ASP.NET Calendar Scheduling…New DevExpress Reporting Integration

Hi Raul,

Yes, that's right. Reports from XtraReports can be used in both the web and windows environments. Gary, is referring to the End User Report Designer which is a WinForms app.

Torrey Betts on twitter.com/torreybetts asked:

can you word wrap the calendar tasks in the report? If the labels cut off on the reports, I think clients would go nuts quick.

Well, yes, it can word wrap and images above show this feature. After discussing it with the scheduler team, here's a great explanation and code:

Both win and web versions use the same approach with Appearance objects.

Every ReportView object has the collection of appearances for all visual elements and you can customize it like this:

reportTimelineView1.Appearance.ResourceHeaderCaption.TextOptions.WordWrap = DevExpress.Utils.WordWrap.Wrap;

As for appointments, cell-controls has the AppointmentDisplayOptions options with the AppointmentHeight and AppointmentAutoHeight properties.

For  instance,

timelineCells1.AppointmentDisplayOptions.AppointmentAutoHeight = true;

But there is no guaranteed way to display all text without clipping/truncating. That’s why every report should be designed considering to the information which will be displayed.

The existing reports can be modified in User Designer and saved as a new template.

The end-user should decide the proper control size and data (time intervals, resource count) when designing and creating a report.

Hope this explanation clarifies this situation.

@torreybetts responded with:

@MehulHarry u r seriously the man! Other companies having .NET controls always cut off the text on schedulers, you're the first to wrap it!

Thanks Torrey!

Hello Moe,

The DXperience 2009 volume 2 beta, available to DXperience subscribers, will be out very soon. Then a few weeks after the beta, the actual DXperience 2009 volume 2 release will be out.

Christian,

Check out Dennis' comment here:

http://is.gd/1xJVX