Remarks

Instead of using the Item property as shown, you can reference a database directly, for example, RunningTotalFieldDefinition(“Product ID”) or RunningTotalFieldDefinition(1).

Section Object

Report areas contain at least one section. The Section Object includes properties for accessing information regarding a section of your report. This object holds on to a report object, then releases the report object when it is destroyed.

Section Object Properties

Property	Description	Read/Write	Restriction in event handler
BackColor	Returns or sets the section	Read/Write	Can be written only when
	background color.		formatting idle or active.
Height	Returns/Sets the height of the	Read/Write	Can be written only when
	section in twips.		formatting idle or active.
KeepTogether	Returns or sets the option that	Read/Write	Can be written only when
	indicates whether to keep the		formatting idle or active.
	entire section on the same page
	if it’s split into two pages.
MinumumHeight	Returns the minimum section	Read only	None
	height.
Name	Returns or sets the name of the	Read/Write	Can be written only when
	section.		formatting idle.
NewPageAfter	Returns or sets the option that	Read/Write	Can be written only when
	indicates whether to start a		formatting idle or active.
	new page after the current
	section.
NewPageBefore	Returns or sets the option that	Read/Write	Can be written only when
	indicates whether to start a		formatting idle or active.
	new page before the current
	section.
Number	Returns the number associated	Read only	None
	with the section in the area
	(i.e., if the first section in an
	area, the number returned is 1).
Parent	Reference to the Parent object	Read only	None
	(Area Object (page 22)).

Report Designer Component Object Model

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