Report Designer Options

• Mar 12, 2021
• 2 minutes to read

The XtraReports menu is automatically added to Visual Studio’s main menu after installing the DevExpress .NET components.

You can use this menu to invoke the Report Designer Options window. It allows you to specify the default settings for all reports you create in Visual Studio.

These settings include:

• XtraReport.ScriptLanguage

  Specifies the default language scripts used in reports (C#, Visual Basic, or JavaScript).

  Tip

  See Use Report Scripts for more information.

• UserDesignerOptions.ConvertBindingsToExpressions

  Specifies whether to automatically convert data bindings to expressions when opening reports that have bindings defined for any of their elements.

  UserDesignerOptions.DataBindingMode

  Specifies the mode of providing data for report controls.

  Tip

  See Data Binding Modes to learn more about these settings.

• XtraReport.DrawGrid

  Specifies whether to draw the snap grid over the report surface to help align report elements.

  XtraReport.SnappingMode

  Specifies the default mode of snapping report elements to each other when they are resized or moved.

  Tip

  See Manipulate Report Controls for more details.

• XtraReport.ReportUnit

  Specifies the default units of measurement used in reports to define element locations, dimensions, and margins.

  Note

  When setting ReportUnit.TenthsOfAMillimeter as report units, the empty and data-based reports created via the Report Wizard have their XtraReport.PaperKind property set to PaperKind.A4. Otherwise, it is set to PaperKind.Letter by default.