message-field

Writes multiple data types (text, string field, date field, and numeric field) into one object.

Examples for message field including date and number formatting:

Text in message-field> The total Sales is $(sales, number, $ #,###.##) for $(report.date, date, yyyy-MM-dd)

returns something like:

The total Sales is $4,000 for 2013-03-14.

Attributes

Attributes	Description
alignment	Sets the horizontal justification of the text based on a defined width. Type: String Default Value: left Values: left \| center \| right
color	Sets the font color by the using RGB-triplet (#ffffff for white; #ff0000 for red, etc) or from list of the predefined colors below. Type: String Default Value: black Predefined Values: black \| blue\| cyan \| darkGray \| gray \| green \| lightGray \| magenta \| orange \| pink \| red \| white \| yellow
dynamic	A dynamic element increases the height of the element to fit the content of that element. Computing that dynamic height is expensive, so use it with care.
excel-wrap-text	When outputting to Excel, sets the text to word wrap. Type: Boolean Default Value: true
font-embedded	Specifies the font to embed into the PDF file. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
font-encoding	Specifies the encoding to be used for the PDF. Type: String
fontname	Sets the font name. Type: String
fontsize	Sets the font size. Type: Integer
fontstyle	Sets font style. This is a shortcut for defining fsbold and fsitalic. Type: String Values: plain \| bold \| italic \| bolditalic
fsbold	Sets font to italics. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
fsitalic	Sets font to italics. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
fsstrikethr	Sets font to strikethrough. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
fsunderline	Sets font to underline. Type: Boolean Default Value: false
height	Determines the minimum height. Value is a whole number where each increment is equivalent to 1/72 of an inch or percentage. Type: Integer The height is required.
href	Sets a hyperlink for the section. Type: String
line-height	The height of a single text line in text elements. If the line-height is set and is greater than the font size, extra padding will be added between the lines making text more readable. Type: Integer
name	Used to reference the element later. Functions pick up elements by their name. Type: String
nullstring	If a null value, replace with a predefined value.
reserve-literal	Determines the text printed when the text does not fit completely into an element. Type: String Default value: "..."
trim-text-content	Defines, whether leading and trailing whitespaces of the generated lines get removed. Important for a clean layout. Type: Boolean Default Value: true
vertical-alignment	Sets the vertical position of the text. Default Value: top Values: top \| middle \| bottom
visible	Sets whether the object will be printed. Type: Boolean Default Value: true
width	Set the horizontal width of the object. Width is required.
x	Defines the horizontal starting position an object defined by a value or percentage.
y	Defines the vertical starting position of an object defined by a value or percentage.

Number Formatting Table

Symbol	Location	Localized?	Meaning
0	Number	Yes	Digit
#	Number	Yes	Digit, zero shows as absent
.	Number	Yes	Decimal separator or monetary decimal separator
-	Number	Yes	Minus sign
,	Number	Yes	Grouping separator
E	Number	Yes	Separates mantissa and exponent in scientific notation. Need not be quoted in prefix or suffix.
;	Sub-pattern boundary	Yes	Separates positive and negative sub-patterns
%	Prefix or suffix	Yes	Multiply by 100 and show as percentage
(\u2030)	Prefix or suffix	Yes	Multiply by 1000 and show as per mille
¤ (\u00A4)	Prefix or suffix	No	Currency sign, replaced by currency symbol. If doubled, replaced by international currency symbol. If present in a pattern, the monetary decimal separator is used instead of the decimal separator.
'	Prefix or suffix	No	Used to quote special characters in a prefix or suffix, for example, "'#'#" formats 123 to "#123". To create a single quote itself, use two in a row: "# o''clock".

Date Formatting Table

Symbol	Meaning	Type	Example
G	Era	Text	"GG" -> "AD"
y	Year	Number	"yy" -> "03" "yyyy" -> "2003"
M	Month	Text or Number	"M" -> "7" "M" -> "12" "MM" -> "07" "MMM" -> "Jul" "MMMM" -> "December"
d	Day in month	Number	"d" -> "3" "dd" -> "03"
h	Hour (1-12, AM/PM)	Number	"h" -> "3" "hh" -> "03"
H	Hour (0-23)	Number	"H" -> "15" "HH" -> "15"
k	Hour (1-24)	Number	"k" -> "3" "kk" -> "03"
K	Hour (0-11 AM/PM)	Number	"K" -> "15" "KK" -> "15"
m	Minute	Number	"m" -> "7" "m" -> "15" "mm" -> "15"
s	Second	Number	"s" -> "15" "ss" -> "15"
S	Millisecond (0-999)	Number	"SSS" -> "007"
E	Day in week	Text	"EEE" -> "Tue" "EEEE" -> "Tuesday"
D	Day in year (1-365 or 1-364)	Number	"D" -> "65" "DDD" -> "065"
F	Day of week in month (1-5)	Number	"F" -> "1"
w	Week in year (1-53)	Number	"w" -> "7"
W	Week in month (1-5)	Number	"W" -> "3"
a	AM/PM	Text	"a" -> "AM" "aa" -> "AM"
z	Time zone	Text	"z" -> "EST" "zzz" -> "EST" "zzzz" -> "Eastern Standard Time"
X	Time zone offset	Text	"XXX" -> "-08:00"
'	Escape for text	Delimiter	"'hour' h" -> "hour 9"
''	Single quote	Literal	"ss''SSS" -> "45'876"