Object Property Reference

This chapter is an overall introduction to the properties of objects in JReport Designer. Keep in mind the following while browsing each object for its properties:

• You will start off from a table listing all the properties for an object and what can be achieved with each property.
• In the table, Y stands for Yes and N for No.
• Editable means that the property can be edited and vice versa.
• Some properties can be controlled by a formula. Also, some properties must be known by JReport Engine before page break, so that it can lay out the object. In a formula, the special field PageNumber is the switch for turning on and off the page break calculation time. If PageNumber is quoted in the formula, then the calculation time will be after page break and vice versa. For this reason, JReport will set the calculation time for controlling by whether the formula will be marked as before page break or not. If otherwise (no mark), the property can be controlled by formula at any time.
• For properties with a hyperlink, you can find further explanation. The same property for different objects usually means the same thing, unless otherwise stated.

This chapter explains the properties shown in the Report Inspector and Catalog Browser respectively:

• Properties in the Report Inspector
• Properties in the Catalog Browser