Using Percent Change Y Axis This topic demonstrates, with code examples, how to use the PercentChangeYAxis in the UltraDataChart control. This axis allows the ability to show percent values as opposed to the actual bound values to the chart. Required Background The following topics are prerequisites to understandi...
Using Time X-Axis This topic demonstrates, with code examples, how to use TimeXAxis in the UltraDataChart™ control. The benefit of using TimeXAxis is to dynamically change label formats as you zoom in or out of the data. In addition, axis breaks can be created which omit dates within a range. For example, weekends...
Add Page Numbering An excellent report element that helps your reader navigate a report is page numbering. Used in conjunction with a table of contents, your reader will be able to quickly scan the table of contents and decide which page the feature they want to read is on. Once the reader has the page number, it ...
Advanced Layout Elements Advanced layout elements are elements that you don’t necessarily need in order to write a complete report. These elements will help you accomplish specific tasks related to your report’s layout. Click the links below to learn more about advanced layout elements. Chain Gap Rotator Rule Site...
API Overview This section lists each namespace that is relevant to the code library. We also give you several key classes that you will be using while programming with this code library. The namespaces and classes on this page link directly into our API documentation. Note Note Unless otherwise noted, the unit for...
Band The Band element is a standard content section with both basic and advanced features that can handle any report scenario — small or large. For a complete list of layout elements that you can add to the Band element, see Layout Element Comparison Table. The Band element is unique in its ability to have repeata...
Bookmarks Bookmarks are a feature of the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader and serve no purpose on printed media; however, they are extremely useful to your reader when viewing your report in Acrobat Reader. The Report element uses the TextHeading enumeration to help generate the bookmarks. The Text element exposes a Heading...
Brushes Just as an artist uses a brush to add paint to his canvas, you can use the Brush class to add color and gradients to your report’s content. There are several classes that use a brush to add color, such as Background, Borders, and Pen. The Brush class offers you an assortment of options when filling content...
Canvas The Canvas element is a versatile painting surface. With the Canvas element, you can draw a vast amount of shapes while manipulating them in several different ways. The Canvas element exposes several standard properties, such as Background , Borders , and Margins , that you will encounter in other layout el...
Chain The Chain element is very useful if you don’t want content to be divided when there is not enough room to display it all on one page. Normally, when you use a Text element, if there is not enough room on the page to fit the content, it flows to the next page as displayed in the image below. However, by using...