Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that in R1 2021 we introduced two new features that will make the creation of form type reports easier:

- BackgroundOverlay is a new type of Watermark that positions itself as a bottommost layer on the designed report. Its purpose is to provide visual aid for placing report items on top of an existing document that must be reproduced in a report.
- Cross-section item is a new item that allows to draw vertical line or rectangle across one or more report sections. The item dynamically calculates its height based on the size of the report sections it spans on. It is also supported in multi-page and multi-column scenarios.

We want to thank you for the feedback provided in this thread that helped us to develop the item the way our users want it. We will be happy if you give it a try and share your thoughts.

All best,
Ivan Hristov
Reporting Team

Hello Joshua,

Thanks for your input.

Configuring whether the table will have its footer printed at the bottom of the last occupied page is one of the things we will address along with the cross-section lines and background overlay image. We plan to include a few more features that will help facilitate the creation of form-type and pre-printed reports.

All best,

Ivan Hristov

Reporting Team

Hello all,

This feature is in our priority list for implementation and is included in our roadmap for R3 2020. We're aware that the support for better form reports is a highly anticipated feature and has lots of votes in our feedback portal. Although we really hope we'll be able to develop it in time for R3, I would like to remind you that we're working in a dynamic environment and the roadmap is s subject of change. Still, I want to assure you that we'll do our best to deliver  it in one of our subsequent product releases.

All best,

Ivan Hristov

Telerik Reporting Team

Hello Christian,

Currently, most of our resources are engaged in the development of the Web Report Designer. Unfortunately, we have to postpone this feature implementation. All users that have voted for the feature request will be notified when its status gets updated.

Regards,
Todor
Progress Telerik

Hi Muhammad,

As we schedule for implementation most demanded features, we have put more resources to the .NET Core support feature for the R1 2019 release. For this reason we had to postpone this feature request.

Once the implementation of this feature starts, the status would be changed to "In Development" and all of you would be notified via e-mail.
Thank you for your patience.

Regards,
Silviya
Progress Telerik

Hi all. 
This feature request implementation is planned for the 2019 R1 release, due in Mid-January 2019.
As a side not, changing the status of a request to Approved means it aligns with the product vision and purpose. It does not give a time frame when it will get implemented.

Until not implemented, you can try to overlap items so that you achieve the desired effect. The actual data-bound table can be placed over the long vertical lines or a static table with borders. The limitation here is that Excel rendering, for example, does not support overlapped items.

The feature can be generalized as better support for form type reports, meaning the ability to add items (like the vertical lines) on the page that do not interfere with the data-bound tables and sections, etc. Hence I will change the title so that we can track the interest properly.