WindowControlOptions.DrawMethod Property

Gets or sets which message should be used to paint a control inside the PrintableComponentContainer.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(WinControlDrawMethod.UseWMPaint)]
public WinControlDrawMethod DrawMethod { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(WinControlDrawMethod.UseWMPaint)>
Public Property DrawMethod As WinControlDrawMethod

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
WinControlDrawMethod	UseWMPaint	The message that should be used to paint a control inside the PrintableComponentContainer.

Available values:

Name	Description
UseWMPaint	Use the WM_PAINT message to draw the Windows Forms control.
UseWMPrint	Use the WM_PRINT message to draw the Windows Forms control.
UseWMPaintRecursive	Use the WM_PAINT message to recursively draw the Windows Forms control and all its child controls.
UseWMPrintRecursive	Use the WM_PRINT message to recursively draw the Windows Forms control and all its child controls.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Object Type	Path to DrawMethod
PrintableComponentContainer	.WindowControlOptions .DrawMethod

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.

C#

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);

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...
' Create an XtraReport instance.
Dim report = New XtraReport()
Dim band = New DetailBand()
report.Bands.Add(band)
' Create a DataGrid control instance.
Dim dataGridView As New DataGridView()
' Create a PrintableComponentContainer instance for the data grid.
Dim printableComponentContainer As 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)