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<labelAttribute> XML tag

The <labelAttribute> tag defines the formatting attributes for field labels. The <labelAttribute> tag can be nested within a <field> tag or within a layout style tag (for example, <tabular> or <matrix>). If <labelAttribute> is nested inside a <field> tag, then it applies only to the labels for that field.

The <labelAttribute> tag only affects new fields, it does not change the label of an existing field in the report definition (.rdf) file. To change the text of an existing label, you should use the textSegment attribute of the <property> tag.

Syntax

<labelAttribute 
  [font="font_name"]
  [fontSize="point_size"]
  [fontStyle="regular | italic | bold | boldItalic"]
  [fontEffect="regular | strikeout | underline 
     | strikeoutUnderline"]
  [lineColor="color_name | noLine"]
  [fillColor="color_name | noFill"]
  [textColor="color_name"]
  [alignment="start | left | center | right | end"]
  >
</labelAttribute>

Parameters /Options

Description

font

Is the name of the font to be used for the field label.

fontSize

Is the size of the font to be used for the field label.

fontStyle

Is the style of the font to be used for the field label.

fontEffect

Is the effect of the font to be used for the field contents.

lineColor

Is the name of the color to be used for the border of the field. If noLine is specified, then the field's border is transparent.

fillColor

Is the name of the color to be used as the background for the field. If noFill is specified, then the background is transparent.

textColor

Is the name of the color to be used for the field contents

alignment

Is how the text should be justified within the field.

Example

The following example shows a segment of an XML report definition that defines a section with a group left layout inside of it. The first <labelAttribute> tag would apply to all of the fields in the layout except for f_sumsal, which has its own embedded <labelAttribute> tag.

<section name="main">
  <groupLeft name="m_emp">
    <labelAttribute font="Arial" fontSize="10" 
      fontStyle="bold"/>
    <group>
      <field name="f_deptno" source="deptno" 
        label="Department "
        font="Arial" fontSize="10"/>
      <field name="f_sumsal" label="Total 
        Salary" source="sumsal" 
        textColor="red" font="Arial" 
        fontSize="10" fontStyle="bold">
        <labelAttribute font="Arial" fontSize="10" 
          fontStyle="bold" textColor="red"/>
      </field>
    </group>
    <field name="f_ename" source="ename" 
      label="Name" font="Arial" fontSize="10"/>
   <field name="f_sal" source="sal" 
     label="Salary" font="Arial" fontSize="10"/>
  </groupLeft>
</section>

See also

About XML in reports

Oracle Reports XML tags