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 |
