IBrick Interface

Provides the basic functionality to draw visual bricks and specify their properties.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Data.v18.1.dll

Declaration

C#

public interface IBrick

VB.NET

Public Interface IBrick

Related API Members

The following members accept/return IBrick objects:

• IBrickGraphics.DrawBrick(IBrick, RectangleF)
• IPrintingSystem.CreateBrick(String)
• PrintingSystemBase.CreateBrick(String)
• UserVisualBrick.UserBrick

Remarks

The IBrick interface declares the essential methods to draw bricks and access their properties.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

Reporting_how-to-implement-the-iprintable-interface-e8/CS/PrintableListView.cs#L92

#region #DrawBrick
private IBrick DrawBrick(string typeName, RectangleF rect) {
    IBrick brick = ps.CreateBrick(typeName);

Reporting_how-to-create-a-custom-brick-e91/CS/Form1.cs#L39

// Create a brick.
IBrick brick = new EllipseBrick(Color.LightGreen, Color.Blue,
    LinearGradientMode.ForwardDiagonal);

how-to-print-a-treelist-that-supports-the-horizontal-cell-merging-capability-e4344/CS/TreeListCellMerging/MyTreeListOperationPrintEachNode.cs#L24

protected override DevExpress.XtraPrinting.IBrick CreateCellBrick(CellInfo cell, DevExpress.XtraTreeList.Nodes.TreeListNode node)
{

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-implement-the-iprintable-interface-e8/VB/PrintableListView.vb#L115

#Region "#DrawBrick"
        Private Function DrawBrick(ByVal typeName As String, ByVal rect As RectangleF) As IBrick
            Dim brick As IBrick = ps.CreateBrick(typeName)

Reporting_how-to-create-a-custom-brick-e91/VB/Form1.vb#L44

' Create a brick.
Dim brick As IBrick = New EllipseBrick(Color.LightGreen, Color.Blue, _
                                       LinearGradientMode.ForwardDiagonal)

how-to-print-a-treelist-that-supports-the-horizontal-cell-merging-capability-e4344/VB/TreeListCellMerging/MyTreeListOperationPrintEachNode.vb#L23

Protected Overrides Function CreateCellBrick(ByVal cell As CellInfo, ByVal node As DevExpress.XtraTreeList.Nodes.TreeListNode) As DevExpress.XtraPrinting.IBrick
    Dim brick As IVisualBrick = TryCast(MyBase.CreateCellBrick(cell, node), IVisualBrick)