Bands

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Bands

 

Stimulsoft Reports builds its reports using bands (sometimes bands are called sections in other products). A band consist of two parts: the band header and the working area. On the band header the name of the band is shown, and other information and controls can be displayed. Every band is a container and may contain other components.

 

 

The band header;

The band working area.

 

Bands do not appear in the rendered report, only the calculated content of the bands is displayed. The properties of the band control only control its position within the rendered report.

 

Usually a report will consist of many bands with text and images on them. When a report is rendered, bands are copied as many times as necessary to complete the report. For example, the Header band is output once before data, then the Data band is output once for each record.