Sections Property

Returns a reference to the report's sections collection.

[Visual Basic]
Public ReadOnly Property Sections As SectionCollection

[C#]
public SectionCollection Sections {get;}

Return Type

Sections collection.

Remarks

This property can be used to add or remove report sections at run time.

Example

[C#]

float m_defaultHeight = .2f; 
float m_defaultWidth = 4f; 
float m_currentY = 0f; 
         
private void constructReport() 
{ 
    try 
    { 
        this.Detail.CanGrow = true; 
        this.Detail.CanShrink = true; 
        this.Detail.KeepTogether = true; 
 
        if(m_useGroups) 
        { 
            this.Sections.InsertGroupHF(); 
            ((GroupHeader)this.Sections["GroupHeader1"]).DataField = "Country"; 
            this.Sections["GroupHeader1"].BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.SlateBlue; 
            this.Sections["GroupHeader1"].CanGrow = true; 
            this.Sections["GroupHeader1"].CanShrink = true; 
            ((GroupHeader)this.Sections["GroupHeader1"]).RepeatStyle = RepeatStyle.OnPageIncludeNoDetail; 
            this.Sections["GroupFooter1"].Height = 0; 
 
            TextBox txt = new TextBox(); 
            txt.DataField = "Country"; 
            txt.Location = new System.Drawing.PointF(0f,0); 
            txt.Width =2f; 
            txt.Height = .3f; 
            txt.Style = "font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt;"; 
            this.Sections["GroupHeader1"].Controls.Add(txt); 
 
        } 
                 
        for(int i=0;i<m_arrayFields.Count;i++) 
        { 
            if(!m_useGroups || (m_useGroups && m_arrayFields[i].ToString() != "Country")) 
            { 
                Label lbl = new Label(); 
                lbl.Text = m_arrayFields[i].ToString() + ":"; 
                lbl.Location = new System.Drawing.PointF(0f,m_currentY); 
                lbl.Width =.9f; 
                lbl.Height = m_defaultHeight; 
                this.Detail.Controls.Add(lbl); 
 
                TextBox txt = new TextBox(); 
                txt.DataField = m_arrayFields[i].ToString(); 
                txt.Location = new System.Drawing.PointF(1f,m_currentY); 
                txt.Width =m_defaultWidth; 
                txt.Height = m_defaultHeight; 
                this.Detail.Controls.Add(txt); 
                 
                m_currentY = m_currentY + m_defaultHeight; 
            } 
        } 
    } 
    catch(Exception ex) 
    { 
        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Error in Report-constructReport: " + ex.Message,"Project Error",System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons.OK,System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon.Error); 
    } 
}

[Visual Basic]

Private Sub constructReport()

    Try

        Me.Detail.CanGrow = True

        Me.Detail.CanShrink = True

        Me.Detail.KeepTogether = True

        If m_useGroups = True Then

            Me.Sections.InsertGroupHF()



            CType(Me.Sections("GroupHeader1"), GroupHeader).DataField = "CategoryID"

            Me.Sections("GroupHeader1").BackColor = System.Drawing.Color.SlateBlue

            Me.Sections("GroupHeader1").CanGrow = True

            Me.Sections("GroupHeader1").CanShrink = True

            CType(Me.Sections("GroupHeader1"), GroupHeader).RepeatStyle = RepeatStyle.OnPageIncludeNoDetail

            Me.Sections("GroupHeader1").Height = 0



            Dim txt As New TextBox()

            txt.DataField = "CatagoryID"

            txt.Location = New System.Drawing.PointF(0.0F, 0)

            txt.Width = 2.0F

            txt.Height = 0.3F

            txt.Style = "font-weight: bold; font-size: 16pt"

            Me.Sections("GroupHeader1").Controls.Add(txt)

        End If

        For i = 0 To m_arrayFields.Count - 1

           If (m_useGroups = False) Or (m_useGroups AndAlso m_arrayFields(i).ToString <> "CategoryID") Then



                Dim lbl As New Label()

                lbl.Text = m_arrayFields(i) + ":"

                lbl.Location() = New System.Drawing.PointF(0.0F, m_currentY)

                lbl.Width() = 0.9F

                lbl.Height = m_defaultHeight

                Me.Detail.Controls.Add(lbl)



                Dim txt As New TextBox()

                txt.DataField = m_arrayFields(i)

                txt.Location = New System.Drawing.PointF(1.0F, m_currentY)

                txt.Width = m_defaultWidth

                txt.Height = m_defaultHeight

                Me.Detail.Controls.Add(txt)

                If m_arrayFields(i) = "UnitPrice" Then

                    txt.OutputFormat = "$#.00"

                End If

                m_currentY = m_currentY + m_defaultHeight

            End If

        Next

    Catch ex As Exception

        System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Error in Report-constructReport: " + ex.Message, "Project Error", System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons.OK, System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxIcon.Error)

    End Try

End Sub

See Also

Language

Sections Property

Return Type

Remarks

Example

See Also