Arc

The properties of an arc object in a page report are:

Property Name Description
General
Class Type Indicates the class type of the object. This property is read only.
Instance Name Shows the instance name of the object. This property is read only.
Geometry
Bottom Attach Pos X Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the bottom right point of the focus box in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel.

Data type: Float
Bottom Attach Pos Y Specifies the vertical coordinate of the bottom right point of the focus box in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel.

Data type: Float
Top Attach Pos X Specifies the horizontal coordinate of the top left point of the focus box in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel.

Data type: Float
Top Attach Pos Y Specifies the vertical coordinate of the top left point of the focus box in a banded panel. A drawing object can cross panels and the coordinate indicates the relative position in the involved panel.

Data type: Float
Color
Background Specifies the background color of the object. Choose a color from the drop-down list, enter a hexadecimal RGB value (for example, 0xff0000), or select Custom from the drop-down list to specify the color.

Data type: String

CSS
Class Specifies a CSS class to be applied to the object which is a valid class in the CSS file.

Data type: String
Style The property can be used in two ways.
  • Specifies a style to be applied to the object. Choose a style from the drop-down list which is available when a Style Group has been selected at the report tab level and when there are styles in the Style Group that can be applied to the object, or type in the style name.
  • Specifies a CSS selector to be applied to the object. Enter a valid class name from the CSS file.

Data type: String
Others
Export to Page Report Result Specifies whether to include the object when exporting the report to Page Report Result.

Data type: Boolean

Invisible Specifies whether to show the object in the design area and in the report results. All formulas and calculations will still be performed.

Data type: Boolean

Record Location Specifies the calculation point for the properties which use formulas. Choose an option from the drop-down list.
  • Default - The values of the properties are calculated in the default location where they are located.
  • Page Header - The values of the properties are calculated in the page header.
  • Page Footer - The values of the properties are calculated in the page footer.

Data type: Enumeration
Suppress When No Records Specifies whether to display the object in the report results when no record is returned to its parent data container.

Data type: Boolean
Arc Property
Arc Angle Specifies the angle of the arc, in degrees. The value ranges from 0 to 360. As it gets closer to 360, the arc begins to take on an elliptical shape.

Data type: Float

Border Color Specifies the color of the object's border. Choose a color from the drop-down list, enter a hexadecimal RGB value (0xCCAA00), or select Custom from the drop-down list to specify the color.

Data type: String

Border Style Specifies the line style of the object's border. Choose an option from the drop-down list.

Data type: Enumeration
Border Thickness Specifies the width of the object's border, in inches or centimeters. Enter a numeric value to change the thickness.

Data type: Float

Start Angle Specifies the start angle of the arc, in degrees. The value ranges from 0 to 360. At 0, the vertex of the arc starts at 12:15 clock position. As it gets closer to 360, the arc travels in a counterclockwise motion.

Data type: Float

Accessibility
External CSS Class Selector Specifies a class selector to be applied to the object when exported as HTML. Enter a valid class name from the CSS file.

Data type: String

External ID It is mapped to the HTML attribute id. This attribute specifies a name to the object, which must be unique in the report.

Data type: String
External Style It is mapped to the HTML attribute style. This attribute specifies style information for the object.

Data type: String
External Title It is mapped to the HTML attribute title. This attribute offers advisory information about the object.

Data type: String
Language It is mapped to the HTML attribute lang. This attribute specifies the base language of the object's attribute values and text content.

Data type: String

Note: When a report is exported to an HTML/RTF/Excel format file, arcs in it cannot be shown. There is no such problem for PDF, PS, and other output formats.