# Container Control for Enhanced Report Appearance

This is a tutorial on how to use the Container control for improving the Page/RDLX report appearance.

## Content



Let us enhance the appearance of the following report using Container controls.

![Invoice ReportContainer](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/b298aea2-8cb8-4a0f-be88-4f54aa263ebd/images/design-reports/report-without-container-control.png)

The Invoice report shown above contains the company logo and the invoice issue information, the shipping and billing information, and the products information.

We will re-create the above report to improve its appearance by using two Container controls. The containers will be placed so as to highlight the two parts of the invoice: the first Container to visually group the company logo and the invoice issue information, while the second Container to highlight the shipping and billing information.<br /><br />![Container Control-Design](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/b298aea2-8cb8-4a0f-be88-4f54aa263ebd/images/design-reports/container-control-design.png)

### Design Report Layout

1.  Drag and drop a Container control onto the design area of the Report Designer.
2.  Set the following properties to some values, for example: **Width**, **Height**, and **Color**.
3.  Drag and drop Image controls into the Container and add the company logo.
4.  To add information on order Id, drag-drop the [OrderId\] field from the dataset. Also add text boxes on the container to add the labels 'Order ID:' and 'INVOICE'.
5.  To highlight the shipping and billing information, drag-drop another Container control and place it below the first Container control. Set its properties to some values, for example: **Width**, **Height**, and **Color**.
6.  Drag and drop the following data fields from the dataset on the second Container control: [CustomerId\], [OrderDate\], and [ShipName\].
7.  Now, add text boxes to add labels above the data fields: 'Bill To:', 'Order Date:', 'Ship To:', and 'Ship Address:'.
8.  Drag-drop the Table data region onto the report designer, below the second Container control.
9.  Bind the text boxes in the Table's Details row to [ProductName\], [UnitPrice\], [ProductID\], and [Quantity\].
10.  Modify the appearance of the report and preview.<br />![Container Control-Preview](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/b298aea2-8cb8-4a0f-be88-4f54aa263ebd/images/design-reports/container-control-preview.png)<br />

## See Also

[Container](/activereportsnet/docs/report-authors/report-controls/report-controls-page-rdl-report/container)

[Quick Start](/activereportsnet/docs/report-authors/standalone-designer-app/create-multi-section-rdl)