Appearance
Collections
If more than one style is used in a report, the styles can be grouped into a Collection. While a report can have multiple collections of styles, there can only be one collection applied to a report at a time. A collection can be created in a couple ...
Nesting Levels
Nesting refers to stacking components. It is the level of subordination of a component to another component. A component added to the Report Template that does not have a subordination will be considered a component of the first nesting level. Fig. 1 ...
Conditions
It is possible to set conditions for components so that when a condition is met, the style will be applied to that component. To modify conditions, proceed to the Conditions dialog in the properties panel of the style designer. Fig. 1 – Conditions ...
Style Designer
Access the Style Designer by selecting the Style Designer icon in the Home tab of the ribbon. Fig. 1 – Style Designer Access The Style Designer allows for the creation and editing of styles in reports. Styles and their collections impact the ...
Vertical Text Alignment
Vertical Text Alignment functions the same as Vertical Image Alignment. The Vertical Alignment property can be accessed through the Style Designer, where it is found in the Object Inspector at the side of the window. Fig. 1 – Style Designer > Object ...
Vertical Image Alignment
The Vertical Image Alignment property can be accessed through the Style Designer. Vertical Alignment is located in the Object Inspector at the side of the window. Fig. 1 – Style Designer > Object Inspector > Appearance > Vertical Alignment Images can ...
Styles
A “style” can be created by Report Designer users and utilized repeatedly in different reports. This is useful because it eliminates the need to format each component manually. Instead, you can create a new style in a report and establish its ...
Simple Borders
The border property can be found in the Appearance section of the Object Inspector. Fig. 1 – Object Inspector > Appearance > Border Sides The Border.Side property can determine which sides of a border will be visible. There are four segments per ...
Horizontal Image Alignment
The Horizontal Image Alignment property can be accessed through the Style Designer. Horizontal Alignment is located in the Object Inspector at the side of the window. Fig. 1 – Style Designer > Object Inspector > Appearance > Horizontal Alignment ...
Fonts and Font Brushes
Microvellum Reports features two components that are used to draw and set up text. These components are Text and Rich Text. To access the font for these components, open the Style Designer, and the Font property is found in the Object Inspector at ...
Background Brushes
Within reports, brushes are utilized to fill backgrounds or to insert text. To change the brush style, select the dropdown next to Brush in the Object Inspector menu. Fig. 1 – Object Inspector > Appearance > Brush Fig. 2 – Available Brush Types The ...
Advanced Borders
In the Advanced tab of the border window, you have the option to change the style, thickness, and color of the border separately for each side. In other words, users can modify the Right Side, Left Side, Bottom Side, and Top Side independently from ...