Interface Elements for Desktop > Report Designer > Report Designer for WinForms > Report Designer Reference > Report Controls > Cross-band Box
The Cross-band Box control allows you to draw a rectangle through several bands. This can be useful if it is required to visually encompass a section consisting of multiple band areas.
Another cross-band control available is the Cross-band Line.
In the Property Grid, the Cross-band Box control's properties are divided into the following groups.
Appearance
•Borders, Border Color, Border Dash Style and Border Width
Specify border settings for the control.
•Formatting Rules
Invokes the Formatting Rules Editor, allowing you to choose which rules should be applied to the control during report generation, and define the precedence of the applied rules. To learn more on this, refer to Conditionally Change a Control's Appearance.
Behavior
•Anchor Horizontally
Specifies the horizontal anchoring style of the control, so that after page rendering it stays attached to the left control, right control, or both. This property defines how a report control is resized to maintain the distance to the left and right edges of its container control.
•Anchor Vertically
Specifies the vertical anchoring style of the control, so that after page rendering it stays attached to the top control, bottom control, or both.
•Can Publish
Specifies whether or not a report control is displayed in a printed or exported document.
•Visible
Specifies whether the control should be visible in print preview.
Data
•Tag
This property allows you to add some additional information to the control; for example its id, by which it can then be accessible via scripts.
Design
•(Name)
Determines a control's name, by which it can be accessed in the Report Explorer, Property Grid or via scripts.
Layout
•End Band
Determines a band, in which the control finishes drawing.
•End Point
Determines the end point (from a band's upper left corner) where the control finishes drawing.
•Location
Specifies the control's location, in report measurement units.
•Snap Line Margin
Specifies the margin (in report measurement units), which is to be preserved around the control when it is aligned using Snap Lines, or when other controls are aligned next to it.
•Start Band
Determines a band, in which the control starts drawing.
•Start Point
Determines the starting point (from a band's upper left corner) where the control starts drawing.
•Width
Specifies the width of the Box, in report measurement units.
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