# GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Layout.ILayoutManager.Initialize

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<h1 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Extensibility_Layout_ILayoutManager_Initialize_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Layout.ILayoutManager.Initialize*">Initialize Method
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<h4 id="GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Extensibility_Layout_ILayoutManager_Initialize_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Extensibility_Rendering_Components_IReportItem_GrapeCity_ActiveReports_Extensibility_Layout_ITargetDevice_" data-uid="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Layout.ILayoutManager.Initialize(GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.Components.IReportItem,GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Layout.ITargetDevice)">Initialize(IReportItem, ITargetDevice)</h4>
<div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Allows initialization of the layout manager with specifies <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Layout.ITargetDevice.html">ITargetDevice</a>.</p>
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<h5 class="declaration">Declaration</h5>
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  <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">void Initialize(IReportItem forReportItem, ITargetDevice targetDevice)</code></pre>
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<h5 class="parameters">Parameters</h5>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.Components.IReportItem.html">IReportItem</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">forReportItem</span></td>
      <td><p><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.Components.IReportItem.html">IReportItem</a> that will be laid out</p>
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      <td><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Layout.ITargetDevice.html">ITargetDevice</a></td>
      <td><span class="parametername">targetDevice</span></td>
      <td><p><a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Layout.ITargetDevice.html">ITargetDevice</a> for which layout operation should be performed</p>
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<div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>Layout subsystem will call this method before fist call to Measure/Layout.</p>
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