About making multiple selections in the Property Inspector

1-32 Oracle Reports Users Guide to Building Reports ■ Use the JSP tag rw:reports id=myReport parameters=yourParameterList, where yourParameterList can be a Java variable. For example: String myParameterList=userid=scotttigerp_deptno+10; rw:report id=myReport parameters== myParameterList For more information on creating a Parameter Form for a JSP-based Web report, see Chapter 42, Building a Simple Parameter Form for a JSP-based Web Report . See also Section 1.2.2, About Web Reports Section 1.6.5, About the Paper Parameter Form view Section 1.11.1, About the Runtime Parameter Form Section 2.5.1, About Parameter Form HTML extensions

1.10 The Property Inspector

The topics in this section discuss the Property Inspector in Oracle Reports Builder. ■ About the Property Inspector ■ About making multiple selections in the Property Inspector

1.10.1 About the Property Inspector

The Property Inspector is a window that enables you to access the properties of the currently selected objects in the Object Navigator, Report Editor, and Template Editor. Every Oracle Reports Builder object query, group, frame, parameter, and so on. has associated properties that can be viewed using the Property Inspector. To get help on any property, click the property in the Property Inspector and press F1.

1.10.1.1 About making multiple selections in the Property Inspector

You can select multiple objects at the same time by using Shift+Click or Ctrl+Click in the navigators or the editors. When two or more objects are selected, a list of object names is displayed at the top of the Property Inspector. The IntersectionUnion button on the Property Inspector toolbar determines which properties are displayed in the property list when more than one object is selected. Toggling between Intersection and Union changes the list of properties displayed in the Property Inspector, but does not affect the setting of any property. Note: If you display your paper-based report on the Web, you can create an HTML Parameter Form by adding HTML header and footer tags using either: ■ the Property Inspector : set the Before Form Value property and After Form Value property for the report ■ PLSQL : set format triggers using the SRW.SET_BEFORE_ FORM_HTML and SRW.SET_AFTER_FORM_HTML procedures. Basic Concepts 1-33 Properties that are common to two or more objects in a multiple selection are listed only once, and the property setting is displayed as follows: ■ If the property has the same setting for all of the selected objects that have it in common, the common setting is displayed. ■ If the property is set differently for the objects that have it in common, the string is displayed. See also Section 4.2.2, Setting report properties Section 4.2.5, Setting properties for an ASCII character-mode report Section 4.2.7, Setting properties of multiple objects Section 4.2.8, Comparing the properties of one object to another

1.11 Runtime Views