Convert C1Report Report Definition to C1FlexReport Report Definition

The reports created using C1Report are fully compatible with C1FlexReport. The following are the two simple ways to upgrade or convert your existing C1Report report definition (.xml) to C1FlexReport report definition (.flxr):

Converting C1Report report definition in the designer

Run C1FlexReportDesigner.4.exe.
Go to File|Open and select the C1Report report definition (.xml) that you want to upgrade. You will see the following dialog box:
Click OK.
Go to File|Save.
In the Save Report Definition File dialog box, specify the File name and click Save.

The report definition is saved as type .flxr. Your report definition is now converted from C1Report's .xml to C1FlexReport's .flxr. In our case, we opened TelephoneBillReport.xml in FlexReportDesigner application and saved it as TelephoneBillReport.flxr.

Upgrading the existing C1Report WPF Application Project to FlexReport WPF Application Project in Visual Studio

Open the C1Report report definition (.xml) in FlexReportDesigner application and save it as .flxr using the steps given in Converting C1Report report definition in the designer.
Open existing WPF Application project that contains C1Report (.xml) file.
In the application, open MainWindow.xaml.
Delete C1.WPF.C1Report, C1.WPF.ReportViewer entries from References.

Delete the entry of C1DocumentViewer from the XAML view. In our case, we delete the following entry of C1DocumentViewer:

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<my:C1DocumentViewer Grid.Row="1" Name="c1DocumentViewer1" xmlns:my="clr-namespace:C1.WPF.C1Report;assembly=C1.WPF.C1Report" />

Drag and drop C1FlexViewerPane control within <Grid></Grid> tags and add the following code to the entry of C1FlexViewerPane:

XAML	Copy Code
<my:C1FlexViewerPane Grid.Row="1" Name="ViewerPane" xmlns:my="clr-namespace:C1.WPF.FlexViewer;assembly=C1.WPF.FlexViewer.4" />

Add reference to C1.WPF.FlexReport.4.dll to the application.
Switch to the code view and remove the reference to C1.C1Report.
Add the following namespace:
- Visual Basic
- C#
- Visual Basic
Imports C1.WPF.FlexReport
- C#
using C1.WPF.FlexReport;

Rename the C1Report component to C1FlexReport.

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C#

Visual Basic

Dim c1r As New C1Report()
'To
Dim rep As New C1FlexReport()

C1Report c1r = new C1Report();
//To
C1FlexReport rep = new C1FlexReport();

Replace the following code:

Visual Basic
C#

Visual Basic

clr.Load("..\..\TelephoneBillReport.xml", "TelephoneBillReport")
'To
rep.Load("..\..\TelephoneBillReport.flxr", "TelephoneBillReport")

clr.Load(@"..\..\TelephoneBillReport.xml","TelephoneBillReport");
//To
rep.Load(@"..\..\TelephoneBillReport.flxr","TelephoneBillReport");

Replace all the instances of C1Report with C1FlexReport in the code.

To load FlexReport in FlexViewerPane, change the following code:

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C#

Visual Basic

C1DocumentViewer1.Document = c1r.C1Document.FixedDocumentSequence
'To
ViewerPane.DocumentSource = rep

C1DocumentViewer1.Document = c1r.C1Document.FixedDocumentSequence;
//To
ViewerPane.DocumentSource = rep;

Run the application.