Setting Field Properties

When you have placed fields on the JADE Report Writer Designer application layout, access the properties for any field by clicking the right mouse button while your cursor is positioned over the field.

Alternatively, you can display the Field Properties dialog for any report field except lines and boxes by double-clicking on it.

When you right-click on a report field, a popup menu is displayed. The commands that are displayed on the popup menu depend on the field that you select. The following image shows the popup menu that is displayed when you right-click on a literal value.

Each popup menu provides commands that set common properties (for example, the Visible, Border, and Alignment commands shown in the previous image) and each popup menu provides a Delete command.

The Properties command is displayed on popup menus for all fields except for lines and boxes. The Properties command provides the main dialog for setting and changing individual field properties.

The commands listed in the following table are described in the following subsections and are common to all field popup menus except for lines and boxes.

Command	Enables you to …
Properties Command	Set properties using the Properties dialog
Visible Command	Change the visibility of the field
Border Command	Place a border around the field
Alignment Command	Align the field within its boundaries
Delete Command	Delete a field

The following table lists the popup menu commands that apply to specific fields.

Command	Field Type	Enables you to …
Text	Literal	Enter the text of your literal
Data Source	Database	Change the data source for your field
Script	Script	Update script detail
Summary	Summary	Update summary field detail
Parameter	Parameter	Update parameter field detail
Width	Line and Box	Change the line width
Color	Line and Box	Change the line color