Example 3. Printing the name of the month

In the previous example, there were numbers of months printed in a matrix. This occurred, because the Month data column contains the number of the month, not its name. In order to print the name of the month, do the following:

• choose a cell where the number of the month is printed. In our case it is a cell with a name "Cell8";

• in the "Property" window press the button and double click BeforePrint event;

• FastReport will add an empty event handler in the report script. Write the following code:

private void Cell8_BeforePrint(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
  string[] month Names = newstring[] {
    "January", "February", "March", "April", 
    "May", "June", "July", "August", 
    "September", "October", "November", "December" };
  // Cell8 is a cell that prints the month number.
  // Cell8.Value is a value printed in the cell (i.e. the month number).
  // This value is of System.Object type, so we need to cast it to int
  Cell8.Text = monthNames[(int)Cell8.Value - 1];
}

When you run the report, you will have the following result: