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PrintableComponentContainer.PrintableComponent Property

Specifies a control or a printing link inside the PrintableComponentContainer at runtime.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

#Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
[DefaultValue(null)]
public object PrintableComponent { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Default Description
Object null

A Object value.

#Remarks

The PrintableComponentContainer allows you to add the following elements to a report:

Create a PrintableComponentContainer class instance. Assign a control or document instance to the container’s PrintableComponent property at runtime. Add the PrintableComponentContainer instance to a report band.

See Use Third-Party Controls for more information.

#Example

The code sample below creates a DataGridView control instance and adds this instance to a report. The sample specifies that the DataGridView control is printed as a bitmap image.

using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
using System.Windows.Forms;
// ...
// Create an XtraReport instance.
XtraReport report = new XtraReport()
{
    Bands = {
        new DetailBand()
    }
};
// Create a DataGrid control instance.
DataGridView dataGridView = new DataGridView();
// Create a PrintableComponentContainer instance for the data grid.
PrintableComponentContainer printableComponentContainer = new PrintableComponentContainer();
// Place the data grid inside the printable component container.
printableComponentContainer.WinControl = dataGridView;
// Specify that the control inside the printable component container is always printed as an image.
printableComponentContainer.PrintMode = WinControlPrintMode.AsImage;
// Specify that the control inside the printable component container is always printed as a bitmap.
printableComponentContainer.WindowControlOptions.ImageType = WinControlImageType.Bitmap;
// Add the printable component container to the report.
report.Bands[BandKind.Detail].Controls.Add(printableComponentContainer);

The following code snippets (auto-collected from DevExpress Examples) contain references to the PrintableComponent property.

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