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Filter Control Properties
This topic describes how you can use the Filter Control Properties dialog box to edit the properties of a filter control. Server displays the dialog box when you right-click a filter control and select Properties from the shortcut menu.
This topic contains the following sections:
You see these elements on all the tabs:
OK
Select to apply any changes you made here and close the dialog box.
Cancel
Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
Help button
Select to view information about the dialog box.
Close button
Select to close the dialog box without saving any changes.
General Tab Properties
Specify the general properties of the filter control.
Name
Specify the name of the filter control.
Show NLS Value
Select to show the translated name for the display name of the object in the Name text box if you have enabled the NLS feature and translated it, and when you have not modified the display name of the object.
Format
Specify the value format of the field that you added in the filter control.
Auto Scale in Number
Select true if you want to automatically scale the values that are of the Number data type when the values fall into the two ranges:- When 1000 <= value < 10^15, Report uses the following quantity unit symbols of the International System of Units to scale the values: K (10^3), M (10^6), G (10^9), and T (10^12).
- When 0 < value < 0.001 or value >= 10^15, Report uses scientific notation to scale the values.
The value auto means that the setting follows that of the parent data container. When you set the property to true, the specified format will apply to the integer part of the values after being scaled. If the specified format conflicts with the Number data type, Report will ignore the Auto Scale in Number setting.
Filter On
Server displays the fields that the filter control is based on. You can select the ellipsis button 
to open the Edit Filter Control dialog box.
Width
Specify the width of the filter control.
Height
Specify the height of the filter control.
Background
Specify the background color of the filter control.
To change the color, select the color indicator. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value to specify a color, for example, #9933ff. If you want to make the background transparent, type Transparent in the text box.
Foreground
Specify the foreground color of the filter control.
Show Title
Clear if you want to hide the title of the filter control.
Back to topFont Tab Properties
Specify the font properties of the text in the filter control.
Font
Specify the font face of the text.
Size
Specify the font size of the text.
Bold
Select if you want to make the text bold.
Underline
Select if you want to underline the text.
Italic
Select if you want to make the text italic.
Border Tab Properties
Specify the border properties of the filter control.
Color
Specify the border color.
Width
Specify the border width in inches.
Top Line
Select the style of the top border line.
Bottom Line
Select the style of the bottom border line.
Left Line
Select the style of the left border line.
Right Line
Select the style of the right border line.
Title Tab Properties
Specify the title properties of the filter control. This tab is available when Show Title is selected in the General tab of the dialog box.
Text
Server enables this property when you clear Auto Map Field Name. Type the text you want to display as the title.
When you add only one DBField to the text list filter control and insert the On-screen Filter special field in a data container that uses the same data resource as the DBField, Report also applies the text in the filter expression of the special field.
- Auto Map Field Name
Select if you want to automatically map the title text to the dynamic display name of the field bound with the filter control.
Background
Specify the background color of the title.
To change the color, select the color indicator. Server displays the color palette. Select a color, or select More Colors to access the Color Picker dialog box in which you can specify a color within a wider range. You can also type a hexadecimal RGB value to specify a color, for example, #9933ff. If you want to make the background transparent, type Transparent in the text box.
Foreground
Specify the foreground color of the title.
Font
Specify the font face of the text.
Size
Specify the font size of the text.
Horizontal Alignment
Specify the horizontal alignment mode of the text.
Title Height
Specify the height of the title, to ensure larger font sizes display without being cut off. Type a numeric value to change the height.
Bold
Select if you want to make the text bold.
Underline
Select if you want to underline the text.
Italic
Select if you want to make the text italic.