| Excerpt |
|---|
Writes multiple data types (text, string field, date field, and numeric field) into one object. Examples for message field including date and number formatting: Text in message-field> The total Sales is $(sales, number, $ #,###.##) for $(report.date, date, yyyy-MM-dd) returns something like: The total Sales is $4,000 for 2013-03-14. |
Attributes
Attributes | Description |
|---|---|
alignment | Sets the horizontal justification of the text based on a defined width. |
color | Sets the font color by the using RGB-triplet (#ffffff for white; #ff0000 for red, etc) or from list of the predefined colors below. |
dynamic | A dynamic element increases the height of the element to fit the content of that element. Computing that dynamic height is expensive, so use it with care. |
excel-wrap-text | When outputting to Excel, sets the text to word wrap. |
font-embedded | Specifies the font to embed into the PDF file. |
font-encoding | Specifies the encoding to be used for the PDF. |
fontname | Sets the font name. |
fontsize | Sets the font size. |
fontstyle | Sets font style. This is a shortcut for defining fsbold and fsitalic. |
fsbold | Sets font to italics. |
fsitalic | Sets font to italics. |
fsstrikethr | Sets font to strikethrough. |
fsunderline | Sets font to underline. |
height | Determines the minimum height. Value is a whole number where each increment is equivalent to 1/72 of an inch or percentage. |
href | Sets a hyperlink for the section. |
line-height | The height of a single text line in text elements. If the line-height is set and is greater than the font size, extra padding will be added between the lines making text more readable. |
name | Used to reference the element later. Functions pick up elements by their name. |
nullstring | If a null value, replace with a predefined value. |
reserve-literal | Determines the text printed when the text does not fit completely into an element. |
trim-text-content | Defines, whether leading and trailing whitespaces of the generated lines get removed. Important for a clean layout. |
vertical-alignment | Sets the vertical position of the text. |
visible | Sets whether the object will be printed. |
width | Set the horizontal width of the object. Width is required. |
x | Defines the horizontal starting position an object defined by a value or percentage. |
y | Defines the vertical starting position of an object defined by a value or percentage. |
Number Formatting Table
| Include Page | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Date Formatting Table
| Include Page | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|