Rave Reports Visual Designer

Text component (TRaveText) - Standard Tab

The "Text" component is useful for displaying a single line of text on the report.

It acts basically like a label that can contain simple text (not data). When placed on the report, the Text box is originally surrounded with a box that indicates its boundaries. This box can only be seen while the text component is selected (represented by the pips).

The component can be used for labels, figure or graphical titles, floating text, form titles and in general just about anything that can be denoted by a single line of text. When the component is selected, the length of the text can be adjusted by resizing it using the pips. Note however that the height of the text is self-adjusting and does not require further intervention by the user.

Like any other text-based component, there is a font property that can be used to change the font type, size and style. The color can be set using the Color property. The actual text of the component is denoted by the Text property. There is an additional property called Rotation, which can be used to rotate the text by a specified number of degrees. The rotation effect can only be seen at runtime.

See Also:

Standard Components

Properties:

Anchor, Color, DevLocked, DisplayOn, Font, FontJustify, FontMirror, Left, Locked, Mirror, Name, Rotation, Tag, Text, Top, Truncate, Visible, Width