Layout Element Comparison Table Without the layout elements described in the Report Layout section, you would not be able to create a report at all. These elements contain other content, as well as other layout elements. Layout elements can even be nested, making for a completely unique and custom report. Because ...
Lists The List element is extremely useful when presenting a group of items either in numbered or bulleted format. Lists can be as simple or complex as you need them to be, depending on your report’s flow. Your list can be a simple list of textual items, or it can be a complex array of separate layout elements ran...
Navigation Helpers Navigation helpers will help your readers find what they’re looking for in your report. The table of contents gives an overview of the report’s sections. The index can list every occurance of a specific word. Bookmarks give your reader the option of quickly navigating to a specific page of inter...
Page Break The Page Break element is a non-visual element that moves all remaining content in it’s associated layout element to the next page. The Page Break element functions very similar to the page break in Microsoft® Word®. You can add a page break to the following elements by calling their associated AddPageB...
Pattern Content Pattern content includes elements that can all be styled through the use of patterns. These patterns apply styles to grids, tables, trees, etc. by creating pattern objects and then applying them to their associated element. These elements mostly rely on some source of data to fill them. Click the l...
Pens Pens are used to define the characteristics of lines. You will find lines in several aspects of the Infragistics Document Engine™ including Borders, Shapes, Rectangles, and several shapes drawn by the Canvas element. Some of the line characteristics that a pen can manipulate are: Color Width Dash Style Line C...
Publish a Report Publishing a report is synonymous with writing a PDF or XPS file. Once you’ve created and designed your report, you can publish it with the Publish method off the Report object. There are two overloads for the Publish method: The first parameter of the first overload accepts a string for the full ...
Quick Content When all you need is the bare minimum. Quick content allows you to quickly add report material through method calls. For example, call the AddQuickText method and pass your text as the argument; that’s all you need to do to add simple text to a layout element. Click the links below to learn about the...
Quick Image The Quick Image element lets you add images to most layout elements with little or no effort. To quickly add an image to your report, you simply need to call the AddQuickImage method of whichever layout element you need to insert an image in. This method has only one parameter, an Infragistics.Document...
Quick List Using the Quick List element is the easiest way to add a simple bulleted or numbered list to your report. Quick List has only the essential features to maintain its light-weight presence. If you need a much more customizable list element, see Lists. As with the other quick content elements, you create a...