Check box
The Check Box control is intended to display True/False or Checked/Unchecked/Indeterminate states in a report, by displaying (or not) a check mark, which can be accompanied by a text description.
In the Property Grid, the check box control's properties are divided into the following groups.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| BackColor | Specifies the background color for the control. |
| Borders, Border Color, Border Dash Style and Border Width | Specify border settings for the control. |
| Font | Specifies the font settings for the control. Some of these settings are available in the Font section on the ribbon. |
| ForeColor | Specifies the text color for the control. This option is also available in the Font section on the ribbon. |
| Formatting Rules | Opens the Formatting Rules Editor allowing you to choose which rules should be applied to the control during report generation, and define the precedence of the applied rules. To learn more on this, see Conditionally change a control's appearance. |
| Glyph Alignment | Determines the position of the check mark. |
| Padding | Specifies indent values which are used to render the contents of a check box. |
| Style Priority | Allows you to define the priority of various style elements (such as background color, border color, etc.). For more information on style inheritance, see Understand styles concepts. |
| Styles | This property allows you to define odd and even styles for the control, as well as to assign an existing style to the control (or a newly created one). For more information on style inheritance, see Use odd and even styles. |
| Text Alignment |
Allows you to change the alignment of the control's text. This option is also available on the ribbon. |
| Text Trimming | Allows you to set the trimming behavior employed when text overflows the check box area. |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Anchor Horizontally | Specifies the horizontal anchoring style of the control, so that after page rendering it stays attached to the left control, right control, or both. |
| Anchor Vertically | Specifies the vertical anchoring style of the control, so that after page rendering it stays attached to the top control, bottom control, or both. The property setting is useful for data-bound check boxes located between upper and lower controls, which are allowed to resize depending on their contents. |
| Keep Together | Specifies whether the contents of a check box can be horizontally split across pages. In other words, if a check box occupies more space than remains on the page, this property specifies whether this check box should be split between the current page and the next, or whether it will be printed entirely on the next page. This property is in effect only when a check box's content does not fit on the current page. If it does not fit on the next page either, then the check box will be split despite this property's value. |
| Scripts | This property contains events, which you can handle with the required scripts. For more information on scripting, see Handle events via scripts. |
| Visible | Specifies whether the control should be visible in Print Preview. |
| Word Wrap | When this property is set to Yes, text entered into a check box is wrapped to the next line if it doesn't fit the line. |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| (Data Bindings) | This property allows you to bind some of the control's properties (Bookmark, Check State, NavigateURL, Tag and Text) to a data field obtained from the report's data source, and to apply a format string to it. |
| Check State | This property allows you to quickly specify the Checked/Unchecked/Indeterminate state of a check box (the Indeterminate state is displayed as a grayed out checked box.) Note that if you only want to use Checked and Unchecked states, you may use the Checked property, instead. |
| Checked | This property allows you to define whether a check box is checked or not. |
| Tag |
This property allows you to add some additional information to the control; for example its id, by which it can then be accessible via scripts. The Tag property can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the (Data Bindings) property and in the Tag.Binding drop-down selector, select the required data field. |
| Text |
Allows you to define a line of static text to be displayed. Note that when a check box is selected in the designer, you may simply start typing the text, and it will be automatically entered into the in-place editor.
The Text property can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the (Data Bindings) property, and in the Text.Binding drop-down selector, select the required data field. |
| Xlsx Format String | Specifies the native XLSX format string for the control's content, which is to be preserved when the report is being exported to XLSX. This format string is independent from the general value formatting. |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| (Name) | Determines a control's name, by which it can be accessed in the Report Explorer, Property Grid or via scripts. |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Location | Specifies the control's location, in report measurement units. |
| Size | Specifies the control's size, in report measurement units. |
| Snap Line Margin | Specifies the margin (in report measurement units), which is to be preserved around the control when it is aligned using Snap Lines, or when other controls are aligned next to it. |
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Bookmark and Parent Bookmark |
These properties are intended for the creation of a hierarchical structure within a report called a document map. For an explanation and help, see Add bookmarks. The Bookmark property can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the (Data Bindings) property and in the Bookmark.Binding drop-down selector, select the required data field. |
| Navigation URL and Target |
Use the Navigate URL property to specify a URL for web browser navigation when a user clicks on a check box. The web browser displays a page in a window or a frame as specified by the Target property. Note that a URL should have an appropriate prefix (e.g. "http://"). You can create cross-references within the report by assigning the name of the target control to the Navigate URL property, and setting the Target property to "_self". For more information, see Create hyperlinks. The Navigate URL property can be bound to a data field obtained from the data source. To do this, expand the (Data Bindings) property and in the Navigate URL.Binding drop-down selector, select the required data field. |