Reporting - Tips & Tricks (August 2019)

Thank you for you continued support and for choosing DevExpress Reports.

We’ve compiled a short list of interesting support tickets we answered in August. Hopefully you’ll find them of value as you integrate our reporting platform in your next desktop or web project.

Reporting – Multiple Supported Platforms (WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET, .NET Core)

• Filter String: How to use multi-select parameters to build a complex filtering condition (T806978)
• How to customize alternating colors for report rows (T805891)
• How to use a List of strings as a data source for your report(T803798)
• How to bind a report to Azure Cosmos DB database (NoSQL) (T807206)
• How to bind reports to GraphQL (T809479)
• How to implement a progression timeline in within a report (T805213)
• How to show merged HTML content in the XRRichText control (T805375)

WinForms Reporting

• Sending a report via e-mail crashes the application instead of opening the default e-mail client installed on the system (MS Outlook 2016) (T807578)
• Report Designer Hangs in Visual Studio 2019 (16.2) (T802763)
• Alternating group bands: How to obtain a band index using a Custom Function in an Expression (T809244)
• End-User Report Designer: How to Skip ‘Do you want to use existing connection’ after clicking ‘Add Data Source’ (T728650)
• How to limit the number of reports displayed in the report designer (T804206)
• How to programmatically scroll downward a document in the Document Viewer (T806152)

WPF Reporting

• DXPrinting for WPF: PrintableControlLink - How to suppress the page header on the first page if a report header is defined (T801525)
• DXPrinting for WPF: Smart column splitting in the GridControl’s built-in print preview (T809077)
• WPF Report Designer - How to apply a report layout to an opened report (T803234)

Web Reporting

• How to use DbDocumentStorage class and store previewed document data in the database (T803355)
• How to hide Toast notifications (T803351)
• How can I build a context dependent ReportStorageWebExtension within ASP.NET MVC 5 application (T803769)
• ASP.NET Core Reporting and Mac OS (T809833)
• Web Document Viewer: How to hide the Parameters Panel (T805670)
• Web Document Viewer: How to specify a report name when printing (T806431)
• Web Document Viewer: How to dispose of a report object after the report generation (T809676)
• How to open a report in the report designer for viewing only (prevent report modification) (T804996)

Report & Dashboard Server

• How to switch the Report and Dashboard Server to HTTPS protocol (T805027)

Documentation Updates

More Demos Described

The following step-by-step tutorials will help you recreate demos we ship within our distribution:

• Create a Vertical Report
• Create an Interactive E-Form
• Create a Swiss QR Bill
• Create a Hierarchical Report

We just reworked our Create a Table Report tutorial. The report generated in this tutorial is now based on the Table Report Demo.

End-User Documentation Updates

As you may know, we include end-user documentation for our Report Designer and Document Viewer controls. You can access this documentation on GitHub.

The following sections have been updated in branch 19.1:

• WinForms End-User Report Designer
• Web Report Designer

New Tips in Docs

• How to use unbound group bands as report/page headers and footers
• How to filter the PivotGrid control based on the currently printed data row
• How to bind a report to JSON data that is stored in a file or a string
• Web Report Designer: How to set the default color for a tile and allow users to specify a custom color scheme
• Web Report Designer: How to run the Report Wizard in code
• Web Report Designer: How to provide custom editors for the Parameters panel

As always, we welcome your comments and feedback. If you’ve come across a useful Support Center ticket, feel free to share it with the DevExpress developer community here.

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