MultiColumn.Layout Property

Specifies the layout direction for columns in a multi-column report.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(ColumnLayout.DownThenAcross)]
public ColumnLayout Layout { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(ColumnLayout.DownThenAcross)>
Public Property Layout As ColumnLayout

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
ColumnLayout	DownThenAcross	A ColumnLayout enumeration value.

Available values:

Name	Description
DownThenAcross	The Detail bands are printed vertically, then horizontally (in columns).
AcrossThenDown	The Detail bands are printed horizontally, then vertically (in rows).

Remarks

Use this property to specify whether the Detail bands should be printed horizontally, then vertically (in rows), or vice versa - vertically, then horizontally (in columns).

When the Layout property is set to ColumnLayout.DownThenAcross, the Document.AutoFitToPagesWidth property is ignored.

To learn more, see Creating a Multi-Column Report.

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#L64

    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#L63

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