VisualBrick.Style Property

Gets or sets the BrickStyle instance used to render a brick in an appropriate format.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraPrinting

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

Declaration

C#

[XtraSerializableProperty(XtraSerializationVisibility.Content, true, false, false, 0, XtraSerializationFlags.Cached)]
public BrickStyle Style { get; set; }

VB.NET

<XtraSerializableProperty(XtraSerializationVisibility.Content, True, False, False, 0, XtraSerializationFlags.Cached)>
Public Property Style As BrickStyle

Property Value

Type	Description
BrickStyle	A BrickStyle instance to render a brick.

Remarks

The brick style allows a user to customize the appearance of a brick’s contents.

Example

This example illustrates use of the BrickStyle class. The result of applying the style defined via the BrickStyle class instance is shown in the following picture:

Tip

A complete sample project is available in the DevExpress Code Examples database at http://www.devexpress.com/example=E938.

C#

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
// ...

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    string s = "XtraPrinting Library";
    BrickGraphics brickGraph = printingSystem1.Graph;
    VisualBrick visBrick = new VisualBrick();

    // Specify the style
    BrickStyle bStyle = new BrickStyle(BorderSide.Bottom, 2, Color.Gold, Color.Navy,
        Color.DodgerBlue, new Font("Arial", 14, FontStyle.Bold | FontStyle.Italic),
        new BrickStringFormat(StringAlignment.Far, StringAlignment.Near));

    // Start the report generation.
    printingSystem1.Begin();

    // Create bricks.
    brickGraph.Modifier = BrickModifier.Detail;
    visBrick = brickGraph.DrawString(s, new RectangleF(0, 0, 250, 40));
    visBrick = brickGraph.DrawString(s, new RectangleF(0, 40, 250, 40));

    // Apply the style to the current brick.
    visBrick.Style = bStyle;

    // Finish the report generation.
    printingSystem1.End();
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Drawing
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
' ...

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) _
Handles MyBase.Load
    Dim s As String = "XtraPrinting Library"
    Dim brickGraph As BrickGraphics = printingSystem1.Graph
    Dim visBrick As New VisualBrick()

    ' Specify the style.
    Dim bStyle As New BrickStyle(BorderSide.Bottom, 2, Color.Gold, Color.Navy, _
        Color.DodgerBlue, New Font("Arial", 14, FontStyle.Bold Or FontStyle.Italic), _
        New BrickStringFormat(StringAlignment.Far, StringAlignment.Near))

    ' Start the report generation.
    printingSystem1.Begin()

    ' Create bricks.
    brickGraph.Modifier = BrickModifier.Detail
    visBrick = brickGraph.DrawString(s, New RectangleF(0, 0, 250, 40))
    visBrick = brickGraph.DrawString(s, New RectangleF(0, 40, 250, 40))

    ' Apply the style to the current brick.
    visBrick.Style = bStyle

    ' Finish the report generation.
    printingSystem1.End()
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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

Note

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C#

Reporting_how-to-customize-a-bricks-style-e938/CS/Form1.cs#L32

// Apply the style to the current brick.
visBrick.Style = bStyle;

how-to-create-a-multi-line-editor-that-draws-an-image-in-its-left-side-e4963/CS/ImageMemoEdit/ExtendedEditor/MyRepositoryItemMemoEdit.cs#L95

imgBrick.Size = ContentImageSize;
panelBrick.Style = contentBrick.Style;

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-customize-a-bricks-style-e938/VB/Form1.vb#L32

' Apply the style to the current brick.
visBrick.Style = bStyle

how-to-create-a-multi-line-editor-that-draws-an-image-in-its-left-side-e4963/VB/ImageMemoEdit/ExtendedEditor/MyRepositoryItemMemoEdit.vb#L83

imgBrick.Size = ContentImageSize
panelBrick.Style = contentBrick.Style