Flow text control
How to configure a flow text control
Overview
A flow text control allows you to easily include text elements within a report, whether it is a heading or a block of descriptive text.
Creating a flow text control
Select the Text control from the Add control dialog. The flow text control is created and displayed within the layout editor.
A configuration dialog is displayed on the right hand side. Each field within the dialog can be defined dynamically or as a constant. See Dynamic fields.
The configuration dialog allows you to define the following fields for the control:
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Text align
This allows you to define the alignment of the text within the control and how it appears in the report. You can configure the field to be defined dynamically, where the field is linked to a data source and populated when the report is run. When you select the constant field to define the alignment you can select one of the following options:
- Left
- Centre
- Right
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Text style
This allows you to format the style of the contents in the Text field. You can configure the field to be defined dynamically, where the field is linked to a data source and populated when the report is run. When you select the constant field to define the text format you can select a heading style H1 through to H5 or Normal for paragraph text.
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No wrap
This allows you to define how the content of the Text field is displayed. You can configure the field to be defined dynamically, where the field is linked to a data source and populated when the report is run. This is a Yes / No option, the default is No, selecting the constant field sets option to Yes. The content of the Value field is wrapped if it exceeds the width of the container and has more than one line of content. If the option is set to Yes, then the content is truncated.
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Text
This field allows you to define the content of the text that is displayed within the text control. You can configure the field to be defined dynamically, where the field is linked to a data source and populated when the report is run. You can enter the default content in the constant field, which will appear in the report within this field. You will be able to override the text when you run the report based on this document.