Line Properties Dialog Box - General Tab (Visual Studio Report Designer)

Use the General tab of the Line Properties dialog box to define general options for the line. To open the Line Properties dialog box, right-click a line on the report layout and select Properties. To set color, style, and width properties of the line, you must use the Properties window in Visual Studio. The following table describes the other tabs in the Line Properties dialog box.

Topic Description

Line Properties - Navigation Tab (Visual Studio Report Designer)

Describes the Navigation tab of the Line Properties dialog box.

Line Properties - Visibility Tab (Visual Studio Report Designer)

Describes the Visibility tab of the Line Properties dialog box.

Options

  • Name
    Type a name for the line. The name must be unique within the report.
  • Tooltip
    Type a ToolTip or an expression that evaluates to a ToolTip. Click the expression (fx) button to edit the expression. The value of Tooltip will appear when the user pauses the pointer over the text box in an HTML report.
  • Repeat report item with data region on every page
    Choose this option to show the line with a data region each time the data region appears on a page. This is useful for headings that should appear with the data region on each page of the report.
  • Data region
    Type or select the data region with which to repeat the line on every page that the data region appears.

See Also

Concepts

Adding Rectangles, Lines, and Borders to a Report (Visual Studio Report Designer)
ReportViewer Controls (Visual Studio)
ReportViewer Web Server and Windows Forms Controls

Other Resources

Report Designer User Interface Reference (Visual Studio)