Font Chooser dialog box

### Working with Grid Properties

A grid, as defined in Datapage+, is a table-like structure with rows and columns that exists inside of reports, these rows and columns result in cells. Generally, reports in Datapage+ use these cells to hold header information, such as company logos and textual information about the report.

A sample grid is shown here with a grid cell selected

You can modify a grid cell's properties to change its background color, add an image, change the font, in some cases change the text, and so on by using the Grid Property dialog box. To access this dialog box, simply right-click on a grid cell.

Grid Property dialog box

The Grid Property dialog box contains the following information:

Cell - This label indicates the type of item selected.

Cell type - This drop-down list indicates the type of data to be held in the cell. It switches between textbox and image.

Important: You should exercise care when switching from textbox to image on a cell that already contains text. If you then select an image to display and click Apply, your text is lost and can only be recovered by regenerating the report.

Select - This button lets you choose an image to display inside of the selected cell. If you select image from Cell type, the Select button becomes enabled so you can choose an image to display.

Cell justification - These buttons let you set the alignment of the text within the cell, either vertically or horizontally. If horizontal, you can align the text to the left, the center, or the right of the cell. If vertical, you can align the text to the top, the middle, or the bottom.

Horizontal Alignment Buttons

- Left - Aligns the text with the left side of the cell.

- Center - Aligns the text horizontally in the center of the cell.

- Right - Aligns the text with the right side of the cell.

Vertical Alignment Buttons

- Top - Aligns the text with the top of the cell.

- Middle - Aligns the text vertically in the middle of the cell.

- Bottom - Aligns the text with the bottom of the cell.

Font - This button accesses the Font Chooser dialog box
. You can use this dialog box to modify the cell's font, font style, font weight, font size, affects, as well as change its font color. Any text in that cell is then modified to use these font properties.

Background Color - This displays a standard Color dialog box, letting you choose the color to display for the cell's background.

Text Color - This displays a standard Color dialog box, letting you choose the color to display for the any text in the cell.

Line Color - This displays a standard Color dialog box, letting you choose the color to display for the cell's lines (or border).

OK - Closes this dialog box. If you've clicked Apply first then this saves the currently defined items on the dialog box for this report.

Cancel - Closes this dialog box.

Apply - Applies the current configuration for the current report.

This sample header shows modified font, background, and image properties