Report Viewer Control in VS 2010

Hi Viewers, I am explaining step-by-step how to go to with the Report Viewer Control and the procedure to avoid some frequent errors that happen for report sections.

  • Open VS 2010.
  • Create any small demo project.
  • Create a folder inside the main project.

Add a reference as in the following:

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Add a new item using "Reporting" -> "Report" then select "Add" as in the following:

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Select items from Toolbox (which displays the report items).

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We need to add a data source for the report.
 
From the Toolbox, drag a list. It will open the dataset properties.
 
Create a new connection and select the data source.

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Select Dataset (any existing SP that would retrieve data) of that data source.
 
Now inside that list, drag a TextBox. Click on the blue corner of the TextBox to bind the field.

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In a list box, you can only bind the data from the one dataset you have chosen.
 
If you want a label then drag the TextBox and double-click it and type the text; don't bind it.

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You can also drag an image from the toolbox.

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Now if you want to show the data in the report from another data source/dataset then
you can drag another list from the toolbox and bind it to the other dataset.

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Once the report screen is ready, make sure you set its properties so that whenever you print it you get data in the A4 sheet.
 
To do that, right-click outside the report page designed and it open its report properties.

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Select the Page size A4 and set all margins to 0 since it may increase the number of printed pages.

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Now drag a .aspx page. Use the namespace:

using Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms;

  
Drag a Report Viewer Control from the Toolbox then select "Reporting" -> "Reportviewer".

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Drag a button, named "Run Report". On clicking the button, the report will be generated.
 
On the OnClick event of the button I have used the following code:

protected void btnRunReport_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

 

    ReportViewer1.Visible = true;

    // SqlConnection thisConnection = new SqlConnection(thisConnectionString);

    DataTable dt1 = new DataTable();

    DataTable dt2 = new DataTable();

    DataTable dt3 = new DataTable();

 

    db = new ArcOrderingDataContext();

    //thisDataSet

 

    var objResult = db.GetOrderDetailsInvoice(ddlOrder.SelectedItem.Text.ToString());

    foreach (var item in objResult)

    {

        lblOrderDeliveryType.Text = item.DeliveryCompanyName + "  -  "+ item.DeliveryShortDesc;

        lblDeliveryType.Visible = true;

        lblOrderDeliveryType.Visible = true;

 

        lblOrderDelieryPrice.Text = "£ " +item.DeliveryCost.ToString();

        lblDelieryPrice.Visible = true;

        lblOrderDelieryPrice.Visible = true;

    }

 

    dt1 = LINQToDataTable(db.GetOrderDetailsInvoice(ddlOrder.SelectedItem.Text.ToString()));

    db.Dispose();

    db = new ArcOrderingDataContext();

    dt2 = LINQToDataTable(db.GetOrderItemsInvoice(ddlOrder.SelectedItem.Text.ToString()));

    db.Dispose();

 

    db = new ArcOrderingDataContext();

    dt3 = LINQToDataTable(db.GetOrderDepProductsinvoice(ddlOrder.SelectedItem.Text.ToString()));

    db.Dispose();

 

    /* Associate thisDataSet  (now loaded with the stored

       procedure result) with the ReportViewer datasource */

 

    ReportDataSource datasource1 = new ReportDataSource("DataSet1", dt1);

    ReportDataSource datasource2 = new ReportDataSource("DataSet2", dt2);

    ReportDataSource datasource3 = new ReportDataSource("DataSet3", dt3);

 

    ReportViewer1.LocalReport.DataSources.Clear();

    ReportViewer1.LocalReport.DataSources.Add(datasource1);

    ReportViewer1.LocalReport.DataSources.Add(datasource2);

    ReportViewer1.LocalReport.DataSources.Add(datasource3);

    ReportViewer1.LocalReport.Refresh();

}

//this is a method to convert the Linq Data to Data table

public DataTable LINQToDataTable<T>(IEnumerable<T> varlist)

{

    DataTable dtReturn = new DataTable();

    // column names

   PropertyInfo[] oProps = null;

 

   if (varlist == null) return dtReturn;

 

    foreach (T rec in varlist)

    {

        // Use reflection to get property names, to create table, Only first time, others  will follow

        if (oProps == null)

        {

            oProps = ((Type)rec.GetType()).GetProperties();

            foreach (PropertyInfo pi in oProps)

            {

                Type colType = pi.PropertyType;

                if ((colType.IsGenericType) && (colType.GetGenericTypeDefinition()

                == typeof(Nullable<>)))

                {

                    colType = colType.GetGenericArguments()[0];

                }

                dtReturn.Columns.Add(new DataColumn(pi.Name, colType));

            }

        }

        DataRow dr = dtReturn.NewRow();

        foreach (PropertyInfo pi in oProps)

        {

            dr[pi.Name] = pi.GetValue(rec, null) == null ? DBNull.Value : pi.GetValue

            (rec, null);

        }

        dtReturn.Rows.Add(dr);

    }

    return dtReturn;

}


I hope it will help you a lot if you are really looking for working with reports.


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