Report Boarders - D-Tools Forum

Bill Battaglia · 11-19-2009, 04:16 PM

Trying to have a Report with Boarders which will be displayed behind other Objects – Items, Package, Headers, etc… I have successfully display the boarder by adding it to the Page Footer but it does not go behind all Objects.

Attached is a screen shot of the Report.

I was able to accomplish this in Crystal, but do not see this type of option.

Basically – how do you display a Background Boarder without utilizing the Watermark feature or is that the only way?

Thanks,

Bill

nkarthick · 11-20-2009, 12:28 PM

Can you try the below script code and see it works for you -

Code:


Sub ActiveReport_PageStart

   rpt.CurrentPage.DrawRoundRect(0.25f, 0.25f, 8f, 10.5f,0.15f,0.15f)
       
End Sub

Include the above ActiveReport_PageStart procedure into your report script code.

Syntax of the DrawRoundRect method is
DrawRoundRect(left As Single, top As Single, width As Single, height As Single, edgeWidth As Single, edgeHeight As Single)

synatx for round rect.JPG

Hope it helps.

Bill Battaglia · 11-20-2009, 10:15 PM

OK, was able to created the Boarder now how do I set the Color and Line Weight?

Thanks,

Bill

nkarthick · 11-21-2009, 05:02 AM

In RoundRect as of now there is no way to set the color and line weight.

But you can use the DrawBorder method to set the Color and LineStyle

Try the below script -

Code:

Sub ActiveReport_PageStart

        Dim b As New Border()
        b.Style = BorderLineStyle.ThickSolid
        b.Color = Color.YellowGreen
        rpt.CurrentPage.DrawBorder(b,0.25f, 0.25f, 8f, 10.5f)
       
End Sub

But for Border we cannot set the curvy edge.

Below enlisted are the BorderLineStyle provided by AR

BorderLineStyle.Dash

BorderLineStyle.DashDot

BorderLineStyle.DashDotDot

BorderLineStyle.Dot

BorderLineStyle.Double

BorderLineStyle.ExtraThickSolid

BorderLineStyle.None

BorderLineStyle.Solid

BorderLineStyle.ThickDash

BorderLineStyle.ThickDashDot

BorderLineStyle.ThickDashDotDot

BorderLineStyle.ThickDot

BorderLineStyle.ThickDouble

Hope it helps.

Bill Battaglia · 11-21-2009, 01:28 PM

OK, so for this design I stuck with utilizing a Watermark.

Thanks,

Bill