find textbox.height at runtime

[John Even]

Hi, I have some textboxes in pageHeader which may have grown. If they have grown I need to expand the pageHeader.Height accordingly. But at runtime I can only see the initial height for a textbox. How can I find the correct height for a textbox?

The textbox is populated in the .ctor for the report.
public myReport(object[] params){
InitializeComponent();
if(.... some params checks)
txtHeader.Value += "Filter1" + Environment.NewLine

//Here I want to add the height of the pageHeader... something like
pageHeader.Height = txtHeader.Height + new Unit("2cm");  //does not work since txtHeader.Height always equals the height set in designtime...

rgds
john even pedersen

[Steve]

Hello John,

Page headers and footers are not related to the report itself, but are relative to the margins of the report's media, i.e. to the paper or screen. Thus they are always static and this is by design. You have two options:

• make the pageheader with such height that it would always fit the textbox content.
• use unbound group (no grouping criteria) as substitute for page header/footer. This section would automatically grow depending on its children. I've attached a sample report showing this approach.

Hope this helps.
Regards,
Steve
the Telerik team

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