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DesignerOptions.ShowExportWarnings Property

Specifies whether to highlight report controls that overlap.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

#Declaration

[DefaultValue(true)]
[SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatDesign)]
public bool ShowExportWarnings { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
Boolean true

true, to display export warnings; otherwise, false.

#Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type Path to ShowExportWarnings
XtraReport
.DesignerOptions .ShowExportWarnings

#Remarks

A report that contains controls that overlap may cause errors in the document when exported to tabular formats such as XLS, XLSX, HTML, or RTF.

Enable the ShowExportWarnings option to highlight overlapping controls in red. Hover over the report design area to display a tooltip that indicates the controls that overlap:

ShowExportWarnings

For more information, review the following help topic: Validate the Report Layout.

Note

The DesignerOptions settings are not available in Report Designer for Web.

The following code snippet hides tooltips that warn a user about overlapping controls and disables red highlighting for such controls:

public partial class TestReport : DevExpress.XtraReports.UI.XtraReport {
    public TestReport() {
        InitializeComponent();
        this.DesignerOptions.ShowExportWarnings = false;
    }
}
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