bandname

The identifier of a band in the DataWindow
object.

Values are:

• Detail

• Footer

• Summary

• Header

• Trailer

• Tree.Level

Setting the header.#, trailer.#,
and tree.level.# bands

You cannot use dot notation to set the header.#,
trailer.#, and tree.level.# bands.

#

The number of the group or TreeView level
you want when bandname is Header, Trailer,
or Tree.Level. The group must exist.

property

A property that applies to the band,
as listed in the table below.

value

Values for the properties are shown in
the following table.

Brushmode

(exp) An integer
indicating the type of “brush” to use for the
gradient.

Values are:

• 0 – Solid

• 1 – Horizontal

• 2 – Vertical

• 3 – Angle

• 4 – ScaledAngle

• 5 – Radial

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group (not available for
RichText, Graph, or OLE DataWindow objects).

Color

(exp) A long specifying
the color (the red, green, and blue values) to be used as the band’s
background color. Value can be a quoted DataWindow
expression.

Painter: General tab.

Height

An integer specifying the height of the
detail area in the unit of measure specified for the DataWindow.

Painter: General tab.

For another way of setting the height of the detail band,
see the SetDetailHeight method.

Height.AutoSize

Allows the band to grow to display a
row, picture, or nested report without cutting off any of its content.
In the detail band, selecting this property sets the minimum height for
all rows to the size specified by the Height property for the band.

Values are:

• No – Fixes
  the band height to the size set for the Height property of the band.

• Yes – Adjusts the band height to accommodate
  the full content of a row or the controls in the band. However,
  the band height cannot be reduced below the value set for the Height
  property of the band.

This property can
be especially useful to set on the detail band when it contains
rows with a text column that you want to display without cutting
off any of the text. The height of the detail band must not grow
larger than a page, except when it contains nested DataWindows with
the Report.Height.AutoSize property set to Yes.

You can set this property on individual columns and controls
as well as on the band itself. For more information, see the Height.AutoSize property for
DataWindow objects.

There are some limitations on the use of this property:

• The Height.Autosize property is not supported on
  DataWindows with Graph, Label, OLE, or Rich Text presentation styles.

• Nested report overflow to the next page is supported
  in detail bands only.

• Bands cannot be autosized if autosizing would preclude
  the display of at least one detail band row per page.

Painter: General tab when the band is selected.

Pointer

(exp) A string specifying
a value of the Pointer enumerated datatype or the name of a cursor
file (.CUR) to be used for the pointer. See the SetPointer method
for a list of Pointer values. Pointername can
be a quoted DataWindow expression. This property is not supported
in Web DataWindows.

Painter: Pointer tab.

Suppress

A boolean that lets you suppress group
headers after page breaks. You can set this property on group header
bands only. When a group listing straddles a page break, all group
headers for which you set this property will be suppressed. The
suppressed headers do not display at the top of the page. However,
if the page break coincides with the start of a new group, only
headers above the current group header can be suppressed.

Values are:

• No – Does
  not suppress group headers.

• Yes – Suppresses group headers.

Painter: General tab when a group header band is selected.

Transparency

(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100, where 0 means that the background is opaque and
100 that it is completely transparent.

Painter: Background tab.

Gradient.Angle

(exp) An integer
indicating the angle in degrees (values are 0 to 360) used to offset the
color and transparency gradient. This property is used only when
the DataWindow band gradient.mode takes values of 3 or 4.

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.

Gradient.Color

(exp) A long specifying
the color (the red, green, and blue values) to be used as the band
object’s secondary background color. The gradient defines
transitions between the primary and secondary background colors. Value can
be a quoted DataWindow expression.

Painter: Background tab.

Gradient.Focus

(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100, specifying the distance (as a percentage)
from the center where the background color is at its maximum. (For
example, if the radial gradient is used and the value is set to
0, the color will be at the center of the background; if the value
is set to 100, the color will be at the edges of the background.)

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group

Gradient.Scale

(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100 specifying the rate of transition to the gradient color
(as a percentage).

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group

Gradient.Spread

(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100 indicating the contribution of the second
color to the blend (as a percentage).

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group

Gradient.Repetition.Mode

(exp) Specifies
the mode for determining the number of gradient transitions for
band background color and transparency.

Permitted values and their meanings are:

• 0

  Gradient.repetition.count determines the number of gradient
  transitions

• 1

  Gradient.repetition.length determines the number of gradient
  transitions

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.

Gradient.Repetition.Count

(exp) An integer
specifying the number of gradient transitions for background color and
transparency. A value of 0 indicates 1 transition. A value of 3
indicates 4 transitions. This property is used only when the gradient.repetition.mode
property for the DataWindow band takes the value of 0 (by count).

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.

Gradient.Repetition.Length

(exp) A long specifying
the number of gradient transitions. This property is used only when
the gradient.repetition.mode property for the DataWindow band takes
the value of 1 (by length). The units for the length that you assign
for the band’s gradient transitions are set by the DataWindow
object’s Units property.

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.

Gradient.Transparency

(exp) An integer
in the range 0 to 100, where 0 means that the band’s secondary (gradient)
background is opaque and 100 that it is completely transparent.
The gradient defines transitions between the primary and secondary
transparency settings.

Painter: Background tab, Gradient group.