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Textbox Properties (Visibility Tab, Report Designer)

Use the Visibility tab of the Textbox Properties dialog box to define visibility options for the text box.

Options

  • Initial visibility
    Select an option to indicate how the text box is initially displayed on the report.
  • Visible
    Choose this option to show the text box.
  • Hidden
    Choose this option to hide the text box.
  • Expression
    Choose this option to vary the initial visibility using an expression.

    Type an expression that evaluates to a Boolean value of True to hide the item and False to show the item. Click the expression (fx) button to edit the expression.

  • Visibility can be toggled by another report item
    Choose this option to indicate that another report item can change the visibility of the text box.
  • Report item
    Type or select the name of the report item that the user can click to change the visibility of the current text box. The report item must be a text box in the same grouping or containing group as the current text box.
  • Initial appearance of the toggle image for this report item
    Select an option to indicate the initial state of the toggle image (+/-) for the report item.
  • Expanded (-)
    Choose this option to display a toggle image of expanded (-).
  • Collapsed (+)
    Choose this option to display a toggle image of collapsed (+).
  • Expression
    Choose this option to vary the toggle image using an expression.

    Type an expression that evaluates to a Boolean value of True for expanded (-), and False for collapsed (+). Click the expression (fx) button to edit the expression.

See Also

Reference

Report Designer F1 Help
Textbox Properties (Data Output Tab, Report Designer)
Textbox Properties (Font Tab, Report Designer)
Textbox Properties (Format Tab, Report Designer)
Textbox Properties (General Tab, Report Designer)
Textbox Properties (Navigation Tab, Report Designer)

Other Resources

Adding a Text Box

Help and Information

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