XRControl.BorderWidth Property

Specifies the width of cell borders in pixels, as a floating point value.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

[SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatAppearance)]
public virtual float BorderWidth { get; set; }

VB.NET

<SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatAppearance)>
Public Overridable Property BorderWidth As Single

Property Value

Type	Description
Single	A Single value.

Example

This code snippet assigns custom appearance settings to report labels. The ResetStyle method clears the appearance settings of the control. This makes the control use the values from the parent control’s settings.

View Example: Reporting for WinForms - Appearance Settings, Styles, Style Priority

XtraReport1.cs

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

public partial class XtraReport1 : XtraReport {
    public XtraReport1() {
        InitializeComponent();

        XRControlStyle myStyle = new XRControlStyle {
            Name = "MyStyle1",
            BackColor = Color.LightBlue,
            BorderColor = Color.LightGray,
            Borders = BorderSide.Top,
            BorderWidth = 2f,
            Font = new Font("Segoe Script", 16),
            ForeColor = Color.Green,
            TextAlignment = TextAlignment.TopCenter,

    };
        this.StyleSheet.Add(myStyle);
    }


    private void xrLabel1_BeforePrint(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e) {
        ((XRLabel)sender).StyleName = "MyStyle1";

    }
    private void XrLabel2_BeforePrint(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e) {
        ApplyAppearanceSettings((XRLabel)sender);
    }

    private void XrLabel3_BeforePrint(object sender, System.ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs e) {
        ApplyAppearanceSettings((XRLabel)sender);
        ResetStyle((XRLabel)sender);
    }

    // Assign custom appearance settings to a control.
    private void ApplyAppearanceSettings(XRLabel label) {
        label.BackColor = Color.Orange;
        label.BorderColor = Color.DarkGray;
        label.Borders = BorderSide.All;
        label.BorderWidth = 0.5f;
        label.Font = new Font(label.Parent.Font, FontStyle.Bold);
        label.ForeColor = Color.White;
        label.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.MiddleRight;
    }

    // Reset appearance settings and use parent control settings.
    private void ResetStyle(XRLabel label) {
        label.ResetBackColor();
        label.ResetBorderColor();
        label.ResetBorders();
        label.ResetBorderWidth();
        label.ResetFont();
        label.ResetForeColor();
        label.ResetPadding();
        label.ResetTextAlignment();
    }
}

XtraReport1.vb

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

Partial Public Class XtraReport1
    Inherits XtraReport

    Public Sub New()
        InitializeComponent()

        Dim myStyle As XRControlStyle = New XRControlStyle With {
            .Name = "MyStyle1",
            .BackColor = Color.LightBlue,
            .BorderColor = Color.LightGray,
            .Borders = BorderSide.Top,
            .BorderWidth = 2.0F,
            .Font = New Font("Segoe Script", 16),
            .ForeColor = Color.Green,
            .TextAlignment = TextAlignment.TopCenter
        }
        Me.StyleSheet.Add(myStyle)
    End Sub

    Private Sub XrLabel1_BeforePrint(sender As Object, e As ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles xrLabel1.BeforePrint
        DirectCast(sender, XRLabel).StyleName = "MyStyle1"

    End Sub
    Private Sub XrLabel2_BeforePrint(sender As Object, e As ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles xrLabel2.BeforePrint
        ApplyAppearanceSettings(DirectCast(sender, XRLabel))
    End Sub

    Private Sub XrLabel4_BeforePrint(sender As Object, e As ComponentModel.CancelEventArgs) Handles xrLabel3.BeforePrint
        ApplyAppearanceSettings(DirectCast(sender, XRLabel))
        ResetStyle(DirectCast(sender, XRLabel))
    End Sub

    ' Assign custom appearance settings to a control.
    Private Sub ApplyAppearanceSettings(ByVal label As XRLabel)
        label.BackColor = Color.Orange
        label.BorderColor = Color.DarkGray
        label.Borders = BorderSide.All
        label.BorderWidth = 0.5F
        label.Font = New Font(label.Parent.Font, FontStyle.Bold)
        label.ForeColor = Color.White
        label.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.MiddleRight
    End Sub

    ' Reset appearance settings and use parent control settings.
    Private Sub ResetStyle(ByVal label As XRLabel)
        label.ResetBackColor()
        label.ResetBorderColor()
        label.ResetBorders()
        label.ResetBorderWidth()
        label.ResetFont()
        label.ResetForeColor()
        label.ResetPadding()
        label.ResetTextAlignment()
    End Sub
End Class

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-winforms-appearance-settings/CS/XtraReport1.cs#L44

label.Borders = BorderSide.All;
label.BorderWidth = 0.5f;
label.Font = new Font(label.Parent.Font, FontStyle.Bold);

reporting-winforms-create-simple-table/CS/XRTableTest/XtraReport1.cs#L25

// Enable table borders to see its boundaries.
table.BorderWidth = 2;
table.Borders = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BorderSide.All;

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-appearance-settings/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L44

label.Borders = BorderSide.All
label.BorderWidth = 0.5F
label.Font = New Font(label.Parent.Font, FontStyle.Bold)

reporting-winforms-create-simple-table/VB/XRTableTest/XtraReport1.vb#L27

' Enable table borders to see its boundaries.
table.BorderWidth = 2
table.Borders = DevExpress.XtraPrinting.BorderSide.All