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Draw Borders (Lines) for Report Controls

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To draw borders for a control, locate the Borders property in the control’s Properties window. Then, select which borders to draw: Left, Right, Top, and/or Bottom.

The following example shows how to draw Top and Bottom borders for the XRLabel control:

Label Borders

The specified borders are displayed in both the Designer and Print Preview:

Designer

Print Preview

Label Borders in Designer

Label Borders in Preview

Use the BorderColor, BorderDashStyle, and BorderWidth properties to customize the border appearance.

Custom Label Borders

Draw Borders for Tables

You can set borders for a table, its rows and its cells. The following example demonstrates a table in the Designer with Top and Bottom borders enabled:

Table Borders

The following image shows the layout of the above table in Print Preview:

Table Borders Preview

If a table occupies the entire Detail band and the table’s top and bottom borders are enabled, the table borders are be duplicated in Print Preview. To avoid duplication, do the following:

  1. Select only a bottom table border.
  2. Create a group header band.
  3. Add a table header to the newly created band.
  4. Enable the header’s top and bottom borders.
**Designer**. The table occupies the entire **Detail** band. Both **Top** and **Bottom** borders of the table and the header are enabled.

Designer. The table occupies the entire Detail band. Both Top and Bottom borders of the table and the header are enabled.

**Print Preview**. The top and bottom borders of the table's rows overlap and are duplicated.

Print Preview. The top and bottom borders of the table’s rows overlap and are duplicated.

**Designer**. The table occupies the entire **Detail** band. Only the **Bottom** border of the table is enabled.

Designer. The table occupies the entire Detail band. Only the Bottom border of the table is enabled.

**Print Preview**. Only the bottom border of the table is displayed. The top border of the table's first row matches the bottom border of the header.

Print Preview. Only the bottom border of the table is displayed. The top border of the table’s first row matches the bottom border of the header.

Draw Common Border for Multiple Controls

To draw a common border for several controls, place the controls inside a table with one cell, and then specify the table borders:

Multiple Control Borders

Designer

Print Preview

Table Borders in Designer

Table Borders in Preview

Note

Refer to the XRLine control description for information on how to use lines to visually separate report elements.

Draw Borders for Content That Spans Multiple Pages

If you want to draw top and bottom borders for content that spans several pages, draw borders in the GroupHeaderBand and GroupFooterBand bands with the RepeatEveryPage property enabled. For this, you can place XRLabel or XRPanel controls into those bands:

Borders for Content That Spans Multiple Pages in Designer

The resulting report appears as shown in the following image:

Borders for Content That Spans Multiple Pages in Preview