</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <div id="ProjectTitle">Reports for WinForms</div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText">Previewing Reports</div></div> </div> <div id="AfterHeaderContent"> <!-- Spacing --> <span id="ToggleAllSectionsLink" class="FunctionLink"> <label id="CollapseAllLabel">Collapse All</label> <label id="ExpandAllLabel" style="display: none;">Expand All</label> </span> </div> <div class="BreadcrumbsContainer"><table><tr><td> Reports for WinForms Task-Based Help > <a href="reportingtaskbasedhe.html">Reporting Task-Based Help</a> > <a href="renderingreportsprev.html">Rendering Reports (Previewing, Printing, and Exporting)</a> > Previewing Reports</td></tr></table></div> <div id="BodyContent"> <div id="HSShowAll" align="right"> <a onclick="showAllDropDownSections();" href="#"><img border="0" alt="Show All" src="images/hs-toggler-collapsed.png">Show All</a> </div> <div id="HSHideAll" align="right"> <a onclick="hideAllDropDownSections();" href="#"><img border="0" alt="Hide All" src="images/hs-toggler-expanded.png">Hide All</a> </div> <p>To preview the report, use the use the <b>C1Report</b>.<a href="C1.C1Report.4~C1.C1Report.C1Report~Document.html">Document</a> property. Assign it to the <b>Document</b> property in the <b>Reports for WinForms</b> preview control or to the .NET PrintPreview or PrintPreviewDialog controls and the preview controls will display the report and allow the user to browse, zoom, or print it. For example:</p> <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in Visual Basic</p> <div class="hs-toggler-container" style="DISPLAY: none"> <div class="FilteredContentVB" data-title="VB" data-itemid="VB"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>Visual Basic</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> <font color="green">' Load report definition</font> c1r.Load(reportFile, reportName) <font color="green">' Preview the document</font> c1preview1.Document = c1r </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <p class="hs-toggler">To write code in C#</p> <div class="hs-toggler-container" style="DISPLAY: none"> <div class="FilteredContentCS" data-title="CS" data-itemid="CS"> <table class="SyntaxTable"> <tbody> <tr> <th>C#</th> <th> <div class="CopyCodeWrapper"> <span class="CopyCode">Copy Code</span> </div> </th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <pre> <font color="green">// Load report definition</font> c1r.Load(reportFile, reportName); <font color="green">// Preview the document</font> c1preview1.Document = c1r; </pre> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </div> <div style="WIDTH: 100%"> <table class="hs-box"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="hs-box-icon" valign="top"><img src="images/hs-note.gif"></td> <td class="hs-box-content" valign="top"><b>Note:</b> <a href="C1.C1Report.4~C1.C1Report.C1Report.html">C1Report</a> works with the .NET preview components, but it is optimized to work with the included <b>Reports for WinForms</b> preview controls. When used with the included controls, you can see each report page as it is generated. With the standard controls, you have to wait until the entire report is ready before the first page is displayed.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <a name="seealsobookmark"></a> </div> <div id="FooterContent"> <p> </p><p> </p><hr style="height: 1px"><p>Copyright © <script type="text/javascript"> var theDate=new Date() document.write(theDate.getFullYear()) </script> GrapeCity, inc. All rights reserved. <script> $(document).ready(function() { if (!(window.self !== window.top)) { // Not running in a frameset // Get the page name var pageName = location.href.substring(location.href.lastIndexOf("/") + 1); if (pageName.indexOf("#") != -1) { pageName = pageName.substring(0, pageName.indexOf("#")); } // Append to webframe.html var framePage = "webframe.html#" + pageName; location.href = framePage; } }); </script></p> <a target="_blank" href="http://our.componentone.com/groups/">Product Support Forum</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://feedback.componentone.com/forums/255782-winforms-documentation">Documentation Feedback</a> </div> </body> </html>