Obtain a Label's Text in Print Preview

• Aug 03, 2020
• 2 minutes to read

To obtain a label’s text when clicking it in Print Preview, do the following:

1. Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 or 2017 and create a new application under any of the supported platforms, or open an existing one.
2. Add a new blank report to the application.

3. Drop two XRLabel controls from the DX.18.2: Report Controls Toolbox tab onto the Detail band.

   

4. To get a label’s content in Print Preview, do one of the following (depending on the target platform):

   • Print Preview for Windows Forms

     Tip

     Online Example: How to obtain the text of a label when it is clicked in the preview

     Handle the XRControl.PreviewClick and/or XRControl.PreviewDoubleClick events of the added controls in the following way:

     C#

     using System;
     using System.Windows.Forms;
     using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
     // ...
     
     private void xrLabel1_PreviewClick(object sender, PreviewMouseEventArgs e) {
         MessageBox.Show(e.Brick.Text);
     }
     
     private void xrLabel2_PreviewDoubleClick(object sender, PreviewMouseEventArgs e) {
         MessageBox.Show(e.Brick.Text);
     }
     

     VB.NET

     Imports System
     Imports System.Windows.Forms
     Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
     ' ...
     
     Private Sub xrLabel1_PreviewClick(ByVal sender As Object, _ 
     ByVal e As PreviewMouseEventArgs) Handles xrLabel1.PreviewClick
         MessageBox.Show(e.Brick.Text)
     End Sub
     
     Private Sub xrLabel2_PreviewDoubleClick(ByVal sender As Object, _ 
     ByVal e As PreviewMouseEventArgs) Handles xrLabel2.PreviewDoubleClick
         MessageBox.Show(e.Brick.Text)
     End Sub
     

     Run the application and click a label to view the result.

     

   • Document Preview for WPF

     Use the DocumentPreviewControl.DocumentPreviewMouseClick and/or DocumentPreviewControl.DocumentPreviewMouseDoubleClick events as shown in the code snippet below.

     C#

     using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
     using DevExpress.Xpf.Printing;
     
     private void documentPreview_DocumentPreviewMouseClick_1(DependencyObject d, DocumentPreviewMouseEventArgs e) {
         LabelBrick brick = e.Brick as LabelBrick;
         if (brick != null)
             MessageBox.Show(brick.Text);
     }
     

     VB.NET

     Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
     Imports DevExpress.Xpf.Printing
     
     Private Sub documentPreview_DocumentPreviewMouseClick_1(ByVal d As DependencyObject, ByVal e As DocumentPreviewMouseEventArgs)
         Dim brick As LabelBrick = TryCast(e.Brick, LabelBrick)
         If brick IsNot Nothing Then
             MessageBox.Show(brick.Text)
         End If
     End Sub
     

   • Web Document Viewer

     Handle the client-side ASPxClientWebDocumentViewer.PreviewClick event as demonstrated below.

     ASPX

     <script type="text/javascript" id="script">
         function previewClick(s, e) {
             e.Brick && alert(e.Brick.text())
         }
     </script>
     
     <dx:ASPxWebDocumentViewer ID="ASPxWebDocumentViewer1" runat="server" ReportSourceId="WebWebDocumentViewer.XtraReport1">
         <ClientSideEvents PreviewClick="previewClick"/>
     </dx:ASPxWebDocumentViewer>