Rposition a line in the report

[Former Member]

Hi all,

When doing

lineObject.Left=x;

or

lineObject.Rigth=x;

I get this exception:

The line object's coordinates are not valid. Only vertical or horizontal lines are supported.

The line is vertical as it is, I just need to move it...

How can I do it?

Asher

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

What product are you using:

What version?

What SP?

What's the version of .NET you are using?

What SDK are you using?

Provide full code as used for the report and the line object.

Ludek

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi Ludek,

I did miss some ditails didnt I...

I am using:

Win XP

VSTO2008

.NET 3.5

the CR version delivered with VSTO2008

this is the code:

if (reportObject is LineObject)

{

// todo:

((LineObject)reportObject).Left = reportWidth - reportObject.Left;

((LineObject)reportObject).Right = reportWidth - reportObject.Left;

}

else

{

reportObject.Left = reportWidth - reportObject.Left - reportObject.Width;

}

The pupose of this is to "flip" a report to be displayed in a languages where flow is Right-To-Left such as hebrew and arabic

[former_member183750 · Accepted solution]

I wonder if this line:

((LineObject)reportObject).Left = reportWidth - reportObject.Left;

should be;

((LineObject)reportObject).Left = reportWidth - reportObject.Right;

?

Can you try to hard code the values and proceed from there?

Ludek

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Ludek hi,

I found the solution. This is quite bizzar:

Lines must have same Top and Bottom or Left and Right at all times. Therefor, to change Left and Right one after the other, we must set Top and Bottom to the same value:

int top = ((LineObject)reportObject).Top;

((LineObject)reportObject).Top = ((LineObject)reportObject).Bottom;

((LineObject)reportObject).Right = reportWidth - reportObject.Left;

((LineObject)reportObject).Left = reportWidth - reportObject.Left;

((LineObject)reportObject).Top = top;

// After fliping LineStyle must be set:

((LineObject)reportObject).LineStyle = LineStyle.SingleLine;

Just in case you ever need it again.

Best,

Asher

[former_member11696]

Thank you for posting your solution