XRControl.ResetForeColor() Method

Resets the XRControl.ForeColor property value, so that it is no longer stored in the current control and is obtained from its parent instead.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

public void ResetForeColor()

VB.NET

Public Sub ResetForeColor

Remarks

If the XRControl.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. So, if it is set in the current control, it starts overriding its parent’s ForeColor property value.

Then, if it is necessary to remove the current control’s ForeColor property value and start using its parent’s ForeColor again, you can right-click the Properties window at design time and choose the Reset option, as shown in the image below.

And the ResetForeColor method is intended to do the same action at runtime.

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 the 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#L57

label.ResetFont();
label.ResetForeColor();
label.ResetPadding();

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-appearance-settings/VB/XtraReport1.vb#L57

label.ResetFont()
label.ResetForeColor()
label.ResetPadding()