Use the General tab of the Textbox Properties dialog box to define general options for the text box. The following table describes the other tabs in the Textbox Properties dialog box.
Options
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Name
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Type a name for the text box. The name must be unique within the report.
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Tooltip
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Type a ToolTip or an expression that evaluates to a ToolTip. Click the expression (fx) button to edit the expression. The value of ToolTip will appear when the user pauses the pointer over the text box in an HTML report.
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Repeat report item with data region on every page
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Choose this option to show the text box with a data region each time the data region appears on a page. This is useful for headings or descriptive text that should appear with the data region on each page of the report.
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Data region
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Type or select the data region with which to repeat the text box on every page that the data region appears.
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Value
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Type the value of the text box. This can be a field expression, other expression, or label. Click the expression (fx) button to edit the expression.
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Hide duplicates
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Choose this option to display only the first instance of a value when the text box repeats in a data region. For example, if a data table returns the same product name for several rows, only the first instance of the product name appears.
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Containing group or dataset
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Type a group or dataset, or an expression that evaluates to a group or data table, in which to hide duplicate names. Click the expression (fx) button to edit the expression.
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