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Setting properties of multiple objects

To set the properties of multiple objects:

  1. In the Object Navigator or any Report Editor view, select the objects whose properties you want to set. The objects can be of different types and can even be in different documents.
  2. Choose Toolsright arrowProperty Inspector.
  3. In the Property Inspector, click the Union button to see all properties of all objects or leave the tool as the Intersection button (the Intersection tool) to see only the properties the objects have in common.
  4. Set the properties as desired.

Any change you make to a property setting is applied to all of the objects in the current selection to which that property applies.

Example

A report includes several fields, each of which displays the date. The Datatype property of each field is DATE, which causes dates to be displayed in the default ORACLE format DD-MON-YY.

To use a different date format throughout the application, you need to set the Format Mask property for each field that displays dates. Rather than setting each field’s Format Mask property individually, select all of the items, then set the Format Mask property once to change the format mask for each item selected.

See also

About making multiple selections in the Property Inspector

Comparing the properties of one object to another

Setting report preferences

Setting report properties