The default PDF driver produces version 1.5 PDF files. You can still choose to use the Legacy PDF driver, which produces version 1.4 PDF files.
If you create a document specification in Rational Publishing Engine 1.1.2.1 or earlier and open it with Rational Publishing Engine 1.1.2.2 or later, the PDF settings are migrated to the later version PDF and Legacy PDF settings. If you create a document specification in Rational Publishing Engine 1.1.2.2 or later and open it with Rational Publishing Engine 1.1.2.1 or earlier, the Legacy PDF driver is used by default. If both the PDF and Legacy PDF drivers were configured in the version 1.1.2.2 or later document specification, two PDF driver instances are created and are the same. If this duplication occurs, you can delete the duplicate driver from the document specification.
Element | Description | Can contain other elements | Can contain content values and expressions |
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Use to group a section of elements. Adds a carriage return around its child elements in the output. |
Yes |
No |
Use to group a section of elements. Cannot be styled and does not affect the formatting of the output. When
used inside other elements, the child elements available to use within
the container might be limited. For example:
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Yes |
No |
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The content renders with the same, specified formatting. |
No |
Yes |
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A block of text that can have unique formatting on individual words. Use bold, italic, underline, strikeout, or color formatting on a selection of words within the element. The text is static. |
No |
Yes |
Creates a hyperlink in the output. The hyperlink can point to a location inside the document or to an external location. |
No |
Yes |
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Displays a .gif, .png, .jpg, emf, or wmf image in the output. The report designer can specify the image path in the template or the report generator can specify the path at run time. |
No |
Yes |
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Creates a table in the output. A table can contain rows or container elements. |
Yes |
No |
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Creates a row in the current table. |
Yes |
No |
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Creates a cell in the current row of the current table. |
Yes |
No |
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Creates a bulleted or numeric list in the output. |
Yes |
No |
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Creates a list item in the current list in the output. |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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Includes the specified file in the output as an INCLUDETEXT field.
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No |
Yes |
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Regions are static elements that allow you to alter the output flow by redirecting the content of other elements or groups of elements. If an element has the target region property specified with the name of a region element, its content renders in the specified region instead of in its position in the document. |
No |
No |
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Defines a bookmark in the document. The name of the generated bookmark is the content for the bookmark. When generating the documents, Rational Publishing Engine generates a unique name for each bookmark. The name is based on the name provided at design time and a unique identifier generated at run time. |
No |
Yes |
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Adds a page break to the output. |
No |
No |
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Adds a section break to the output. |
No |
No |
Adds a table of contents to the output. |
No |
No |
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Adds a page number in the output. Supported in Microsoft Word and PDF output only. |
No |
No |
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Adds the total number of pages in the output. Supported for Microsoft Word and PDF output only. |
No |
No |
Cell properties | Notes |
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Border width | You must specify a value for the border width to create a border in the output. |
Cell alignment | This property specifies the position of the text within the cell. The justify value is not supported for this output format. |
Cell width | Enter a value in points or pixels. If you enter a value in pixels, the value is converted to points and assumes that the display is 96 dpi. If you enter a value as a percentage, the value is ignored. When you are combining tables, you must set the cell width property to ensure that the column sizes are the same. |
Col span | The borders between cells are removed. All rows and columns must contain the same number of cells. Additional columns might be added when you apply a column span. Avoid overlapping spans. |
Row span | The borders between cells are removed. All rows and columns must contain the same number of cells. Avoid overlapping spans. |
Figure caption properties | Notes |
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Border width | Do not use for this output format. |
Field code | Do not use for this output format. |
Image properties | Notes |
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Border width | Do not use for this output format. |
List properties | Notes |
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Numbering style | You can use the following styles:
Lowercase roman, uppercase roman, lowercase alpha, and uppercase alpha numbering styles display as Arabic numbers. |
Numbering character spacing | You must specify a value. |
List-detail properties | Notes |
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Border width | Do not use for this output format. |
Page number properties | Notes |
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Border width | Do not use for this output format. |
Paragraph properties | Notes |
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Border width | You must specify a border width value between 1 and 30 pixels to create a border in the output. |
Paragraph alignment | Space the text across the page with a
certain alignment. Left, right, and center alignment, creates uneven paragraph edges, fitting as many words in a paragraph as possible. Justify creates even paragraph edges by inserting additional space between words on all lines except the last line. Do not use distributed for this output format. |
Widow/orphan control | When set to true, the line spacing is
adjusted to prevent the following formatting results:
When set to false, spacing is not adjusted. |
Row properties | Notes |
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Row break across pages | When set to true, the content of a row
that comes at the end of a page is split, if necessary. The content
that does not fit on the page carries over onto the next page as a
new row. When set to false, the content of a row that comes at the end of the page is not split. The whole row carries over onto the next page. |
Table properties | Notes |
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Autofit to contents | Resizes the table to fit the content each cell contains. When you use this property, also set the Resize to fit contents property to true. |
Autofit to window | Specify values for the column widths. |
Border width | You must specify a value for the border width to create a border in the output. |
Cell spacing | Specify a value in pixels to create white space between the cell border and the cell content. |
Fixed cell width in column | Specify a value in pixels to ensure that all of the cells in a column are the same width. |
Internal links | Do not use for this output format. |
Resize to fit contents | When the value is true,
and the width and autofit to window are
cleared, the column width is adjusted to fit the content. If autofit
to contents is set, you must set resize to
fit contents to true. When the value is false, clear the width and autofit to window properties for the table. The table is generated with the default column size of one inch. |
Table auto fit | When set to true, the table is resized to fit
the width of the page. When resize to fit contents is
also set to true, cell widths are ignored and the table is resized
to match the content. You cannot enter fixed column width as a value. Use the fixed cell width property instead. |
Table caption properties | Notes |
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Border width | Do not use for this output format. |
Field code | Do not use for this output format. |
Text properties | Notes |
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Border width | You must specify a border width value between 1 and 30 pixels to create a border in the output. |
Total pages number properties | Notes |
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Border width | Do not use for this output format. |