1306234 - How to add a box to a report using the Crystal Reports .NET inproc RAS SDK

How to add a box to a report using the Crystal Reports .NET inproc RAS SDK ?

Crystal Reports XI Release 2 Service Pack 2 and later 

C#

sample code:


           using CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine;
           using CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ClientDoc;


            //CR Declarations
            ReportDocument                                                                                      m_boReportDocument;
            ISCDReportClientDocument                                                                  m_boReportClientDocument;
        

            CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.Section          m_boSectionStart;
            CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.Section          m_boSectionEnd;
            CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.BoxObject      m_boBox;


           

            //create a new ReportDocument
            m_boReportDocument = new ReportDocument();

            //load the RPT file
            m_boReportDocument.Load("..\\..\\DummyReport.rpt");

            //access the ReportClientDocument in the ReportDocument (EROM bridge)
            m_boReportClientDocument = m_boReportDocument.ReportClientDocument;

            //first determine the sections to start and end on - in this case the page header section
            m_boSectionStart = m_boReportClientDocument.ReportDefController.ReportDefinition.PageHeaderArea.Sections[0];
            m_boSectionEnd = m_boReportClientDocument.ReportDefController.ReportDefinition.PageHeaderArea.Sections[0];

            //create a new Box object
            m_boBox = new CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.BoxObject();

            //set its properties
            m_boBox.Right = 10000;
            m_boBox.Bottom = 1000;
            m_boBox.Left = 10;
            m_boBox.Top = 10;
            m_boBox.FillColor = 16;

            m_boBox.LineThickness = 15;
            m_boBox.LineStyle = CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.CrLineStyleEnum.crLineStyleSingle;
            m_boBox.SectionName = m_boSectionStart.Name;
            m_boBox.EndSectionName = m_boSectionEnd.Name;

            //does this go into other sections ?
            m_boBox.EnableExtendToBottomOfSection = false;

            //set the section code for the section it is being added to
            m_boBox.SectionCode = m_boSectionStart.SectionCode;

            //add to the report
            m_boReportClientDocument.ReportDefController.ReportObjectController.Add(m_boBox, m_boSectionStart, 0);

            //display in reportviewer
            crystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = m_boReportDocument;

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