Area Class

Represents an area in a report. An area is a group of like sections in the report that all share the same characteristics.

Namespace CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine Assembly CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine (CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class Area
    Inherits EngineObjectBase
    Implements IDisposable

public class Area : EngineObjectBase, IDisposable

Remarks

Retrieve the Area object by index or by name through the Item Property of the Areas collection.

Example

This example shows how to suppress the ReportHeader area in a ReportDocument. The method takes a ReportDocument parameter.

'Declaration

  Private Sub SuppressReportHeaderArea(ByVal myReportDocument As ReportDocument)
      Dim myReportDefinition As ReportDefinition
      myReportDefinition = myReportDocument.ReportDefinition()

      Dim myAreas As Areas
      myAreas = myReportDefinition.Areas()

      Dim myArea As Area
      For Each myArea In myAreas
          If myArea.Kind = AreaSectionKind.ReportHeader Then
              Dim myAreaFormat As AreaFormat
              myAreaFormat = myArea.AreaFormat()
              myAreaFormat.EnableSuppress = True
          End If
      Next
  End Sub

  private void SuppressReportHeaderArea(ReportDocument reportDocument)
  {
    ReportDefinition reportDefinition = reportDocument.ReportDefinition;

    Areas areas = reportDefinition.Areas;

    for (int i=0; i < areas.Count; i++)
    {
      Area area = areas[i];
      if (area.Kind == AreaSectionKind.ReportHeader)
      {
        AreaFormat areaFormat = area.AreaFormat;
        areaFormat.EnableSuppress = true;
      }
    }
  }

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object
   EngineObjectBase
      Area

Version Information

Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008

Supported since: Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 2002

See Also

Reference

Area Members
CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine Namespace