About changing colors and patterns

Advanced Concepts 2-33 object. This ensures that Type A objects will not be pushed off the page. However, they may be overwritten by another Type A object, if they are found on the same layer. See also Section 4.9.5.1, Anchoring objects together Section 4.9.5.2, Viewing implicit anchors Section 4.9.5.3, Moving an anchor

2.4.5 About changing colors and patterns

Color and pattern selections are applied to an entire object for example, you can apply a color to all the text in the object but not to a segment of the text. You can change colors and patterns in your report in the following ways: ■ In the Oracle Reports Builder user interface, use the following tools in the Paper Layout views tool palette: ■ The Line Color tool is used to customize the color of borders around layout objects. ■ The Fill Color tool is used to fill layout objects with colors and patterns. ■ The Text Color tool is used to change the default text color. ■ The FillLineText Display, the box directly above the three Color tools, shows the currently selected fill, border, and text. The default fill and border for objects created by Oracle Reports Builder is transparent, while the default for objects you create is a black, one point line around a white fill. ■ In PLSQL, use the following SRW packaged procedures: ■ SRW.SET_BACKGROUND_BORDER_COLOR ■ SRW.SET_BACKGROUND_FILL_COLOR ■ SRW.SET_FOREGROUND_BORDER_COLOR ■ SRW.SET_FOREGROUND_FILL_COLOR ■ SRW.SET_TEXT_COLOR ■ SRW.SET_FILL_PATTERN ■ SRW.SET_BORDER_PATTERN ■ For templates, set the following properties in the template Property Inspector: ■ The Fill Pattern property defines the pattern to use for the space enclosed by the objects. You can define the background and foreground colors of the fill pattern using the Foreground Color and Background Color properties. ■ The Edge Pattern property defines the pattern to use for the borders of the objects. You can define the background and foreground colors of the edge pattern using the Edge Foreground Color and Edge Background Color properties. Note: The Windows platform does not support a border pattern that is, patterns for the Line Color tool. 2-34 Oracle Reports Users Guide to Building Reports ■ The Text Color property specifies the text color to use for the objects. Additionally, you can set color palette preferences to specify how it is used by a report see Section 4.2.6, Setting color palette preferences and modify the color palette to change the definition of individual colors see Section 4.9.6.5, Modifying the color palette . To change the color palette being used by the current report, you can import a new color palette. You can also export the current color palette for use by other reports. See Section 4.9.6.6, Importing or exporting a color palette . See also Section 4.9.6.2, Changing colors Section 4.9.6.3, Changing patterns Section 4.9.6.4, Changing colors and patterns using PLSQL Section 4.9.4.2, Changing object border attributes Topics Oracle CDE1 color palette, Default color palette, Grayscale color palette, and Pattern color palette in the Reference Color and Pattern Palettes section of the Oracle Reports online Help Topic SRW built-in package in the Reference PLSQL Reference Built-in Packages section of the Oracle Reports online Help Topic Template properties in the Properties section of the Oracle Reports online Help

2.4.6 About resizing objects