Column CSS Registry entry

Specify the default font family and font size for EMu client controls that display HTML formatted text (i.e. KEHTMLFrame controls).

With this entry it is possible to specify the default font family and font size for EMu client controls that display HTML formatted text. These controls are known as KEHTMLFrame controls and they are associated with a column. In the Narratives module the Narrative tab includes a KEHTMLFrame control associated with the NarNarratives column:

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A KEHTMLFrame control has a default font and font size (typically set by the System): Times New Roman and Font size 3 in the example above.

Content added to a KEHTMLFrame control can be output to a website:

  • If the font family and size are not changed in the KEHTMLFrame control, then the HTML that is output from EMu will not include a FONT tag, and it will therefore display on a website using the website's font styling.
  • If the font family and size are changed in the KEHTMLFrame control, then the HTML that is output from EMu will include a FONT tag (specifying the font family and size), and this styling will determine how the text displays on the website.

With this entry it is possible to match the font family and size used by default in a KEHTMLFrame control with the font styling used in a website. In this way the text keyed into the control will appear by default as it will display on the website. As it will not be necessary to change the font in the KEHTMLFrame control, no FONT tag will be specified and the EMu content published to a website will always use the website's font styling.

Note: This entry is available with EMu version 5.0 and later.

Usage

This Registry entry can be assigned to users and groups:

Key User Group Group
Key 1 User Group Group
Key 2 user group Default
Key 3 Table
Key 4 table
Key 5 Column CSS
Key 6 column
Value css
User user Table table Column CSS column css
Group group Table table Column CSS column css
Group Default Table table Column CSS column css

where:

column

is the column to which the CSS settings are applied. Each KEHTMLFrame control is associated with a column.

In the Narratives module the column associated with the KEHTMLFrame control on the Narrative tab is NarNarratives.

Note: Unfortunately the What's this? Help tool does not work with KEHTMLFrame controls. The simplest way to identify the column name associated with a KEHTMLFrame control is to use the Report Properties dialogue to identify which column contains the HTML content.

css

is a CSS format.

For example, the following value will set the default font to Arial with a font size of 2:

body {font-family: arial;font-size: x-small;}

Example

The following example specifies the default font family and size for the KEHTMLFrame control on the Narrativetab of the Narratives module for all users:

Key Setting
Key 1 Group
Key 2 Default
Key 3 Table
Key 4 enarratives
Key 5 Column CSS
Key 6 NarNarrative
Value body {font-family: arial;font-size: x-small;}