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Table Properties
- Fiona Sims
Layout components that are part of a document format, with the exception of Logo and Remittance Line components, are essentially tables consisting of a number of cells. Each cell may contain the following:
a text label such as a column header or any other literal text
a data item (database field) or a group of data items that display values stored in the database.
The example below shows invoice items that have been formatted into a table format. In this example the table has been formatted to display column headers, where the text displayed inside each column header is literal text. The values within each subsequent row of the table are populated with data items.
Table properties are available for each component of a layout that is based on a table. The table properties define attributes such as the following:
the contents of each cell (e.g. literal text or data items)
formatting of the cell contents (e.g. font face, font size, font colours, background colours, text wrapping)
display of grid lines.
Table properties are viewed and modified via the Document Format Table Properties screen. By default when you click on a component in the left hand panel, the Properties panel on the right is updated to reflect the layout and fields. To view the Field Properties pop up, click the view action (highlighted below).
The Field Properties pop up is displayed below.
The table below lists and describes the options available on the Document Format Table Properties screen for managing the table properties of a layout component.
Field | Description |
Item List | Lists the literal text labels and data items that appear in the table. |
Name | Name of the text label or data item. |
Format | |
Order By | If the item selected in the item list represents a column header (column header text), this field allows the sort order of the column to be defined. |
Supress When Duplicated | If ticked, the item is displayed once the first time it occurs within the table and is not repeated against each row to which it corresponds. |
Visible | If ticked, the selected item is visible when a document based on this format is generated. |
Height | Specifies the height, in millimetres, of the table cell within which the item is displayed. |
Wrap Text | If ticked, the text within the cell in which the item is displayed wraps onto the next line if it does not fit within the width of the cell. Otherwise, text may extend passed the boundary of the cell. |
Grid | |
Grid Line Colour | Determines the colour of the grid lines that define the boundaries of the cell in which the item appears. |
Grid Line Style | Determines the type of lines used for the grid lines that define the boundaries of the cell in which the item appears. Lists the following options: |
Grid Line Thickness | Determines the thickness of the grid lines that define the boundaries of the cell in which the item appears. Lists the following options: |
Show Grid Lines Bottom | If ticked, a grid line is displayed along the bottom edge of the cell in which the item appears. |
Show Grid Lines Left | If ticked, a grid line is displayed along the left edge of the cell in which the item appears. |
Show Grid Lines Right | If ticked, a grid line is displayed along the right edge of the cell in which the item appears. |
Show Grid Lines Top | If ticked, a grid line is displayed along the top edge of the cell in which the item appears. |
Show Header Grid Line | If ticked, a grid line is displayed between the cell in which the item appears and the header of the table. |
Header – options in this section allow an item to be displayed as a label within the header of the table | |
Header Text | Defines the literal text that appears in the column header. |
Text Colour | Determines the colour in which the header text is to be displayed. |
Font | Determines the font face and font size in which the header text is to be displayed. |
Horizontal Text Alignment | Determines the horizontal alignment of the header text within the cell. Lists the following options: |
Vertical Text Alignment | Determines how the vertical alignment of the header text within the cell. Lists the following system-defined options: |
Background Colour | Determines the background colour of the cell. |
Padding Bottom | Defines the amount of whitespace, in millimetres, between the header text and the bottom edge of the cell in which it appears. |
Padding Left | Defines the amount of whitespace, in millimetres between the header text and the left edge of the cell in which it appears. |
Padding Right | Defines the amount of whitespace, in millimetres, between the header text and the right edge of the cell in which it appears. |
Padding Top | Defines the amount of whitespace, in millimetres, between the header text and the top edge of the cell in which it appears. |
Item – options in this section determine the data item(s) (data base fields) that display inside a table cell | |
Database Field | Displays the database field name of the data item that is displayed inside the cell. |
Text Colour | Defines the colour of the text in which the data item is displayed within the cell. |
Font | Defines the font face and font size used to display the data item within the cell. |
Horizontal Text Alignment | Defines the horizontal alignment of the data item text within the cell. Lists the following options: |
Vertical Text Alignment | Defines the vertical alignment of the data item text within the cell. Lists the following options: |
Background Colour | Defines the background colour of the data item within the cell. |
Padding Bottom | Defines the amount of whitespace, in millimetres, between the data item text and the bottom edge of the cell in which it appears. |
Padding Left | Defines the amount of whitespace, in millimetres, between the data item text and the left edge of the cell in which it appears. |
Padding Right | Defines the amount of whitespace, in millimetres, between the data item text and the right edge of the cell in which it appears. |
Padding Top | Defines the amount of whitespace, in millimetres, between the data item text and the top edge of the cell in which it appears. |
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