REPORTER 22.1

T/HIS Objects

T/HIS objects

T/HIS objects allow you to include output from T/HIS in your template.

There are three different ways of using T/HIS objects. The first (and by far the easiest) is to use the Capture... button to create a FAST-TCF script for the object that T/HIS will run.
The second is to write your own FAST-TCF script.
The third is to use an existing T/HIS command file to create the output from T/HIS .

If the Bitmap output type is chosen, the Cropping... button can be used to crop away parts of the image from the top, bottom, left and right before showing it. See Image cropping for more details.
The Justify buttons in the Image properties section allow you to change the justification of the image in the box on the page. REPORTER will not change the aspect ratio of the image. By default the image will be placed centrally in the box and enlarged as much as possible to still fit in the box. The Justify buttons can be used to alter the justification in the box if necessary.


There are three different options for the type of output generated from T/HIS .

  • Bitmap indicates that the output is an image file.
  • Blank indicates that the T/HIS object will not create any output on the page
  • Text indicates that the output is text. This is only valid for the FAST-TCF script type. This option would be used if you wanted the output from a FAST-TCF table or HIC command etc.

From version 13.0 of REPORTER it is possible to specify the size or aspect ratio of the image created from T/HIS . This can be changed in the Image properties section. If you want to specify a particular aspect ratio or graphics size you can change this. The available options for Size are:

  • Free size
  • Fit object box
  • 4:3 aspect ratio
  • 16:9 aspect ratio
  • 16:10 aspect ratio
  • Custom aspect ratio
  • Fixed size

The default option from version 17.0 onwards is Fit object box . With this option, T/HIS will capture an image using a graphics window with the same aspect ratio as the object's dimensions in REPORTER .

In previous versions of REPORTER , the default option was Free size . With this option, the size of the graphics window is calculated by T/HIS . The actual size will depend on what resolution the monitor is and what scale factors you have chosen for the user interface. This can cause problems if the template is created on one type of display (e.g. a 16:9 monitor) but played back on a different ratio monito (e.g. a 4:3 ratio monitor) as the image size can change and so the output from REPORTER can look different. To make output consistent you can use the other options:

Fit object box will make T/HIS create a graphics window that has the same aspect ratio as the object box dragged in REPORTER .
4:3 aspect ratio , 16:9 aspect rati o and 16:10 aspect ratio will make T/HIS create a window with the specified aspect ratio.
Custom aspect ratio or Fixed size allow you specify a custom width and height. Fixed size will make T/HIS create an image with the specified width and height. Custom aspect ratio will make T/HIS create the largest image it can with the aspect ratio width:height.


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