
PaperSourceFirstPage |
Specifies the paper source to use for printing the first page of the report. This is useful if the report has a cover. |
PaperSourceOtherPage |
Specifies the paper source to use for the remaining the pages in the report |
DeviceFontName |
Use this property for reports that are designed specifically for dot matrix printers, to prevent the printer from switching into graphics mode when printing text. Specify the name of a device font (a font that is built into a printer). |