Section Class

Report areas contain at least one section. This class includes properties for accessing information regarding a section of a report.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class Section
    Inherits EngineObjectBase
    Implements IDisposable

public class Section : EngineObjectBase, IDisposable

Remarks

Retrieve the Section object by index or by name through the Item property of the Sections collection.

Example

This example shows how to center all PageHeader sections in a specified area.

'Declaration

        Private Sub CenterReportObjects(ByVal myReportDocument As ReportDocument, ByVal areaName As String)
          Dim myReportDefinition As ReportDefinition = myReportDocument.ReportDefinition()

          Dim myAreas As Areas = myReportDefinition.Areas()

          Dim myArea As Area = myAreas.Item(areaName)

          Dim mySections As Sections = myArea.Sections()
          Dim mySection As Section
          For Each mySection In mySections
            If mySection.Kind = AreaSectionKind.PageHeader Then
              If mySection.SectionFormat.EnableSuppressIfBlank = False Then
                Dim myReportObjects As ReportObjects = mySection.ReportObjects()
                Dim myReportObject As ReportObject
                For Each myReportObject In myReportObjects
                  myReportObject.ObjectFormat.HorizontalAlignment = Alignment.HorizontalCenterAlign
                Next
              End If
            End If
          Next
        End Sub
      

        private void CenterReportObjects(ReportDocument reportDocument, String areaName)
        {
          ReportDefinition reportDefinition = reportDocument.ReportDefinition;
          Areas areas = reportDefinition.Areas;
          Area area = reportDefinition.Areas[areaName];

          if (area != null)
          {
            Sections sections = area.Sections;
            for (int i=0; i<sections.Count; i++)
            {
              Section section = sections[i];
              if (section.Kind == AreaSectionKind.PageHeader)
              {
                if (section.SectionFormat.EnableSuppressIfBlank == false)
                {
                  ReportObjects reportObjects = section.ReportObjects;

                  for (int j=0; j<reportObjects.Count; j++)
                  {
                    ReportObject reportObject = reportObjects[j];
                    reportObject.ObjectFormat.HorizontalAlignment = Alignment.HorizontalCenterAlign;
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      

Inheritance Hierarchy

Object
   EngineObjectBase
      Section

Version Information

Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008

Supported since: Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET 2002

See Also

Reference

Section Members
CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine Namespace