MultiColumn.ColumnSpacing Property

Gets or sets the amount of space between the columns when multi-column reports are printed.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(0F)]
public float ColumnSpacing { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(0F)>
Public Property ColumnSpacing As Single

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Single	0	A Single value specifying the spacing between the columns. This value is measured in report units.

Remarks

Use this property to specify the amount of space between the columns when they shouldn’t be printed as adjoining. Note that the ColumnSpacing property can be used in every case in which a multicolumn feature is enabled (irrespective of whether or not the MultiColumn.ColumnCount or MultiColumn.ColumnWidth properties are taken into account).

To learn more about multicolumn representation of reports, see the Creating a Multi-Column Report topic.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-winforms-label-report-in-code/CS/Reporting_how-to-create-a-label-report-at-runtime-t473792/LabelReportRuntime/CustomLabelReportBuilder.cs#L63

detail.MultiColumn.ColumnWidth = XRConvert.Convert(labelInfo.LabelWidth, labelDpi, report.Dpi);
detail.MultiColumn.ColumnSpacing = XRConvert.Convert(labelInfo.HPitch - labelInfo.LabelWidth, labelDpi, report.Dpi);
detail.MultiColumn.Layout = ColumnLayout.AcrossThenDown;

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-label-report-in-code/VB/Reporting_how-to-create-a-label-report-at-runtime-t473792/LabelReportRuntime/CustomLabelReportBuilder.vb#L62

detail.MultiColumn.ColumnWidth = XRConvert.Convert(labelInfo.LabelWidth, labelDpi, report.Dpi)
detail.MultiColumn.ColumnSpacing = XRConvert.Convert(labelInfo.HPitch - labelInfo.LabelWidth, labelDpi, report.Dpi)
detail.MultiColumn.Layout = ColumnLayout.AcrossThenDown