Enum SharedImageType

Enumeration indicating if the image should be shared, so only one instance of the image is stored while generating the report (ReportMetafile), if the image is repeated in the report, it's recommended to share it, so the image is stored only once, and not for each page (a internal reference is done). ImageItem

Namespace: Reportman.Reporting

Assembly: Reportman.Reporting.dll

Syntax

public enum SharedImageType

Remarks

When exporting the Report to Adobe PDF format, it's recommended to share images that are repeated in each page, so the resulting file is smaller

Fields

Name	Description
Fixed	The image will be shared, for better performance, the reporting engine will assume that the image does not change in later drawings, recommended for page header logos for example
None	The image will not be shared, recommended for variable images
Variable	The image will be shared, but the engine must check it, so if the image changes while the report is processing, the new image will be stored and also shared until another change. This is recommended when the image will be printed in more than one page, then it changes and again repeats in more pages. For example in a categorized price list, printing an image for each category (wines, cheese). Checking this option will optimize the size of the resulting MetaFile (or Adobe PDF file) but will hurt performance, specially for large images, because the engine must check for changes in the image each time is drawn