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Shape Components

See also Report Designer Component Properties for properties common to all components, such as position and size.

Shape components have the following properties:

BrushColor

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

BrushStyle

The pattern used to fill the shape:

  • bsSolid - Fill with solid colour.
  • bsClear - The shape is not filled. the BrushColor will be set to clear (#FFFFFF).
  • bsHorizontal - Fill with horizontal lines.
  • bsVertical - Fill with vertical lines.
  • bsFDiagonal - Fill with diagonal lines (top left to lower right).
  • bsBDiagonal - Fill with diagonal lines (lower left to top right).
  • bsCross - Fill with crossed horizontal and vertical lines.
  • bsDiagCross - Fill with diagonal crossed lines.

Corner Height, Corner Width

For the rectangle shape, determines the curvature on the corners.

Line Position

Applies to the Horizontal Line and Vertical Line Shape Types:

  • taLeftJustify - The line is positioned to the left (vertical) or top (horizontal) of the component.
  • taCenter - The line is positioned in the centre of the component.
  • taRightJustify - The line is positioned to the right (vertical) or bottom (horizontal) of the component.

Pen Colour

The colour of the shape border. Click Open Color Dialog (F2) to select the colour. See Color Property.

Pen Style

The line style of the shape border:

  • psSolid - A solid line.
  • psDash - A dashed line.
  • psDot - A dotted line.
  • psDashDot - A line of alternating dashes and dots.
  • psDashDotDot - A line of alternating dashes and pairs of dots.
  • psClear - No line.

Pen Width

Determines the width (millimetres) of the boundary line for the shape.

Shape Type

Possible Shape Types,

Shape Type

Shape

stRectangle

Square or Rectangle.

stCircle

Circle or Ellipse.

stVerticalLine

Vertical line in the middle of the shape.

stHorizontalLine

Horizontal line in the middle of the shape.

stRoundRect

Rectangle with rounded corners.

 

See Also

Report Designer Components

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