Saves a report layout as an XML file to the specified file name.
Saves the design-time information of the Designer to a given file name in an XML format.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Overloads Public Sub SaveReport( _ ByVal fileName As String _ )

Visual Basic (Usage)	Copy Code
`Dim instance As Designer Dim fileName As String instance.SaveReport(fileName)`

C#
public void SaveReport( string fileName )

Parameters

fileName: Specifies the name of the report layout file (RPX) to be saved.

Example

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/// <summary> /// SaveReportFile - opens the Save File Dialog to save the report out to an rpx file /// </summary> private void SaveReportFile() { //If the Report was saved once, we already have a valid path, call Save on it. if(this._alreadySaved) { this.ardMain.SaveReport(this._savedPath); } else { //Open Save dialog to retrieve a file and path to save to this.dlgSaveFile.Filter = "ActiveReport Report Design (RPX) (.rpx)\|.rpx"; this.dlgSaveFile.FileName = "Report.rpx"; this.dlgSaveFile.FilterIndex = 2; this.dlgSaveFile.RestoreDirectory = true ; this.dlgSaveFile.DefaultExt = ".rpx"; if(dlgSaveFile.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { //Add new saved report to the recent documents cache if(System.IO.File.Exists(Application.StartupPath + @"\Settings\recent.xml")) { DataSet _reportsDS = new DataSet(); _reportsDS.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture; _reportsDS.ReadXml(Application.StartupPath + @"\Settings\recent.xml"); DataTable _reportsTable = _reportsDS.Tables["Reports"]; _reportsTable.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture; //Create a Row DataRow _rowReports = _reportsTable.NewRow(); object [] _myArray = new object[2]; this._savedPath = this.dlgSaveFile.FileName; _myArray[0] = this.dlgSaveFile.FileName; _myArray[1] = System.DateTime.Now; _rowReports.ItemArray = _myArray; _reportsTable.Rows.Add(_rowReports); _reportsDS.WriteXml(Application.StartupPath + @"\Settings\recent.xml", XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema); } this.ardMain.SaveReport(this._savedPath); } } }

/// <summary>

/// SaveReportFile - opens the Save File Dialog to save the report out to an rpx file

/// </summary>
private void SaveReportFile()

{

   //If the Report was saved once, we already have a valid path, call Save on it.

   if(this._alreadySaved)

   {

       this.ardMain.SaveReport(this._savedPath);

   }

   else

   {

       //Open Save dialog to retrieve a file and path to save to

       this.dlgSaveFile.Filter = "ActiveReport Report Design (RPX) (*.rpx)|*.rpx";

       this.dlgSaveFile.FileName = "Report.rpx";

       this.dlgSaveFile.FilterIndex = 2;

       this.dlgSaveFile.RestoreDirectory = true ;

       this.dlgSaveFile.DefaultExt = ".rpx";

   

       if(dlgSaveFile.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)

       {

           //Add new saved report to the recent documents cache

           if(System.IO.File.Exists(Application.StartupPath + @"\Settings\recent.xml"))

           {

               DataSet _reportsDS = new
DataSet();

               _reportsDS.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;

               _reportsDS.ReadXml(Application.StartupPath + @"\Settings\recent.xml");

               DataTable _reportsTable = _reportsDS.Tables["Reports"];

               _reportsTable.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;



               //Create a Row

               DataRow _rowReports =
_reportsTable.NewRow();

               object []
_myArray = new object[2];

               this._savedPath
= this.dlgSaveFile.FileName;

               _myArray[0] = this.dlgSaveFile.FileName;

               _myArray[1] = System.DateTime.Now;

               _rowReports.ItemArray = _myArray;

               _reportsTable.Rows.Add(_rowReports);

               _reportsDS.WriteXml(Application.StartupPath + @"\Settings\recent.xml", XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema);

           }

           this.ardMain.SaveReport(this._savedPath);

       }

   }

}

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'SaveReportFile - opens the Save File Dialog to save the report out to an rpx file Private Sub SaveReportFile() 'If the Report was saved once, we already have a valid path, call Save on it. If Me._alreadySaved Then Me.ardMain.SaveReport(Me._savedPath) Else 'Open Save dialog to retrieve a file and path to save to Me.dlgSaveFile.Filter = "ActiveReport Report Design (RPX) (.rpx)\|.rpx" Me.dlgSaveFile.FileName = "Report.rpx" Me.dlgSaveFile.FilterIndex = 2 Me.dlgSaveFile.RestoreDirectory = True Me.dlgSaveFile.DefaultExt = ".rpx" If dlgSaveFile.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then 'Add new saved report to the recent documents cache If System.IO.File.Exists((Application.StartupPath + "\Settings\recent.xml")) Then Dim _reportsDS As New DataSet() _reportsDS.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture _reportsDS.ReadXml((Application.StartupPath + "\Settings\recent.xml")) Dim _reportsTable As DataTable = _reportsDS.Tables("Reports") _reportsTable.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture 'Create a Row Dim _rowReports As DataRow = _reportsTable.NewRow() Dim _myArray(1) As Object Me._savedPath = Me.dlgSaveFile.FileName _myArray(0) = Me.dlgSaveFile.FileName _myArray(1) = System.DateTime.Now _rowReports.ItemArray = _myArray _reportsTable.Rows.Add(_rowReports) _reportsDS.WriteXml(Application.StartupPath + "\Settings\recent.xml", XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema) End If Me.ardMain.SaveReport(Me._savedPath) End If End If End Sub 'SaveReportFile

'SaveReportFile - opens the Save File Dialog to save the report out to an rpx file

Private Sub SaveReportFile()

    'If the Report was saved once, we already have a valid path, call Save on it.

    If Me._alreadySaved Then

        Me.ardMain.SaveReport(Me._savedPath)

    Else

        'Open Save dialog to retrieve a file and path to save to

        Me.dlgSaveFile.Filter = "ActiveReport Report Design (RPX) (*.rpx)|*.rpx"

        Me.dlgSaveFile.FileName = "Report.rpx"

        Me.dlgSaveFile.FilterIndex = 2

        Me.dlgSaveFile.RestoreDirectory = True

        Me.dlgSaveFile.DefaultExt = ".rpx"



        If dlgSaveFile.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then

            'Add new saved report to the recent documents cache

            If System.IO.File.Exists((Application.StartupPath + "\Settings\recent.xml")) Then

                Dim _reportsDS As New DataSet()

                _reportsDS.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture

                _reportsDS.ReadXml((Application.StartupPath + "\Settings\recent.xml"))

                Dim _reportsTable As DataTable = _reportsDS.Tables("Reports")

                _reportsTable.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture



                'Create a Row

                Dim _rowReports As DataRow = _reportsTable.NewRow()

                Dim _myArray(1) As Object

                Me._savedPath = Me.dlgSaveFile.FileName

                _myArray(0) = Me.dlgSaveFile.FileName

                _myArray(1) = System.DateTime.Now

                _rowReports.ItemArray = _myArray

                _reportsTable.Rows.Add(_rowReports)

                _reportsDS.WriteXml(Application.StartupPath + "\Settings\recent.xml", XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema)

            End If

            Me.ardMain.SaveReport(Me._savedPath)

        End If

    End If

End Sub 'SaveReportFile

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