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# ReportField

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## Description

A field used to print data in a report created with the `Report Layout Editor</getting_started/using_the_ide/report_layout_editor>`.

## Properties

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| Name                                           | Type                                                 | Read-Only | Shared |
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| `Back<reportfield.back>`                       | `Double</api/data_types/double>`                     |           |        |
| `BackColor<reportfield.backcolor>`             | `Color</api/data_types/color>`                       |           |        |
| `Bold<reportfield.bold>`                       | `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`                   |           |        |
| `DataField<reportfield.datafield>`             | `String</api/data_types/string>`                     |           |        |
| `DefaultEncoding<reportfield.defaultencoding>` | `TextEncoding</api/text/encoding_text/textencoding>` |           |        |
| `HasBackColor<reportfield.hasbackcolor>`       | `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`                   |           |        |
| `Height<reportfield.height>`                   | `Double</api/data_types/double>`                     |           |        |
| `Italic<reportfield.italic>`                   | `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`                   |           |        |
| `Left<reportfield.left>`                       | `Double</api/data_types/double>`                     |           |        |
| `Linespacing<reportfield.linespacing>`         | `Double</api/data_types/double>`                     |           |        |
| `Multiline<reportfield.multiline>`             | `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`                   |           |        |
| `Name<reportfield.name>`                       | `String</api/data_types/string>`                     | ✓         |        |
| `OutputFormat<reportfield.outputformat>`       | `String</api/data_types/string>`                     |           |        |
| `Report<reportfield.report>`                   | `Report</api/printing/reporting/report>`             |           |        |
| `Tag<reportfield.tag>`                         | `Variant</api/data_types/variant>`                   |           |        |
| `Text<reportfield.text>`                       | `String</api/data_types/string>`                     |           |        |
| `TextAlign<reportfield.textalign>`             | `TextAlignment<reportfield.textalignment>`           |           |        |
| `TextColor<reportfield.textcolor>`             | `Color</api/data_types/color>`                       |           |        |
| `TextFont<reportfield.textfont>`               | `String</api/data_types/string>`                     |           |        |
| `TextSize<reportfield.textsize>`               | `Double</api/data_types/double>`                     |           |        |
| `TextUnit<reportfield.textunit>`               | `FontUnits</api/graphics/fontunits>`                 |           |        |
| `Top<reportfield.top>`                         | `Double</api/data_types/double>`                     |           |        |
| `Underline<reportfield.underline>`             | `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`                   |           |        |
| `VerticalAlign<reportfield.verticalalign>`     | `VerticalAlignment<reportfield.verticalalignment>`   |           |        |
| `Visible<reportfield.visible>`                 | `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`                   |           |        |
| `Width<reportfield.width>`                     | `Double</api/data_types/double>`                     |           |        |
| `WordWrap<reportfield.wordwrap>`               | `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`                   |           |        |

## Methods

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| Name                                    | Parameters                                      | Returns                          | Shared |
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| `Constructor<reportfield.constructor0>` | controlName As `String</api/data_types/string>` |                                  |        |
| `ControlType<reportfield.controltype>`  |                                                 | `String</api/data_types/string>` |        |

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| Name                                         | Parameters | Returns |
|----------------------------------------------|------------|---------|
| `AfterPrinting<reportfield.afterprinting>`   |            |         |
| `BeforePrinting<reportfield.beforeprinting>` |            |         |

## Enumerations

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ReportField.TextAlignment

### TextAlignment

> Specifies the side of to which the text is aligned.
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> | Enum   |
> |--------|
> | Center |
> | Left   |
> | Right  |

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ReportField.VerticalAlignment

### VerticalAlignment

> Specifies the side to which the vertical axis of the <span class="title-ref">ReportField</span> is aligned.
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> | Enum   |
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> | Bottom |
> | Center |
> | Top    |

## Property descriptions

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ReportField.Back

**Back** As `Double</api/data_types/double>`

> The opacity level of the border.

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ReportField.BackColor

**BackColor** As `Color</api/data_types/color>`

> The background color for the object. If the control has a HasBackColor property, it must be set to `True</api/language/true>` to have the BackColor displayed.

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ReportField.Bold

**Bold** As `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`

> If `True</api/language/true>`, applies the bold style to the control's caption and/or its text content if any.
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> macOS apps can only display font styles that are available. You cannot force a font to display in bold or italic if it does not have bold or italic variations available. In this situation, the Bold property will not affect the font.

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ReportField.DataField

**DataField** As `String</api/data_types/string>`

> The name of the field from the data source to bind to the control.

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ReportField.DefaultEncoding

**DefaultEncoding** As `TextEncoding</api/text/encoding_text/textencoding>`

> The `TextEncoding</api/text/encoding_text/textencoding>` of the control. The default is UTF-8.
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> If you need to change this, do so in the BeforePrinting event using a statement such as:
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> ``` xojo
> Me.DefaultEncoding = Encodings.UTF16
> ```

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ReportField.HasBackColor

**HasBackColor** As `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`

> If `True</api/language/true>`, the background color is set to BackColor.

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ReportField.Height

**Height** As `Double</api/data_types/double>`

> The height of the control in `Units<reports.units>`. Height is relative to the section the control is in.

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ReportField.Italic

**Italic** As `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`

> If `True</api/language/true>`, applies the italic style to the control's caption and/or its text content if any.
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> macOS apps can only display font styles that are available. You cannot force a font to display in bold or italic if it does not have bold or italic variations available. In this situation, the Italic property will not affect the font.

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ReportField.Left

**Left** As `Double</api/data_types/double>`

> The left side of the control in `Units<reports.units>`. Left is relative to the section the control is in.

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ReportField.Linespacing

**Linespacing** As `Double</api/data_types/double>`

> The linespacing in points between the lines of text in the field. This assumes that it is a multiline field.

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ReportField.Multiline

**Multiline** As `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`

> If `True</api/language/true>`, the Field can hold more than one line of text and the LineSpacing property is applicable.

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ReportField.Name

**Name** As `String</api/data_types/string>`

> The name of the object.

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ReportField.OutputFormat

**OutputFormat** As `String</api/data_types/string>`

> The mask used to format the value. This uses the same mask values as the `Format</api/text/format>` command.

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ReportField.Report

**Report** As `Report</api/printing/reporting/report>`

> The report to which the object belongs.

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ReportField.Tag

**Tag** As `Variant</api/data_types/variant>`

> A value that can be associated with the <span class="title-ref">ReportField</span>.

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ReportField.Text

**Text** As `String</api/data_types/string>`

> The text that is displayed in the <span class="title-ref">ReportField</span>. Used for display purposes only.

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ReportField.TextAlign

**TextAlign** As `TextAlignment<reportfield.textalignment>`

> The alignment of the Text.

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ReportField.TextColor

**TextColor** As `Color</api/data_types/color>`

> Gets or sets the color of the caption or the text content. The default value is black.

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ReportField.TextFont

**TextFont** As `String</api/data_types/string>`

> Name of the font used to display the caption or text content.
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> You can enter any font that is installed on the computer or the names of the two metafonts, "System" and "SmallSystem".
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> The System font is the font used by the system software as its default font. Different operating systems use different default fonts. If the system software supports both a large and small System font, you can also specify the "SmallSystem" font as your TextFont.
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> On macOS, "SmallSystem" specifies the OS's smaller system font and may make the control smaller in size as well. On Windows and Linux, "SmallSystem" is the same as "System".

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ReportField.TextSize

**TextSize** As `Double</api/data_types/double>`

> The size of the text, measured in TextUnits.

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ReportField.TextUnit

**TextUnit** As `FontUnits</api/graphics/fontunits>`

> The unit in which TextSize is measured.
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> The choices are:
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> | Value | Description |
> |-------|-------------|
> |       |             |
> | 0     | Default     |
> | 1     | Pixel       |
> | 2     | Point       |
> | 3     | Inch        |
> | 4     | Millimeter  |

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ReportField.Top

**Top** As `Double</api/data_types/double>`

> The top of the control in `Units<reports.units>`. Top is relative to the section the control is in.

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ReportField.Underline

**Underline** As `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`

> If `True</api/language/true>`, applies the underline style to the control's caption and/or its text content if any.

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ReportField.VerticalAlign

**VerticalAlign** As `VerticalAlignment<reportfield.verticalalignment>`

> Specifies the type of vertical alignment of the <span class="title-ref">ReportField</span>.

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ReportField.Visible

**Visible** As `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`

> If `True</api/language/true>`, the control is visible. The default is `True</api/language/true>`.

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ReportField.Width

**Width** As `Double</api/data_types/double>`

> The width of the control in `Units<reports.units>`. Width is relative to the section the control is in.

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ReportField.WordWrap

**WordWrap** As `Boolean</api/data_types/boolean>`

> If `True</api/language/true>`, the multiline text will wordwrap within the Field boundaries.

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ReportField.Constructor

**Constructor**(controlName As `String</api/data_types/string>`)

> Creates a new <span class="title-ref">ReportField</span> with the passed name.
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ReportField.ControlType

**ControlType** As `String</api/data_types/string>`

> Returns the type of the control.

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ReportField.AfterPrinting

**AfterPrinting**

> Called after the control has rendered the data for printing.

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ReportField.BeforePrinting

**BeforePrinting**

> Fires before the rendering takes place.

## Compatibility

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| **Project Types**     | Desktop |
| **Operating Systems** | All     |

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`RBReportControl</api/printing/reporting/rbreportcontrol>` parent class; `Reports Module</api/printing/reporting/reports_module>` module; `RBReportDocument</api/printing/reporting/rbreportdocument>`, `Report</api/printing/reporting/report>`, `ReportLabel</api/printing/reporting/reportlabel>`, `ReportLineShape</api/printing/reporting/reportlineshape>`, `ReportOvalShape</api/printing/reporting/reportovalshape>`, `ReportRectangleShape</api/printing/reporting/reportrectangleshape>`, `ReportRoundRetangleShape</api/printing/reporting/reportroundrectangleshape>`. `ReportPicture</api/printing/reporting/reportpicture>` classes.

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