DrawEventArgs.Brick Property

Gets a visual brick that represents this control’s contents on a report page.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v19.1.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Reporting.Core, DevExpress.WindowsDesktop.Core

Declaration

C#

public VisualBrick Brick { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property Brick As VisualBrick

Property Value

Type	Description
VisualBrick	A VisualBrick object which represents the control’s contents.

Remarks

Use the Brick property to access the VisualBrick containing information about this control on a report page. Note that if this control is rendered several times in the document (e.g. if the control is bound to data), then this property returns a brick which corresponds to a particular rendering for this control.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to use the XRControl.Draw event. The handler method below draws a red ellipse in the rectangle occupied by the XRControl object.

C#

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

private void xrControl1_Draw(object sender, DrawEventArgs e) {
    // Get a rectangle occupied by a control.
    Rectangle rect = Rectangle.Truncate(e.Bounds);

    if(e.UniGraphics is GdiGraphics) {
        // Obtain a Graphics object.
        GdiGraphics graph = (GdiGraphics)e.UniGraphics;

        // Fill the interior of the ellipse defined
        // by the rectangle with a Red color.
        graph.Graphics.FillEllipse(Brushes.Red, rect);
    }
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...

Private Sub XrControl1_Draw(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DrawEventArgs) _
Handles XrControl1.Draw
    ' Get a rectangle occupied by a control.
    Dim rect As Rectangle = Rectangle.Truncate(e.Bounds)

    If TypeOf e.UniGraphics Is GdiGraphics Then
        ' Obtain a Graphics object.
        Dim graph = CType(e.UniGraphics, GdiGraphics)

        ' Fill the interior of the ellipse defined
        ' by the rectangle with a Red color.
        graph.Graphics.FillEllipse(Brushes.Red, rect)
    End If
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

Reporting_how-to-highlight-a-control-in-print-preview-when-it-is-being-hovered-by-the-mouse-e3426/CS/ControlHighlighting/XtraReport1.cs#L28

private void xrLabel1_Draw(object sender, DrawEventArgs e) {
    if (mouseMove && e.Brick == brick)
        e.Brick.BackColor = Color.Aqua;

VB.NET

Reporting_how-to-highlight-a-control-in-print-preview-when-it-is-being-hovered-by-the-mouse-e3426/VB/ControlHighlighting/XtraReport1.vb#L30

Private Sub xrLabel1_Draw(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As DrawEventArgs) Handles xrLabel1.Draw
    If mouseMove AndAlso e.Brick Is brick Then
        e.Brick.BackColor = Color.Aqua