XRLabel.Multiline Property

Gets or sets whether carriage return (CRLF) characters split the label’s text into multiple lines.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v23.2.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(false)]
[SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatBehavior)]
public bool Multiline { get; set; }

VB.NET

<SRCategory(ReportStringId.CatBehavior)>
<DefaultValue(False)>
Public Property Multiline As Boolean

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
Boolean	false	true, if carriage return (CRLF) characters split the label’s text into multiple lines ; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Set this property’s value to true (process carriage returns) to display more than one line of text in an XRLabel control.

The following can be used as new line characters:

• NewLine.
• ControlChars.CrLf.
• vbCrLf (Visual Basic only).

Example

The code sample below illustrates how to display multiline text in an XRLabel control.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...
public XRLabel CreateLabel() {
    // Create a new label object. 
    XRLabel label = new XRLabel();

    // Enable the multiline content.
    label.Multiline = true;
    label.Text = "This text illustrates \r\nhow to use the XRLabel.Multiline property \r\nto display multiline content \r\nin a label.";

    // Align the label's text to the middle.
    label.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.MiddleCenter;

    return label;
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...
Public Function CreateLabel() As XRLabel
    ' Create a new label object. 
    Dim label As New XRLabel()

    ' Enable the multiline content.
    label.Multiline = True
    label.Text = "This text illustrates " & ControlChars.CrLf & "how to use the XRLabel.Multiline property " & ControlChars.CrLf & "to display multiline content " & ControlChars.CrLf & "in a label."

    ' Align the label's text to the middle.
    label.TextAlignment = TextAlignment.MiddleCenter

    Return label
End Function

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-web-forms-handle-server-side-errors/CS/DXWebApplication1/Reports/XtraReport3.cs#L61

this.xrLabel1.LocationFloat = new DevExpress.Utils.PointFloat(33.33333F, 10.00001F);
this.xrLabel1.Multiline = true;
this.xrLabel1.Name = "xrLabel1";

VB.NET

reporting-web-forms-handle-server-side-errors/VB/DXWebApplication1/Reports/XtraReport3.vb#L59

Me.xrLabel1.LocationFloat = New DevExpress.Utils.PointFloat(33.33333F, 10.00001F)
Me.xrLabel1.Multiline = True
Me.xrLabel1.Name = "xrLabel1"