Page Header and Footer Bands

The Page Header and Page Footer bands are located at the top and bottom of every page in a report.

The Page Header/Footer bands are the best place for information that is printed on every page. For example, use the bands to display the header of a table which is continued from the previous page.

Note:
If a page break is inserted immediately after the Report Header (by setting its Page Break property value to After the Band), the Page Footer and Page Header bands are not printed on the first page.

On the Properties window, the Page Header/Footer Band properties are divided into the following tabs:

Appearance

Background Color

Specifies the background colour of controls. The functionality is also available on the Report Designer tab ().

Border Color, Border Dash Style, Border Width and Borders

Specifies border settings for controls.

Font

Specifies the font settings for controls. Some of the functionality is available on the Report Designer tab.

Foreground Color

Specifies the text colour for controls. The functionality is also available on the Report Designer tab ().

Formatting Rules

Displays the Formatting Rules Editor window, used to choose which rules are applied to a report during report generation, and to define the priority of the applied rules.

Height

Specifies the height in report measurement units. The default height for a created group header or group footer band is 100.

Padding

Specifies indent values used to render the contents of the controls.

Style Priority

Defines the priority of various styles (for example, background colour or border colour).

Styles

Defines odd and even styles for the controls, as well as assigning an existing style to the them (or a newly created one).

Text Alignment

Changes the alignment of report control text. The functionality is also available on the Report Designer tab.

Behavior

Print On

Specifies if the band is printed on the same page as the Report Header and Report Footer bands.

Scripts

Contains events which can be handled with scripts.

Visible

Specifies whether the band is visible when using the print preview.

Data

Tag

Adds additional information to a report, for example, the id, by which the report can then be accessible via scripts.

Miscellaneous

(Name)

Determines the name of the report, by which it can be accessed in the Report Explorer, Properties window or via scripts.

Snap Line Padding

Specifies indent values used to render the contents of the band, which are maintained when the control is aligned using snap lines.

Sub-Bands

Displays the Sub-Band Collection Editor window, which is used to manage the report sub-bands.

Favorites

Right-click on the Favorites tab and select Edit Favorite Property List to display the Favorite Properties Editor, which is used to customise the available properties on the Favorites tab.

Refer to Table Report, Conditionally Modify Control Display, Styles Concepts and Handle Events via Scripts for further information.