Use ((ControlType)rpt.Sections[SectionName].Controls[ControlName]) to type cast a control and access its properties.

If the project loads an RPX file into a new ActiveReport object, the script must refer to each control by using ((ControlType)rpt.Sections[SectionName].Controls[ControlName]). The reason for doing this is that a new ActiveReport object is not aware of the objects contained inside the RPX file. If you are using script in a report contained in a project and just creating a new instance of the report class you can use "rpt".

'Visual Basic
Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles _
	MyBase.Load
    Dim rpt as new ActiveReport() 
    rpt.LoadLayout("ActiveReport1.rpx")
    rpt.Run()
    Me.Viewer1.Document = rpt.Document 
End Sub 

//C#
private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 
{ 
    ActiveReport rpt = new ActiveReport(); 
    rpt.LoadLayout("ActiveReport1.rpx"); 
    rpt.Run(); 
    this.viewer1.Document = rpt.Document; 
}

'VB.NET Script
Public Sub Detail1_Format()
    CType(rpt.Sections("Detail").Controls("TextBox1"), TextBox).Text = "Hello"
End Sub
 
//C# Script
public void detail_Format() 
{ 
    ((TextBox)rpt.Sections["Detail"].Controls["TextBox1"]).Text = "Hello"; 
}

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