string-field

Returns a string value from a specified field on the current record.

Attributes

Attributes	Description
alignment	Sets the horizontal justification of the text based on a defined width. Type: String Default Value: left Values: left \| center \| right
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. Type: String Default Value: black Predefined Values: black \| blue\| cyan \| darkGray \| gray \| green \| lightGray \| magenta \| orange \| pink \| red \| white \| yellow
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. Type: Boolean Default Value: true
fieldname	The fieldname defines the name of the column of the tablemodel or the name of the function/expression/report property from where to read the data. Any value found in the column will be converted into a String using String.valueOf (...).
font-embedded	Specifies the font to embed into the PDF file. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
font-encoding	Specifies the encoding to be used for the PDF. Type: String
fontname	Sets the font name. Type: String
fontsize	Sets the font size. Type: Integer
fontstyle	Sets font style. This is a shortcut for defining fsbold and fsitalic. Type: String Values: plain \| bold \| italic \| bolditalic
fsbold	Sets font to italics. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
fsitalic	Sets font to italics. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
fsstrikethr	Sets font to strikethrough. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
fsunderline	Sets font to underline. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
height	Determines the minimum height. Value is a whole number where each increment is equivalent to 1/72 of an inch or percentage. Height is required. Type: Integer Default: If no height is specified, then height will be determine by all the objects contained.
href	Sets a hyperlink for the section. Type: String
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. Type: Integer
name	Used to reference the element later. Functions pick up elements by their name. Type: String
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. Type: String Default value: "..."
trim-text-content	Defines, whether leading and trailing whitespaces of the generated lines get removed. Important for a clean layout. Type: Boolean Default Value: true
vertical-alignment	Sets the vertical position of the text. Default Value: top Values: top \| middle \| bottom
visible	Sets whether the object will be printed. Type: Boolean Default Value: true
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.