Report Controls

A Report Control represents a specific report element (e.g. static or bound text, line, picture etc.) that can be inserted into an Advanced Report. Report controls can reside either inside report bands or inside other report controls that may serve as control containers (e.g. a panel). The appearance and behaviour of a report control is defined by its type. These controls can be found in the Button Bar on the left or the Tool Box panel.

Control Types

Below is a list of the basic report controls available in Advanced Reports:

Control	Description
	A Label control allows you to embed plain text, which can be populated using a dataset, into your report.
	A Check Box control displays Checked / Unchecked / Indeterminate state in a report.
	A Rich Text control is used to display, enter and manipulate formatted text. You can enter and format its text at design time, load it from an external file, or bind this control to a data field.
	A Picture Box controls the display of an image in a report. Use this control to insert images of different types into your reports.
	The Panel control is used to insert a Panel into a report that can be used to embed other control objects for grouping purposes.
	A Table control inserts a table. This control is invaluable if you need to show your data in a tabular form.
	A Character Comb control allows the insertion of boxed equal-spaced characters into a report. These can be multi-line.
	A Line control draws vertical, horizontal or diagonal lines in a report.
	A Shape control embeds simple graphics into a report.
	A Bar Code control allows you to insert many different barcode types into a report.
	A Chart control lets you represent your data graphically, choosing from a large number of 2D and 3D-looking chart types.
	A Cross Tab control places a cross tabulation table (also called a pivot table) which represents data from an underlying dataset in a cross-tabulated form to create cross-tab reports.
	A Gauge control represents data in Circular or Linear styles.
	A Sparkline control allows you to insert different types of graph. Types include Line, Area, Bar and Win-Loss.
	A Sub Report control displays other reports in a report, such as company logo and title block or a section of a report.
	A PDF Content control enables the embedding of a PDF file in the report.
	A PDF Signature control enables the embedding of a digital signature in the report.
	A Table of Contents control shows the Table of Contents with level options.
	A Page Info control displays auxiliary information in a report. Use this control to display page numbers, the current date or user information in your reports.
	A Page Break control serves to mark the place where a report should start a new page. The Page Break property can be used to break a page just before or after a particular band.
	A Cross-Band Controls draws a line that can cross through the bands of a report from the Start Point in the Start Band to the End Point in the End Band.
	A Cross-Band Controls draws a rectangle that can cross through the bands of a report from the Start Point in the Start Band to the End Point in the End Band.

Positioning Controls