Brick.Value Property

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

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v18.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

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

VB.NET

<XtraSerializableProperty>
<DefaultValue("")>
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

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C#

Reporting_how-to-access-data-values-of-other-labels-in-preview-events-e1154/CS/XtraReport1.cs#L18

private void xrLabel1_PreviewClick(object sender, PreviewMouseEventArgs e) {
    DataRowView dataRow = e.Brick.Value as DataRowView;
    MessageBox.Show(dataRow.Row["ShipCountry"].ToString() + ": " + e.Brick.Text);

Reporting_how-to-implement-editing-in-the-preview-form-e26/CS/XtraReport1.cs#L20

frm.ShowDialog();
((DataRowView)e.Brick.Value)[fieldName] = frm.str;
this.CreateDocument(false);

Reporting_how-to-access-data-row-values-from-the-htmlitemcreated-event-e843/CS/E843/XtraReport1.cs#L26

{
    e.ContentCell.InnerHtml = String.Format("<a href=http://www.testarea.com/property.aspx?id={1}>{0}</a>", e.ContentCell.InnerText, e.Brick.Value);
}

Reporting_runtime-detail-height-sizing-with-respect-to-xrsubreport-size-e20055/CS/dx_sample/XtraReport1.cs#L30

LabelBrick labelBrick = brick as LabelBrick;
if (labelBrick != null && labelBrick.Value != null && labelBrick.Value.ToString() != string.Empty) {
    ((XRLabel)labelBrick.BrickOwner.RealControl).BackColor = Color.LightGreen;

Reporting_how-to-sort-a-report-in-documentpreviewcontrol-t329474/CS/WpfApplication1/MainWindow.xaml.cs#L44

VisualBrick brick = e.Brick as VisualBrick;
if (e.Brick.Value != null && e.Brick.Value.ToString() != String.Empty)
{

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-access-data-values-of-other-labels-in-preview-events-e1154/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L20

Private Sub xrLabel1_PreviewClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As PreviewMouseEventArgs) Handles xrLabel1.PreviewClick
    Dim dataRow As DataRowView = TryCast(e.Brick.Value, DataRowView)
    MessageBox.Show(dataRow.Row("ShipCountry").ToString() & ": " & e.Brick.Text)

Reporting_how-to-implement-editing-in-the-preview-form-e26/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L22

frm.ShowDialog()
CType(e.Brick.Value, DataRowView)(fieldName) = frm.str
Me.CreateDocument(False)

Reporting_how-to-access-data-row-values-from-the-htmlitemcreated-event-e843/VB/E843/XtraReport1.vb#L23

Private Sub xrLabel1_HtmlItemCreated(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As HtmlEventArgs) Handles xrLabel1.HtmlItemCreated
    e.ContentCell.InnerHtml = String.Format("<a href=http://www.testarea.com/property.aspx?id={1}>{0}</a>", e.ContentCell.InnerText, e.Brick.Value)
End Sub

Reporting_runtime-detail-height-sizing-with-respect-to-xrsubreport-size-e20055/VB/dx_sample/XtraReport1.vb#L34

Dim labelBrick As LabelBrick = TryCast(brick, LabelBrick)
If labelBrick IsNot Nothing AndAlso labelBrick.Value IsNot Nothing AndAlso labelBrick.Value.ToString() <> String.Empty Then
    CType(labelBrick.BrickOwner.RealControl, XRLabel).BackColor = Color.LightGreen

Reporting_how-to-sort-a-report-in-documentpreviewcontrol-t329474/VB/WpfApplication1/MainWindow.xaml.vb#L41

Dim brick As VisualBrick = TryCast(e.Brick, VisualBrick)
If e.Brick.Value IsNot Nothing AndAlso e.Brick.Value.ToString() <> String.Empty Then
    Sort(e.Brick.Value.ToString(), TryCast(Viewer.DocumentSource, XtraReport))