Draw on the Canvas of Rendered Report

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At times, you may want some graphics (such as shapes, text, or images) to be rendered on top of your report, just like an overlay. A simple scenario is showing a warning about a limited or expired version of your application on top of the rendered report.

Draw a Rectangle and Text on Rendered Section Report Document Canvas

The following sample code demonstrates drawing a rectangular shape with the DrawRect() method and drawing a text with the DrawText() on a section report. Note that these methods must be called after the report.Run(), since you are drawing on the canvas of a rendered report.

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var report = new SectionReport(); report.LoadLayout(XmlReader.Create(Application.StartupPath + "\\Report.rpx")); report.Run(); report.Document.Pages[0].PenWidth = 3; report.Document.Pages[0].ForeColor = Color.Maroon; report.Document.Pages[0].DrawRect(2, 2, 4, 1); report.Document.Pages[0].Font = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Drawing.Font("Arial", 50); report.Document.Pages[0].ForeColor=Color.Red; report.Document.Pages[0].DrawText("Sample Text",2.1f, 2.1f,4 , 1f); viewer1.LoadDocument(report.Document);

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var report = new SectionReport();
report.LoadLayout(XmlReader.Create(Application.StartupPath + "\\Report.rpx"));
report.Run();
report.Document.Pages[0].PenWidth = 3;
report.Document.Pages[0].ForeColor = Color.Maroon;
report.Document.Pages[0].DrawRect(2, 2, 4, 1);
report.Document.Pages[0].Font = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Drawing.Font("Arial", 50);
report.Document.Pages[0].ForeColor=Color.Red;
report.Document.Pages[0].DrawText("Sample Text",2.1f, 2.1f,4 , 1f);
viewer1.LoadDocument(report.Document);