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XtraReportBase.GetPreviousColumnValue<T>(String) Method

Gets the previous value (strongly typed) of the specified column in the report’s data source.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.1.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Reporting.Core

Declaration

public T GetPreviousColumnValue<T>(
    string columnName
)

Parameters

Name Type Description
columnName String

A String that is the name of the column whose value you want to retrieve.

Type Parameters

Name Description
T

A type of the object to retrieve.

Returns

Type Description
T

An object of the specified type that is the previous value of the specified column in the data source. If the specified column is not found, this method returns null (Nothing in Visual Basic).

Remarks

Use the GetPreviousColumnValue method to retrieve the value of the specified data column. You can call this method in the XRControl.BeforePrint event handler.

When the current row is the first row (CurrentRowIndex == 0), this method returns the value of the first record.

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