Change the Column width and Position programmatically in Crystal Reports

Question

I want to create a report that has dynamic fields (columns). in the simpler words, there are 15 optional fields for user and the user will select 6 of them to be displayed in report.

so, for solution, I added all the columns in the report. and now I want to hide all non-selected columns and also change the width and position of the visible columns.

how can I do that in vb.net 2010 by coding?

Answer 1

As far as the width is concerned, you could use something like this, which will change the height and width (0 of course will hide it, so change it to a value that suits you).

Dim RptDoc As New ReportDocument
 Dim _fldName As FieldObject
 _fldName = RptDoc.ReportDefinition.ReportObjects("fieldObjectName")
_fldName.Width = 0
_fldName.Height = 0

About moving an object, you could try something like this:

myReport _myReport = new myReport ();
myReport .Section1.ReportObjects["myline"].Top = 10;

You need to be aware of the Section naming in your report and the correct line reference.