The Shape report item is used to display one of a selection of predefined shapes on a report. The screenshot below shows a Shape report item with ShapeType="Right Arrow" on the report design surface.

You can use shapes to create visual effects within a report. You can set display and other properties to this item by using the Properties pane.

ShapeType Property modes:

• Ellipse
• Vertical Line
• Horizontal Line
• Slant Line
• BackSlant Line
• Triangle
• Square
• Pentagon
• Hexagon
• Octagon
• 3-ray star
• 4-ray star
• 5-ray star
• 6-ray star
• 8-ray star
• Top Arrow
• Bottom Arrow
• Left Arrow
• Right Arrow
• Cross