Page Info

The Page Info control is used to insert page numbers, current date and time, and the name of the current user into a report.

In the Property Grid, the Page Info control's properties are divided into the following groups:

Appearance

• Background Color

  Specifies the background colour for the control. This option is also available on the Formatting Toolbar ().

• Borders, Border Color and Border Width

  Specifies border settings for the control.

• Font

  Specifies the font settings for the control. Some of these settings are available on the Formatting Toolbar.

• Foreground Color

  Specifies the text colour for the control. This option is also available on the Formatting Toolbar ().

• Formatting Rules

  Displays the Formatting Rules Editor, used to choose which rules should be applied to the control during report generation, and define the precedence of the applied rules. for further information, refer to Conditionally Change a Control's Appearance.

• Padding

  Specifies indent values which are used to render the contents of the control.

• Style Priority

  Used to define the priority of various style elements (such as background colour, border colour, ). for further information on style inheritance, refer to Styles Concepts.

• Styles

  This property is used to define odd and even styles for the control, as well as to assign an existing style to the control (or a newly created one). for further information on style inheritance, refer to Styles Concepts.

• Text Alignment

  Used to change the alignment of the control's text. This option is also available on the Formatting Toolbar.

Behavior

• 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.

• Format

  This property is used to specify the format string for the text displayed in the control. When the ellipsis button is clicked, the Format String Editor window is displayed, in which the predefined format can be selected and customize as needed. for further information, refer to Change Formatting of Report Elements.

• Page Information

  Used to select the type of information displayed in the control:

  

  

• Scripts

  This property contains events, which can be handled with the scripts. for further information on scripting, refer to Handle Events via Scripts.

• Start Page Number

  Used to set the start number for page numbering.

• Visible

  Specifies whether the control should be visible when the report is previewed.

• Word Wrap

  When this property is set to Yes, text entered into the control is wrapped to the next line if it does not fit the line or is interrupted by a newline character. If the property is set to No, text entered into the control will be displayed on the same line except where forced onto a new line by a newline character

Data

• (Data Bindings)

  If the current report is bound to data, this property enables users to bind some of the control's properties (Bookmark, Navigation URL and Tag) to a data field obtained from the report's data source, and to apply a format string to it. for further information, refer to Display Values from a Database (Bind Report Elements to Data).

• Tag

  This property enables users to add additional information to the control; for example its Id, by which it can then be accessed by 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 dropdown list, select the required data field.

Design

• (Name)

  Determines a control's name, by which it can be accessed in the Property Grid and by scripts.

Layout

• Location

  Specifies the control's location, in report measurement units.

• Size

  Specifies the control's size, in report measurement units.

Navigation

• Bookmark and Parent Bookmark

  These properties are used to create a hierarchical structure within a report called a document map. For an explanation and help, refer to Add Bookmarks.

  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 Bindings) property and from the Bookmark.Binding dropdown list, select the required data field.

• Navigation URL and Navigation Target

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

  Note: A URL should 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. for further information, refer to Create Hyperlinks.

  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 Bindings) property and from the Navigation URL.Binding dropdown menu, select the required data field.