Check Box

The Check Box control is used to indicate True/False or Checked/Unchecked/Indeterminate states in a report, by displaying a check mark and adjacent text.

On the Properties window, the Check Box control 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.

Glyph Alignment

Changes the alignment of the check box.

Location

Specifies the location of the control in report measurement units.

Padding

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

Size

Specifies the size of the control in report measurement units.

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.

Text Trimming

Specifies the text trimming mode for the control.

Behavior

Anchor Horizontally

Specifies the horizontal anchoring style of the control, so that after page rendering it stays attached to the left control, right control, or both. The property setting is useful for data-bound controls located between controls, which are able to resize depending on their contents.

Anchor Vertically

Specifies the vertical anchoring style of the control, so that after page rendering it stays attached to the top control, bottom control, or both. The property setting is useful for data-bound controls located between upper and lower controls, which are able to resize depending on their contents.

Can Publish

Specifies whether or not the control can be printed or exported.

Edit Options

Provides access to define how the content of the control can be edited in the print preview.

Enabled

Specifies if the content of the control can be edited in print preview.

Group ID

Specifies the ID of the group to which the check box belongs.

ID

Specifies a unique identifier for the edit options.

Read Only

Specifies if an editor for customizing the content of a control is enabled in print preview.

Keep Together

Specifies whether the contents of the control can be horizontally split across pages. In other words, if the control occupies more space than remains on the page, the property specifies whether the control is split between the current page and the next, or printed entirely on the next page. If the control does not fit on the next page either, the control is split, regardless of the property value.

Scripts

Contains events which can be handled with scripts.

Visible

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

Word Wrap

If the check box is selected, text entered into the multiline control is wrapped to the next line if it does not fit in the control or is interrupted by a newline character. If the check box is not selected, text entered into the multiline control is displayed on the same line except when forced onto a new line by a newline character.

Data

(Data Bindings)

If the current report is bound to data, the property is used to bind control properties (Bookmark, Check State, Navigation URL, Tag and Text) to a data field obtained from the report data source, and to apply a format string.

Check State

Specifies the Checked/Unchecked/Indeterminate state of a Check Box (the Indeterminate state is displayed as a greyed out check box.) Note that if only Checked and Unchecked states are to be used, use the Checked property.

Checked

Defines whether a Check Box is checked or not.

Tag

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

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 drop-down list, select the required data field.

Text

Defines a line of static text to be displayed. To type several lines of text, select the Multiline property on the Behavior tab.

When a label is selected, entered text is automatically added to the control.

If the current report has a data source, the Text property can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the (Data Bindings) property and from the Text > Binding drop-down list, select the required data field.

Text Format String

Displays the Format String Editor window, which is used to manage and customise the format of the control using a predefined format style.

Xlsx Format String

Specifies the Excel format for the control when exported to an Excel file.

Miscellaneous

(Name)

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

Bookmark and Parent Bookmark

These properties are used to create a hierarchical structure within a report called a document map.

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 > Data Bindings drop-down list and select the required data field.

Navigation URL and Navigation Target

Use the Navigation URL property to specify a URL for web browser navigation when the control is clicked. The web browser displays a page in a window or a frame as specified in the Navigation Target property.

Note: A URL must have an appropriate prefix for example, 'http://'). Cross-references can be created within the report by assigning the name of the target control to the Navigation URL property, and setting the Navigation Target property to ‘_self'.

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 > Data Bindings drop-down list and select the required data field.

Right to Left

Specifies the content orientation of the controls.

Snap Line Margins

Specifies the margins for the control, which are maintained when the control is aligned using snap lines.

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 Conditionally Modify Control Display, Styles Concepts, Handle Events via Scripts, Display Values from a Database (Bind Report Controls to Data), Add Bookmarks and Create Hyperlinks for further information.