Alignment

Set options to align the component:

• taLeftJustify - The text is left justified within the component.
• taCenter - The text is centred within the component.
• taRightJustify - The text is right justified within the component.

AlignWithMargins

When True, the component will align with the page margins.

Angle

The angle to display the text on. For example, setting the Angle to 90 will display the Caption vertically.

AutoHeight

When True, the height of the component will be automatically adjusted to fit the text.

Border Properties (BorderBottom, BorderLeft, BorderRight, BorderTop)

You can place borders around text components. This is useful for drawing boxes around components or separating components from each other with lines.

• rbNone - No border is printed.
• rbSingle - Print a single solid line border.
• rbDouble - Print a double solid line border.
• rbDashed - Print a single dashed line border.

BrushColor

The component background colour. The Transparent property must be set to False for the BrushColor to be visible.

Click Open Color Dialog (F2) to select the colour. See Color Property.

ExportColumn

When exporting the report, the the column that will contain this component text.

ExportColumnWidth

When exporting the report, the width of the column for this component.

ExportRow

When exporting the report, the Export Row is used if the Band is exporting multiple lines.

Font

Determines the font of the printed output. Click Open Font Dialog (F2) to select the font, style, size and characteristics. You can change the font by clicking the appropriate buttons on the toolbar. If you change the font, the ParentFont property (see below) will be set to false. The font properties - Name, Size, Colour, Bold, Underline, Italic and Strikeout can be accessed from MaxBasic code during a report. The font can be changed while a report is running to identify certain types of data.

FontColor

The text colour. Click Open Color Dialog (F2) to select the colour. See Color Property.

Format

The format for the result of the Text Expression.

ParentCustomHint

When True, uses the Custom Hint of the parent Band.

ParentFont

When True, uses the Font of the parent Band. Setting this property to True means you can change the font of a band (or the entire report) and have all components on that band (or the report) change to the same font.

TextExpression

The MaxBasic expression that is displayed when the report is printed. You can:

• Type the expression directly in the Expression property.
• Click Open Code Editor (F2) from the Expression property to open the code editor.
• Double-click the bar-code component to open the code editor.

URLExpression

The MaxBasic expression for the hyperlink to access when clicked. The link is clickable on Excel and PDF outputs.

WordWrap

When True, if the text in the component exceeds the width of the component, the text will wrap to new lines on word boundaries.

When False, if the text in the component exceeds the width of the component, the component width will be extended to fit the text.