PrintingSystemBase.CreateBrick(String) Method

Creates a specific brick type.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v19.2.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public virtual IBrick CreateBrick(
    string typeName
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Function CreateBrick(
    typeName As String
) As IBrick

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
typeName	String	The type of created brick.

Returns

Type	Description
IBrick	The created brick.

Remarks

This method initializes a new instance of the brick class whose name is specified via the typeName parameter value. These parameter values include: “ImageBrick”, “Textbrick”, “PageImageBrick”, etc. In general, this method works as a brick class constructor.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

Reporting_how-to-show-a-progress-bar-in-the-xrpivotgrid-cell-t227013/CS/XtraReport1.cs#L27

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

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-show-a-progress-bar-in-the-xrpivotgrid-cell-t227013/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L24

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)
ib.Rect = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.GraphicsUnitConverter.DocToPixel(e.Brick.Rect)

Implements

CreateBrick(String)