A number of component settings are available for each layout component of an invoice/credit note or payslip format to allow the size, position, formatting and other characteristic of the component to be defined and edited.
The component settings can be viewed and modified by clicking on a component within the components list in the Component List and Property Grid pane or by clicking on the component on the layout, as highlighted in the example below. Note: the right hand Property panel is collapsed in this screen shot.
Once the relevant component is selected, the Property panel on the right displays the component settings for the component you have selected, as shown in the example below.
The table below lists and describes the settings that are available for each type of component.
Setting | Applies to which Component Types? | Sub Setting | Description | Options Available |
Display | All | Location X | Defines the X coordinate that specifies the position of the component. | A numeric value can be keyed in. |
Location Y | Defines the Y coordinate that specifies the position of the component. | A numeric value can be keyed in. | ||
Width | Defines the width of the component, in millimetres. | A numeric value can be keyed in. | ||
Height | Defines the width of the component, in millimetres. | A numeric value can be keyed in. | ||
Display Option | Where a payslip is printed over multiple pages, this setting determines if the component appears on each page, on the last page only or on all pages except the last page. | Picklist containing the following options:
Is unavailable for the following layout components:
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Border | All except the following:
| Border Line Colour | Colour of the border that displays around the component. | List of system-defined colours. |
Border Line Style | Style of the line used to render the border around the component. | List of the following system-defined options:
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Border Line Thickness | Thickness of the lined used to render the border around the component. | List of the following system-defined options:
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Show Border | Determines if a border is displayed around the component. | Checkbox | ||
Header | All except the following:
| Header Size | Defines the height of the header on the component, in millimetres. For example, where a component is a table of items, the header contains the column headings. | A numeric value can be keyed in. |
Show Header | Determines if the component displays a header. | Checkbox | ||
Labels | Heading | Tax Invoice/Payslip Label | Text that is to be displayed at the top of an invoice/credit note (for example: Tax Invoice). | A string of text can be keyed in. |
Rows/Columns | All except the following:
| Edit Columns | Displays the Document Designer Table Properties screen, thereby allowing a list of items to be added to the component. | Button |
Invoice Items | Display Rounding Line | If selected, a rounding difference line is displayed at the bottom of the Invoice Items table. If a column in the table is configured to display a total within the Invoice Totals component, the rounding line shows the rounding differenc e between the sum of the values in the column and the corresponding total shown within the Invoice Totals component. |
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Rounding Line Label | Literal text that is to appear as a label against the rounding line. | A string of text can be keyed in. | ||
Sub-group Totals | Invoice Items Pay Items | Include a Sub Totals Row | If selected, sub-totals will be displayed within the following columns of Invoice Items table, if they are included in the document format: | Checkbox - defaults |
Group Sub Totals By | Determines how invoice/credit/payslip items are to be sub-totalled. | Picklist | ||
Image | Logo | Image | Displays the filename of the image displayed within the component. | Displayed by the system. |
Add | Allows the user to browse to a file location where the required image file is located. | Button | ||
Use Pay Company Logo | If selected, sets the image file stored against the Payslip Logo field on Pay Company record as the image displayed with in the component. | Checkbox – defaults to deselected state. | ||
Line | Remittance Line | Line Colour | Sets the colour of the line component. | List of system-defined colours. |
Line Style | Sets the type of line for the selected component | Picklist displays the options of:
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Line Thickness | Sets the thickness of the line component. | List that displays the options of:
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Orientation | Sets the orientation of the line. | List that displays the options of:
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