Draw on the Canvas of Rendered Report

At times, you may want some graphics (such as shapes, text, or images) to be rendered on top of your report, just like an overlay. A simple scenario is showing a warning about a limited or expired version of your application on top of the rendered report.

The following sample code demonstrates drawing a rectangular shape with the DrawRect() method and drawing a text with the DrawText() on a section report. Note that these methods must be called after the report.Run(), since you are drawing on the canvas of a rendered report.

var report = new SectionReport();
report.LoadLayout(XmlReader.Create(Application.StartupPath + "\\Report.rpx"));
report.Run();
report.Document.Pages[0].PenWidth = 3;
report.Document.Pages[0].ForeColor = Color.Maroon;
report.Document.Pages[0].DrawRect(2, 2, 4, 1);
report.Document.Pages[0].Font = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.Drawing.Font("Arial", 50);
report.Document.Pages[0].ForeColor=Color.Red;
report.Document.Pages[0].DrawText("Sample Text",2.1f, 2.1f,4 , 1f);
viewer1.LoadDocument(report.Document);

See Also

Create a Report or Load an Existing Report