diff --git a/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/ExportRenderer/FixedDocumentCreator.cs b/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/ExportRenderer/FixedDocumentCreator.cs
index 6b3b4d6f20..5f38cfeee3 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/ExportRenderer/FixedDocumentCreator.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/ExportRenderer/FixedDocumentCreator.cs
@@ -65,9 +65,13 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reporting.ExportRenderer
 		public TextBlock CreateTextBlock(ExportText exportText)
 		{
 			var textBlock = new TextBlock();
+			
 			textBlock.Text = exportText.Text;
+		
 			textBlock.Foreground = ConvertBrush(exportText.ForeColor);
 			SetFont(textBlock,exportText);
+			textBlock.Background = ConvertBrush(exportText.BackColor);
+			
 			textBlock.TextWrapping = TextWrapping.WrapWithOverflow;
 			
 //			string [] inlines = exportText.Text.Split(System.Environment.NewLine.ToCharArray());
@@ -84,8 +88,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reporting.ExportRenderer
 //		    textBlock.Background = ConvertBrush(exportText.StyleDecorator.BackColor);
 //		    SetContendAlignment(textBlock,exportText.StyleDecorator);
 			
-			SetPositionAndSize(textBlock,exportText);
-			textBlock.Background = ConvertBrush(exportText.BackColor);
 			return textBlock;
 		}
 		
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reporting.ExportRenderer
 		{
 			var canvas = new Canvas();
 			SetPositionAndSize(canvas,container);
+
+			canvas.Name = container.Name;
 			canvas.Background = ConvertBrush(container.BackColor);
 			return canvas;
 		}
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/Exporter/Visitors/WpfVisitor.cs b/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/Exporter/Visitors/WpfVisitor.cs
index b8bdba9c72..afcf96de6e 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/Exporter/Visitors/WpfVisitor.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/Exporter/Visitors/WpfVisitor.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  */
 using System;
 using System.Windows;
+using System.Windows.Controls;
+
 using ICSharpCode.Reporting.ExportRenderer;
 using ICSharpCode.Reporting.Items;
 using ICSharpCode.Reporting.PageBuilder.ExportColumns;
@@ -39,19 +41,15 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reporting.Exporter.Visitors
 		
 		public override void Visit(ExportContainer exportColumn)
 		{
-			
-//			Console.WriteLine("Wpf-Visit ExportContainer {0} - {1} - {2} - {3}", exportColumn.Name,exportColumn.Size,
-//			                  exportColumn.Location,exportColumn.BackColor);
-			
-			var canvas = documentCreator.CreateContainer(exportColumn);
+			var canvas = (Canvas)documentCreator.CreateContainer(exportColumn);
 			UIElement = canvas;
 		}
 		
 		
 		public override void Visit(ExportText exportColumn)
 		{
-//			Console.WriteLine("Wpf-Visit ExportText {0} - {1} - {2}", exportColumn.Name,exportColumn.Size,exportColumn.DesiredSize);
-			var textBlock = documentCreator.CreateTextBlock(exportColumn);
+			TextBlock textBlock = documentCreator.CreateTextBlock(exportColumn);
+			CanvasHelper.SetPosition(textBlock,new Point(exportColumn.Location.X,exportColumn.Location.Y));
 			UIElement = textBlock;
 		}
 		
diff --git a/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/Exporter/WpfExporter.cs b/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/Exporter/WpfExporter.cs
index 2569dcbca8..7903329290 100644
--- a/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/Exporter/WpfExporter.cs
+++ b/src/AddIns/Misc/Reporting/ICSharpCode.Reporting/Src/Exporter/WpfExporter.cs
@@ -90,32 +90,34 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reporting.Exporter
 				Console.WriteLine("canvas at {0}",CanvasHelper.GetPosition(containerCanvas));
 				
 				foreach (var element in exportContainer.ExportedItems) {
-					var el = element as IExportContainer;
-					if (el == null) {
-						var t = CreateSingleEntry(parentCanvas,element);
-						containerCanvas.Children.Add(t);
-					}									
+					
+					if (!IsContainer(element)) {
+						
+						var singleItem = CreateSingleEntry(containerCanvas,element);
+						
+						Console.WriteLine("TEST  {0} - {1}",CanvasHelper.GetPosition(singleItem),CanvasHelper.GetPosition(containerCanvas));
+						containerCanvas.Children.Add(singleItem);
+					}
 					ShowContainerRecursive(parentCanvas,element);
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		
 		
-//		http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4523208/wpf-positioning-uielement-on-a-canvas
-//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1123101/changing-position-of-an-element-programmatically-in-wpf
-//http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1923697/how-can-i-get-the-position-of-a-child-element-relative-to-a-parent		
-		
+		bool IsContainer (IExportColumn column) {
+			var container = column as IExportContainer;
+			if (container == null) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return true;
+		}
 		
 		Canvas CreateContainer(UIElement parent,IExportContainer exportContainer)
 		{
 			var containerAcceptor = exportContainer as IAcceptor;
 			containerAcceptor.Accept(visitor);
-			var containerCanvas = (Canvas)visitor.UIElement;
-//			Console.WriteLine("CreateContainer bevore {0}",CanvasHelper.GetPosition(containerCanvas));
-			CanvasHelper.SetPosition(containerCanvas,
-			                         new Point(exportContainer.Location.X,exportContainer.Location.Y));
-//			Console.WriteLine("CreateContainer after {0}",CanvasHelper.GetPosition(containerCanvas));
-			return containerCanvas;
+			var canvas = (Canvas)visitor.UIElement;
+			return canvas;
 		}
 
 		
@@ -125,10 +127,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reporting.Exporter
 			v.Accept(visitor);
 			var c = visitor.UIElement;
 
-//			CanvasHelper.SetLeft(c,element.Location.X);
-//			CanvasHelper.SetTop(c,10);
-			CanvasHelper.SetPosition(c,new Point(element.Location.X,element.Location.Y));
-				Console.WriteLine("CreateSingleEntry after {0}",CanvasHelper.GetPosition(c));
+			Console.WriteLine("CreateSingleEntry after {0}",CanvasHelper.GetPosition(c));
 			return c;
 		}