CustomReportItem Element (RDL)

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Defines a custom report item to be drawn in the report.

Syntax

<ReportItems>
    ...
    <CustomReportItem Name="..." Type="...">
        <Top>...</Top>
        <Left>...</Left>
        <Height>...</Height>
        <Width>...</Width>
        <ZIndex>...</ZIndex>
        <Visibility>...</Visibility>
        <RepeatWith>...</RepeatWith>
        <ReportItems>...</ReportItems>
    </CustomReportItem>
    ...
</ReportItems>

Element Characteristics

Characteristic Description

Data type and length

None

Default value

None

Cardinality

0-n: Optional element that can occur once or more.

Element Attributes

Attribute Type Description

Name

String

Name of the custom report item.

Type

String

Type of the custom report item.

Element Relationships

Relationship Element

Parent element

ReportItems

Child elements

Height, Left, RepeatWith, ReportItems, Top, Visibility, Width, ZIndex

Remarks

A custom report item is one that is not defined by standard RDL. You can insert any XML structure into the CustomReportItem element. The Type attribute and this XML structure can be processed by a custom application or server.

Use the ReportItems element to define a collection of report items to display when the application or server does not support the custom report item.

See Also

Reference

Report Definition XML Elements

Help and Information

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