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

Use the General tab of the Rectangle Properties dialog box to define general options for the rectangle. The following table describes the other tabs in the Rectangle Properties dialog box.

Topic Description

Rectangle Properties - Data Output Tab (Visual Studio Report Designer)

Describes the Data Output tab of the Rectangle Properties dialog box.

Rectangle Properties - Navigation Tab (Visual Studio Report Designer)

Describes the Navigation tab of the Rectangle Properties dialog box.

Rectangle Properties - Visibility Tab (Visual Studio Report Designer)

Describes the Visibility tab of the Rectangle Properties dialog box.

Options

  • Name
    Type a name for the rectangle. 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 rectangle with a data region each time the data region appears on a page. This is useful for headings or descriptive text 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 rectangle on every page that the data region appears.
  • Page breaks
    Select options to indicate how page breaks are applied.
  • Insert before rectangle
    Choose this option to place a page break at the beginning of the rectangle.
  • Insert after rectangle
    Choose this option to place a page break at the end of the rectangle.

See Also

Concepts

Adding Rectangles, Lines, and Borders to a Report (Visual Studio Report Designer)
Adding Data Regions 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)