The Area Object represents an area in a report. An area is a group of like sections in the report (for example, Details A - Da, Details B - Db, etc.) that all share the same characteristics. Each section within the area can be formatted differently. This object allows you to retrieve information and set options for a specified area in your report.
Property | Description | Read/Write |
Returns a reference to the Application Object, that this object is associated with. | ||
Returns/Sets the number of copies of each item in the Details section of the report. For example, by default, each line of the Details section only prints once. By setting this to 3, each line of the Details section would print 3 times. | ||
If the area is a group, this returns the group number. Otherwise, exception is thrown. | ||
Returns GroupAreaOptions Object, which provides properties/methods for getting and setting group options. Exception is thrown if area is not a group area. | ||
Returns CRAreaKind (see table below), which specifies what "kind" of area (that is, Details, Report Header, Page Footer, etc.). | ||
Constant | Value | |
Property | Description | Read/Write |
Returns AreaOptions Object, which provides properties for getting and setting area options (that is, new page before, keep together, etc.). | ||
Reference to the Parent object (Area Object). | ||
Reference to Report Object. | ||
Returns Sections Collection, which specifies a collection of all the sections in the area. |
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