Creating a Shape control in the window editor

1. On the "Creation" tab, in the "Other controls" group, click "Shape".
2. Click at the desired location to create the control. The shape creation wizard starts. Choose the shape to create and its characteristics (line thickness, ...).
3. Validate the shape creation.

• To directly create a specific shape, on the "Creation" tab, in the "Other controls" group, expand "Shape" and select the desired shape.
• From version 12, the Arrow, Ellipse and Line shapes use the GDI+ framework: therefore, the "jagged" effects are reduced. If your window contains Shape controls that have been created with an earlier version, this new drawing mode is automatically applied.
• In the window editor, you can set a background image for the Rectangle, Ellipse and Diamond shapes ("Background image" option in the "Details" tab of the control description window).
• In the window editor, ShapePolygon is used to create a free shape.

Creating a Shape control in the report editor

1. On the "Creation" tab, in the "Visual" group, click "Shape" and select the desired shape.
2. Click the position where the control will be created in the report.
3. To modify the shape, open the control description window ("Description" in the context menu of the control) and choose the desired shape in the "General" tab.

How to modify the angle of an arrow in the window editor

1. Select the extremity of the arrow with the mouse.
2. Keep the left mouse button down.
3. Move the mouse until you get the desired angle.

Moving the extremities of an arrow through programming

• ArrowStart is used to position the source extremity of the arrow.
• ArrowEnd is used to position the end extremity of arrow.