XRControl.ForeColor Property

Gets or sets the control’s foreground color.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

[SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatAppearance)]
public virtual Color ForeColor { get; set; }

VB.NET

<SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatAppearance)>
Public Overridable Property ForeColor As Color

Property Value

Type	Description
Color	A Color object that represents the foreground color.

Remarks

The ForeColor property specifies the control’s foreground color (e.g. the color of the text in XRLabel or the color of the line in XRLine), while the control’s background color is specified by its XRControl.BackColor property.

If the ForeColor property’s value is not set for the current report control, its value is obtained from its parent, or a parent of its parent and so on. Similarly, the ForeColor value of the current control is applied to all its child report controls (if there are any in its XRControl.Controls collection), if their ForeColor property value is not set. For more information on this concept, please refer to Appearance Properties.

Note

The ForeColor property is used only by some descendants of the XRControl class. For example, the XRPageBreak class ignores the ForeColor property.

Example

This example demonstrates how to use the XRLabel control to create a hyperlink.

The code below creates the XRLabel control, sets up its appearance, and specifies its NavigateUrl and Target properties.

C#

using System.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...

public XRLabel CreateHyperlink(){
    // Create a label for a hyperlink.
    XRLabel hyperlinkLabel = new XRLabel();

    // Set its main properties.
    hyperlinkLabel.Text = "DevExpress Inc.";
    hyperlinkLabel.Width = 200;
    hyperlinkLabel.ForeColor = Color.Blue;
    hyperlinkLabel.Font = new Font("Tahoma", 12, FontStyle.Underline);

    // Set its URL and target.
    hyperlinkLabel.NavigateUrl = "https://www.devexpress.com/";
    hyperlinkLabel.Target = "_blank";

    return hyperlinkLabel;
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...

Public Function CreateHyperlink() As XRLabel
    ' Create a label for a hyperlink.
    Dim hyperlinkLabel As XRLabel = New XRLabel()

    ' Set its main properties.
    hyperlinkLabel.Text = "DevExpress Inc."
    hyperlinkLabel.Width = 200
    hyperlinkLabel.ForeColor = Color.Blue
    hyperlinkLabel.Font = New Font("Tahoma", 12, FontStyle.Underline)

    ' Set its URL and target.
    hyperlinkLabel.NavigateUrl = "https://www.devexpress.com/"
    hyperlinkLabel.Target = "_blank"

    Return hyperlinkLabel
End Function

To add the hyperlink to the report’s Detail band, handle the report’s BeforePrint event:

C#

using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...

private void XtraReport1_BeforePrint(object sender, System.ComponentModel.EventArgs e) {
    // Create a new hyperlink and add it to the report's Detail Band.
    Bands.GetBandByType(typeof(DetailBand)).Controls.Add(CreateHyperlink());
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...

Private Sub XtraReport1_BeforePrint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.ComponentModel.EventArgs)
    Create a new hyperlink and add it to the report's Detail Band.
    Bands.GetBandByType(GetType(DetailBand)).Controls.Add(CreateHyperlink())
End Sub

The label behaves like a hyperlink in a report’s Print Preview and in a document exported to HTML, PDF, RTF, XLS, and XLSX formats.

Related GitHub Examples

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

Note

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C#

reporting-winforms-insert-a-shape-control/CS/Form1.cs#L27

shape.Height = 200;
shape.ForeColor = Color.Brown;
shape.FillColor = Color.Beige;

reporting-winforms-change-label-appearance-in-beforeprint-event-handler/CS/XtraReport1.cs#L20

if (total < 100) {
    label.ForeColor = Color.White;
    label.BackColor = Color.Red;

winforms-scheduler-print-appointments-using-reports/CS/PrintingViaReports/XtraReport1.cs#L48

    ((XRLabel)sender).BackColor = curColor;
    ((XRLabel)sender).ForeColor = curColor;
}

reporting-winforms-appearance-settings/CS/XtraReport1.cs#L46

label.Font = new Font(label.Parent.Font, FontStyle.Bold);
label.ForeColor = Color.White;
label.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.MiddleRight;

wpf-reporting-register-custom-control-in-designer/CS/XRProgressBar.cs#L39

public XRProgressBar() {
    this.ForeColor = SystemColors.Highlight;
}

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-insert-a-shape-control/VB/Form1.vb#L27

shape.Height = 200
shape.ForeColor = Color.Brown
shape.FillColor = Color.Beige

reporting-winforms-change-label-appearance-in-beforeprint-event-handler/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L22

If total < 100 Then
    label.ForeColor = Color.White
    label.BackColor = Color.Red

winforms-scheduler-print-appointments-using-reports/VB/PrintingViaReports/XtraReport1.vb#L50

    DirectCast(sender, XRLabel).BackColor = curColor
    DirectCast(sender, XRLabel).ForeColor = curColor
End Sub

reporting-winforms-appearance-settings/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L46

label.Font = New Font(label.Parent.Font, FontStyle.Bold)
label.ForeColor = Color.White
label.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.MiddleRight

wpf-reporting-register-custom-control-in-designer/VB/XRProgressBar.vb#L51

Public Sub New()
    Me.ForeColor = SystemColors.Highlight
End Sub