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Reporting: Improved Data Access (Coming soon in v14.1)

While I’m here at TechEd I thought I would show you some of the great features we are adding in our 14.1 series of releases. In this release we have seriously put a lot of legwork into making the process of creating reports much simpler from the perspective...

The DevExpress Team

13 May 2014

Reporting: Pre-Printed Forms and the new ASP.NET Document Viewer Control (What’s New in 13.2)

Today I want to talk about two new features we are adding to our rich set of reporting tools in our upcoming 13.2 release. Pre-Printed Forms I recently taught a reporting class (there’s another one soon: sign up !) where one of the attendees mentioned...

The DevExpress Team

7 November 2013

DevExpress Live Classroom Training on Reporting

One of my favorite things to do is to get up in front of a crowd and teach. I have been teaching off and on for the majority of my adult life. During that time I have taught at two high schools, a technical school, and at a full-fledged University. The...

The DevExpress Team

30 July 2013

Table of Contents Report Control (coming in 13.1)

The DevExpress reporting suite has a tremendous bookmarking and document map feature which makes it extremely easy to quickly understand and navigate the data inside of a report. We have decided to take that same functionality to the next level by introducing...

The DevExpress Team

29 May 2013

Report Improvements (coming in 13.1)

We have decided to make usability a point of emphasis when it comes to our great set of tools designed to deal with complex data. As such we have introduced a number of enhancements which should improve the way you interact with our reporting suite. Consolidation...

The DevExpress Team

16 May 2013

Managing Data Views in the Report Server

The most important part of any report is the data which it displays. Here I will spend a bit of time explaining how data views within the report server are managed, who manages them, and some best practices when considering these issues. Also we will...

The DevExpress Team

29 January 2013

Improved Parameter Support for Reports

There were a number of gems recently added to our already fabulous reporting suite. One of the interesting ones was improved parameter support. Previously one could only create and expose parameters over integral types. A great example is filtering a...

The DevExpress Team

3 August 2012

Exciting New 12.1 Reporting Features – Custom Report Templates

In 11.2 we quietly released a fantastic feature which enabled report users to quickly and easily load predefined report templates. These templates are an initial stepping stone into full fledged reporting as they powerfully demonstrate how one could develop...

The DevExpress Team

14 June 2012

New LightSwitch Reporting Tutorial in VB

I am happy to announce that we have released a new reporting tutorial for LightSwitch. I personally am not a proficient VB.NET developer but noticed that the majority of folks using our reporting product in LightSwitch were VB fans. I decided to put together...

The DevExpress Team

23 September 2011

LightSwitch Reporting - Showing Report Preview for Individual Records

This blog post provides a walk-through for the process of integrating XtraReports into your LightSwitch application to show a report preview for individual data records. To solve this task, do the following. 1. Start a new LightSwitch application or open...

The DevExpress Team

9 September 2011