Progress® Telerik® Reporting R3 2021

ElementTreeHelper.GetChildByName Method

Returns the first immediate child layout element within a specified parent having a specified name.

Namespace:  Telerik.Reporting.Processing
Assembly:  Telerik.Reporting (in Telerik.Reporting.dll)

Syntax

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public static LayoutElement GetChildByName(
	LayoutElement parent,
	string name
)

Public Shared Function GetChildByName ( 
	parent As LayoutElement,
	name As String
) As LayoutElement

Parameters

parent

Type: Telerik.Reporting.ProcessingLayoutElement
The parent element to search within.

name

Type: SystemString
The name to search for.

Return Value

Type: LayoutElement
Layout element having the specified name and parent.

Examples

This example shows how to get a child by name in a ItemDataBinding event handler.

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void DetailSection_ItemDataBinding_Using_GetChildByName(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    Processing.DetailSection processingInstance = (Processing.DetailSection)sender;
    Processing.LayoutElement child = Processing.ElementTreeHelper.GetChildByName(processingInstance, "textBox1");
    Processing.VisualElement visualChild = child as Processing.VisualElement;
    if (null != visualChild)
    {
        visualChild.Style.BackgroundColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue;
    }
}

Private Sub DetailSection_ItemDataBinding_Using_GetChildByName(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    Dim processingInstance As Processing.DetailSection = DirectCast(sender, Processing.DetailSection)
    Dim child As Processing.LayoutElement = Processing.ElementTreeHelper.GetChildByName(processingInstance, "textBox1")
    Dim visualChild As Processing.VisualElement = TryCast(child, Processing.VisualElement)
    If visualChild IsNot Nothing Then
        visualChild.Style.BackgroundColor = System.Drawing.Color.Blue
    End If
End Sub

Version Information

Supported in: 1.0.1

See Also

Reference

ElementTreeHelper Class

Telerik.Reporting.Processing Namespace