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. Select the type of shape you want to create and its properties (line thickness, etc.).
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 onwards, Arrow, Ellipsis and Line shapes use GDI+ framework: this reduces the effects of aliasing.. 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 where you want to create the control.
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 change the angle of an arrow in the window editor

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

Moving the ends of an arrow programmatically

• ArrowStart sets the source end of the arrow.
• ArrowEnd sets the target end of the arrow.