Brick.Value Property

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Gets or sets an object, containing additional information on the current brick.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v23.2.Core.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Printing.Core

Declaration

C#

[Browsable(false)]
[DefaultValue("")]
public object Value { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue("")>
<Browsable(False)>
Public Property Value As Object

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Object	String.Empty	Additional information on the current brick.

Remarks

This property is used to store data within a brick. This data has varied uses. For example, it can identify the current brick if its Brick.ID property value is not unique.

Related GitHub Examples

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the Value property.

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C#

reporting-winforms-custom-table-of-contents/CS/CustomTableOfContents/Form1.cs#L44

VisualBrick brick = iterator.CurrentBrick as VisualBrick;
if (brick != null && brick.Value != null) {
    string valueString = brick.Value.ToString();

reporting-winforms-drill-through/CS/MasterReport.cs#L18

private void xrLabel1_PreviewClick(object sender, PreviewMouseEventArgs e) {
    IRow row = (IRow)e.Brick.Value;
    DetailReport detailReport = new DetailReport();

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-custom-table-of-contents/VB/CustomTableOfContents/Form1.vb#L46

Dim brick As VisualBrick = TryCast([iterator].CurrentBrick, VisualBrick)
If brick IsNot Nothing AndAlso brick.Value IsNot Nothing Then
    Dim valueString As String = brick.Value.ToString()

reporting-winforms-drill-through/VB/MasterReport.vb#L20

Private Sub xrLabel1_PreviewClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PreviewMouseEventArgs)
    Dim row As IRow = CType(e.Brick.Value, IRow)
    Dim detailReport As DetailReport = New DetailReport()