Available Controls

The most basic Label control is intended to display text in your report. It can represent static or dynamic text, or both. In addition, it can be used to calculate standard summary functions across a data field. The Label's text can only be formatted as a whole. So, if it's required to differently format parts of text, use the Rich Text control.

The Check Box control is intended to display True/False or Checked/ Unchecked/Indeterminate states in a report, by displaying (or not) a check mark, which can be accompanied by a text description.

The Rich Text control allows you to display formatted text in your report. It can represent static or dynamic text, or both. You can load content to the Rich Text from an external TXT or RTF file (which can also contain images) and then format any part of it. The formatting options include font face, styles and sizes, and color.

The Picture Box control is intended to display images of numerous formats in a report. An image can be loaded from an external file, from a Bind a Report

to Data, or from a web location

using the specified URL.

The Panel control is a container that frames separate report controls to allow them to be easily moved, copied and pasted, and visually unite them in the report's preview (with borders or a uniform color background).

The Table control is designed to arrange information in a tabular layout. It may contain any number of Table Row comprised of individual Table Cell. Both Rows

and Cells can be selected and

customized individually. In most aspects, a Cell is similar to a Label, but can also contain other controls (e.g. Picture Box or Rich Text).

The Line control draws a line of a specified direction, style, width and color. It can be used for both decoration and visual separation of a report's sections. The Line cannot cross bands, as opposed to the Cross Band Line control.

The Shape control allows you to embed simple graphic objects into your report. You can choose one of multiple predefined shapes (e.g. rectangles, ellipses, arrows, polygons, crosses and brackets of various kinds).

The Page Info control is intended to Add Page Numbers and System Information to a Report (the current date and time or the current user name) into your report. As with many other controls, you can format this control's content.

The Page Break control's sole purpose is to insert a page delimiter at any point within a report.

The Cross-band Line control allows you to draw a line through several bands. This can be useful if it is required to visually emphasize a section consisting of multiple band areas. In other aspects, it is similar to a regular Line.

The Cross-band Box control allows you to draw a rectangle through several bands. This can be useful if it is required to visually encompass a section consisting of multiple band areas.