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.

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

• Line Direction

  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).

  

• Line Style

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

  

• Line Width

  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.

Note

The Line control cannot span several bands. See Draw Cross-Band Lines and Boxes to learn about drawing lines through several bands.