BottomMarginBand Class

A report band used to display information at the bottom margin of every report page. This band cannot be deleted from a report.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

public class BottomMarginBand :
    MarginBand

VB.NET

Public Class BottomMarginBand
    Inherits MarginBand

Remarks

A default blank report contains a DetailBand, TopMarginBand and BottomMarginBand. These bands cannot be deleted.

The bottom margin band’s content is printed at the bottom of a page, below all other bands.

This band is most commonly used to display auxiliary information about a report, such as page numbers or the current system date and time provided by the XRPageInfo control.

Tip

Use the TopMarginBand to display this information at the top of every report page.

See Introduction to Banded Reports for more details.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to use the BandCollection class methods to construct a simple report. The AddMarginBands method creates two margin bands and adds them to the collection.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...

public class XtraReport1 : DevExpress.XtraReports.UI.XtraReport {
// ...

    // ...
    // Generated code for the XtraReport1 class.
    // ...

    public void AddMarginBands() {

        // Check if the TopMargin band is already present in the report.
        if(Bands[BandKind.TopMargin] == null) {
            // Create a new TopMargin band and add it to the report.
            TopMarginBand tmBand = new TopMarginBand();
            Bands.Add(tmBand);

            // Create a label and set its text and width.
            XRLabel label = new XRLabel();
            label.Text = "TopMargin Band";
            label.Width = 200;

            // Add the label to the TopMargin band.
            tmBand.Controls.Add(label);
        }

        // Check if the BottomMargin band is already present in the report.
        if(Bands[BandKind.BottomMargin] == null) {
            // Create a new BottomMargin band and add it to the report.
            BottomMarginBand bmBand = new BottomMarginBand();
            Bands.Add(bmBand);

            // Create an XRPageInfo object and set its width and PageInfo option.
            XRPageInfo datePageInfo = new XRPageInfo();
            datePageInfo.Width = 200;
            datePageInfo.PageInfo = PageInfo.DateTime;

            // Add the page information control to the BottomMargin band.
            bmBand.Controls.Add(datePageInfo);
        }
    }

}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...

Public Class XtraReport1
    Inherits DevExpress.XtraReports.UI.XtraReport
    ' ...

    ' ...
    ' Generated code for the XtraReport1 class.
    ' ...

    Public Sub AddMarginBands()

        ' Check if the TopMargin band is already present in the report.
        If Bands.GetBandByType(GetType(TopMarginBand)) Is Nothing Then
            ' Create a new TopMargin band and add it to the report.
            Dim tmBand As New TopMarginBand()
            Bands.Add(tmBand)

            ' Create a label and set its text and width.
            Dim label As New XRLabel()
            label.Text = "TopMargin Band"
            label.Width = 200

            ' Add the label to the TopMargin band.
            tmBand.Controls.Add(label)
        End If

        ' Check if the BottomMargin band is already present in the report.
        If Bands.GetBandByType(GetType(BottomMarginBand)) Is Nothing Then
            ' Create a new BottomMargin band and add it to the report.
            Dim bmBand As New BottomMarginBand()
            Bands.Add(bmBand)

            ' Create an XRPageInfo object and set its width and PageInfo option.
            Dim datePageInfo As New XRPageInfo()
            datePageInfo.Width = 200
            datePageInfo.PageInfo = PageInfo.DateTime

            ' Add the page information control to the BottomMargin band.
            bmBand.Controls.Add(datePageInfo)
        End If
    End Sub

End Class

The following code handles button clicks to call the AddMarginBands method and show the preview:

C#

XtraReport1 report = new XtraReport1();

private void btnPreview_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
    ReportPrintTool preview = new ReportPrintTool(report);
    preview.ShowPreview();
}

private void btnAddBands_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
    report.AddMarginBands();
}

VB.NET

Dim Report As New XtraReport1()

Private Sub BtnPreview_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles BtnPreview.Click
    Dim preview As New ReportPrintTool(report)
    preview.ShowPreview()
End Sub

Private Sub BtnAddBands_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs) _
Handles BtnAddBands.Click
    Report.AddMarginBands()
End Sub

Implements

IScriptable

Inheritance

Object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

XRControl

Band

MarginBand

BottomMarginBand