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

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).

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