WPF Grid-Based Report Generation (Coming soon in v15.2)

In our never-ending quest to make reporting easier (and more flexible) for developers and end-users alike, v15.2 will introduce a new WPF Grid-based report generation option. As you can see from the screenshot below, this new option gives your power users a way to customize output and hopefully go a long way to reducing the number of custom reports you'll have to create over the life of your app.

With just a few lines of code, you can invoke the DevExpress WPF Report Designer at runtime from the Grid Control and create reports based on its data.

public static void ShowDesigner(IGridViewFactory<ColumnWrapper, RowBaseWrapper> factory)    {

    var report = new XtraReport();

    ReportGenerationExtensions<ColumnWrapper, RowBaseWrapper>.GenerateFrom(report, factory);

    var reportDesigner = new ReportDesigner();

    reportDesigner.Loaded += (s, e) =>    {

        reportDesigner.OpenDocument(report);

    };

    reportDesigner.ShowWindow(factory as FrameworkElement);

}

To make things as easy as possible, we've added two behaviors that allow you to incorporate Grid-based report generation in your app when using our WPF Ribbon control:

• DevExpress.Xpf.Reports.UserDesigner.Extensions.ReportManagerBehavior
• DevExpress.Xpf.Reports.UserDesigner.Extensions.GridReportManagerService.

Here's how it works...first, attach the GridReportManagerService to a TableView:

xmlns:dxg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/grid"

xmlns:dxmvvm="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/mvvm"

xmlns:dxrudex="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/reports/userdesignerextensions"

<!---->

<dxg:GridControl ... >

    <dxg:GridControl.View>

        <dxg:TableView ... >

           <dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>

               <dxrudex:GridReportManagerService x:Name="CourseCollectionViewReportService" />

           </dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>

        </dxg:TableView>

    </dxg:GridControl.View>

</dxg:GridControl>

...then attach ReportManagerBehavior to a Ribbon item and bind its Service property to GridReportManagerService:

xmlns:dxr="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/ribbon"

xmlns:dxmvvm="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/mvvm"

xmlns:dxrudex="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/reports/userdesignerextensions"

<!---->

<dxr:RibbonControl ... >

    <!---->

    <dxb:BarSplitButtonItem ... >

        <dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>

            <dxrudex:ReportManagerBehavior Service="{Binding ElementName=CourseCollectionViewReportService}" />

        </dxmvvm:Interaction.Behaviors>

    </dxb:BarSplitButtonItem>

    <!---->

</dxr:RibbonControl>

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We'd love to hear your thoughts on these new features. Let us know what you think.

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