Using Report Controls

These topics describe how to customise the appearance of a report or any of its elements using specific appearance options, visual styles and conditional formatting. There are two main ways of setting Control options that are generic: The Smart Tag and the Property Grid.

The Smart Tag is available by clicking on the Control which will make a small cog icon appear at the right of the object.

Click on this to produce the objects Tasks. This is a selection of the commonly associated tasks available with this object.

• Pointer
• Label
• Check Box
• Rich Text
• Picture Box
• Panel
• Table
• Character Comb
• Line
• Shape
• Bar Code
• Bar Chart
• Cross Tab
• Gauge
• Sparkline
• Sub Report
• PDF Content
• Table of Contents
• Page Info
• Page Break
• Cross-Band Controls