The Detail Report band is a type of band used to incorporate one report into another in master-detail reports. It is quite different from the Detail band, since it holds the whole detail report in a master-detail report layout, and therefore can contain other types of bands within it.
There can be an unlimited number of Detail Report bands nested inside one another.
To add a Detail Report band, use the Context Menu. If the bound data source contains a data relationship, the submenu will contain an item with its name. Otherwise, add an unbound detail report and specify its data binding options later.
In the Property Grid, the properties of this band are divided into the following groups.
1. Appearance
- Background Colour
Specifies the background colour for the controls contained within the band. This option is also available in the Formatting Toolbar. - Borders, Border Colour and Border Width
Specify border settings for the controls contained within the band. - Font
Specifies the font settings for the controls contained within the band. Some of these settings are available in the Formatting Toolbar - Foreground Colour
Specifies the text colour for the controls contained within the band. This option is also available in the Formatting Toolbar. - Padding
Specifies indent values which are used to render the contents of the controls contained within the band. - Text Alignment
Allows you to change the text alignment of the controls contained within the band. This option is also available in the Formatting Toolbar.
2. Behavior
- Drill-Down Control
Specifies a control used to expand/collapse the current report band. - Drill-Down Expanded
Specifies whether the current report band is expanded or collapsed when using the automatic drill down feature. - Page Break
Use this property if the current report design requires that the band's section should be separated from previous sections or follow-ups. Specify the Before the Band or After the Band values to insert a page break before or after the current band. In many cases, this property may be used instead of the Page Break control. - Scripts
This property contains events which you can handle with the required scripts. - Visible
Specifies whether the band should be visible in print preview. - Report Print Options
Provides access to options that define a report's print-out.
3. Data
- Data Adapter
Determines a Detail Report Band's data adapter that provides the detail data for the report. - Data Member
Determines a name of the data relationship established within the bound data source. - Data Source
Determines the data source that provides the detail data for the report. If this property isn't defined, the detail report gets data from the master report's data source. - Filter String
Allows you to invoke the Filter String Editor, which is intended to easily define a filtering condition for a detail report's data. - Tag
This property allows you to add some additional information to the band, for example its ID, by which it can then be accessible via scripts. - XML Data Path
Allows you to define a path to the data contained in an XML file. The data contained in the file will then be used as the Detail Report Bands data source. In this case, the Data Member property will specify the bound list in the XML data source.
4. Miscellaneous
- (Name)
Determines a bands name, by which it can be accessed in the Report Explorer, Property Grid or via scripts. - Bands
Allows you to invoke the Report Editor intended to manage and customize the report's bands.
