Draw Lines

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Draw Lines

 

Draw Lines

The Line control draws a line in a specified direction, style, width, and color. You can use it to decorate and visually separate a report's sections.

To add a line to a report, drag the Line item from the Toolbox onto the report's area.

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The actions list of the line's smart tag provides the main control properties:

 

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Enables you to draw a line horizontally, vertically, and across the rectangle the line occupies from one corner to another (Horizontal, Vertical, Slant and Back Slant types).

 

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You can select the solid (by default), dashed, dotted, or mixed line style.

 

 

Specifies the line width in pixels as a floating point value.

Anchor Vertically

Specifies the vertical anchoring style, so that after page rendering a control stays attached to the top control, bottom control, or both.