CustomPrintEventArgs.Brick Property

Provides access to the brick that represents the contents and appearance of a cell, when it is printed or exported.

Namespace: DevExpress.PivotGrid.Printing

Assembly: DevExpress.PivotGrid.v19.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public IVisualBrick Brick { get; set; }

VB.NET

Public Property Brick As IVisualBrick

Property Value

Type	Description
DevExpress.XtraPrinting.IVisualBrick	An object implementing the DevExpress.XtraPrinting.IVisualBrick interface or its descendant (e.g., DevExpress.XtraPrinting.ITextBrick, DevExpress.XtraPrinting.IImageBrick, etc.).

Remarks

Use the Brick property to access a VisualBrick object (or its descendant), which will represent the current cell of a PivotGridControl that is being printed or exported.

The brick‘s properties allow you to customize the brick’s content, as well as its size, location, appearance and other options.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

how-to-avoid-production-of-unnecessary-column-and-merging-of-cells-in-excel-export-e2346/CS/WindowsApplication53/Form1.cs#L78

{
    TextBrick brick = e.Brick as TextBrick;
    if (e.Brick == null) return;

Reporting_how-to-show-a-progress-bar-in-the-xrpivotgrid-cell-t227013/CS/XtraReport1.cs#L26

{
    DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextBrick tb = e.Brick as DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextBrick;
    DevExpress.XtraPrinting.ImageBrick ib = tb.PrintingSystem.CreateBrick("ImageBrick") as DevExpress.XtraPrinting.ImageBrick;

Reporting_xrpivotgrid-how-to-draw-vertical-column-headers-t226849/CS/XtraReport1.cs#L21

    lb.Rect = GraphicsUnitConverter.DocToPixel(e.Brick.Rect);
    e.Brick = lb;
}

VB.NET

how-to-avoid-production-of-unnecessary-column-and-merging-of-cells-in-excel-export-e2346/VB/WindowsApplication53/Form1.vb#L68

Private Sub pivotGridControl1_CustomExportFieldValue(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DevExpress.XtraPivotGrid.CustomExportFieldValueEventArgs) Handles pivotGridControl1.CustomExportFieldValue
    Dim brick As TextBrick = TryCast(e.Brick, TextBrick)
    If e.Brick Is Nothing Then

Reporting_how-to-show-a-progress-bar-in-the-xrpivotgrid-cell-t227013/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L23

If e.Value IsNot Nothing AndAlso CInt((e.Value)) > 0 Then
    Dim tb As DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextBrick = TryCast(e.Brick, DevExpress.XtraPrinting.TextBrick)
    Dim ib As DevExpress.XtraPrinting.ImageBrick = TryCast(tb.PrintingSystem.CreateBrick("ImageBrick"), DevExpress.XtraPrinting.ImageBrick)

Reporting_xrpivotgrid-how-to-draw-vertical-column-headers-t226849/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L23

    lb.Rect = GraphicsUnitConverter.DocToPixel(e.Brick.Rect)
    e.Brick = lb
End If