Label

You can use labels for fixed text that is language-dependent. When printing, the reporting engine automatically selects the best fitting label in the current language.

These properties are available:

Label: Specify the label code to be printed. The label must be present in the package of the report, or in the extensibility package.; You can also search labels by description. After you specify a part of the description in the field, the workbench shows a list of matching labels. If only one label matches the description, that label is selected automatically.
Left: Specify the position of the field from the left side of the layout.; This property is only available if the report uses exact positioning.
Top: Specify the position of the field from the top of the layout.; This property is only available if the report uses exact positioning.
Width: Specify the reserved width of the field, in columns.; If the report uses exact positioning, this property is specified as a length.
Height: Specify the reserved height of the field. For multi-line labels, this must be a multiple of the number of lines.; If the report uses exact positioning, this property is specified as a length, and there is no relation to the number of lines.
Data length: Specify the maximum number of characters for the label description.
Label lines: Specify the maximum number of lines for the label description.
Wrap Data: If this check box is selected, data of the label is wrapped if it does not fit within the specified Width.; This property is only available if the report uses exact positioning.; This property is only available for labels for which the Label lines property is set to 1.
Minimum lines: Specify the minimum number of lines to print for a label for which the Wrap Data property is set.
Maximum lines: Specify the maximum number of lines to print for a label for which the Wrap Data property is set. This value must be greater than or equal to the value of the Minimum lines property.; In footer layouts, this property is not available.
Line spacing: Specify the line spacing as a factor of the font size.; This property is only available if the report uses exact positioning.; In a report that uses exact positioning, you cannot directly change the height of a label for which the Wrap Data property is set. Instead, the visual height in the Report Designer is determined by the Minimum lines property. The height of a single line is determined by the Line spacing and Font Size properties.
Align according to domain: If this check box is selected, the alignment of the label is linked to the alignment of the corresponding field.; This check box is available only if the label code is a table field.
Alignment: Specify the horizontal alignment of the label within its reserved space.; This option is not available if Align according to domain is selected.; If the report uses exact positioning, you can also specify vertical alignment.
Formatting: You can format the field as bold, italic, and underlined.
Color: Specify the text color of the label description.
Background: Specify the background color of the label. This fills the entire reserved space, regardless of the length of the label description.
Font: Specify the font of the label. See the Fonts (ttaad3560m000) session. If not specified, the font that is specified on the report is used. This value is displayed below the font property.
Font Size: Specify the font size of the label, in points. If not specified, the font size as specified on the report is used. If that value is specified, it is displayed below the property. If no value is specified on the report, the PDF converter automatically resizes the text to fit the field. A calculation of that size is displayed below the property.
Border: Specify which sides of the label should have a border and specify the border thickness, style, and color.
Print Condition: Specify the condition that must be met for the label to be printed. The expression is 3GL code.
Column: This property is relevant if you export the report to an Excel workbook.; Specify the Excel column on the current sheet where the label should be placed.; If you select multiple items, the specified value is applied to the first selected item. The value is incremented for the other selected items. For example, you have selected four items and you specify B in the Column property. For the first selected item, the value of the Column property is B. For the other three items, the value of the Column property is C, D, and E respectively.; If you leave this property blank, the label is not included in the workbook.
Row: This property is relevant if you export the report to an Excel workbook.; Specify the Excel row number where the label should be placed. The value cannot be greater than the value of the Rows property of the layout in which the label is present.; If you select multiple items, the specified row number is applied to all selected items. Therefore, these items have the same row number.; For ‘non-exact positioned’ reports, the default value for this property is automatically set to the layout line number within the layout. You can edit this value.