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User’s Guide
Modifying an Individual Field’s Properties
You can modify a field’s properties in many ways. Table 4–2 lists the field properties you can change and which Report Builder options you can use to change them.
Table 4–2: Changing Field Formats
Field Property You can change the characteristics using the . . .
Properties Menu
Format
Bar Field Properties Dialog Box Default Settings Dialog Box Alignment![]()
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Notice that the Field Properties dialog box provides access to all field properties settings. You access the Field Properties dialog box by selecting a field and double-clicking. Figure 4–1 shows the Field Properties dialog box for a numeric field.
Figure 4–1: Field Properties Dialog Box
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This dialog box contains the following user-interface elements:
Field
Identifies the field name.
Type
Identifies the Report Builder data type and Progress data type.
Alignment
Displays the current alignment.
Font
Displays the current font.
Format
Displays the field format.
Merge Left
Specifies whether merge left is enabled.
Unknown
Specifies how the field displays UNKNOWN values.
Expression
Displays the field’s expression, if applicable.
The buttons in the dialog box fall into two categories: local and global properties. The local properties affect only the selected instance of the field. The global properties affect all copies of the field.
Each of the buttons access the dialog boxes for specifying the corresponding field information. For example, when you choose the Alignment button, the Alignment dialog box appears.
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