ComponentOne Reports™ for .NET Designer Edition includes ComponentOne Reports for WinForms (which now includes the ComponentOne Reports for .NET and the ComponentOne Preview for .NET products) and the WYSIWYG ComponentOne Report Designer application. C1ReportDesigner is a Windows Forms control that provides the ability to design and edit report definitions that can be used with ComponentOne reporting controls.
Note: See the ComponentOne Reports for WinForms Help for more information on using that product.
The C1ReportDesigner control displays reports in design mode, and allows users to drag, copy, and resize report fields and sections. The control also provides an unlimited undo/redo stack and a selection mechanism designed for use with the PropertyGrid control that ships with Visual Studio.
You can use the C1ReportDesigner control to incorporate some report design features into your applications, or you can write your own full-fledged report designer application. We include full source code for the C1ReportDesigner application that ships with Reports for .NET Designer Edition and uses the C1ReportDesigner control extensively.
Writing your own customized report designer is useful in many situations, for example:
• You may want to integrate the designer tightly into your application, rather than running a separate application. (For example, see the report designer in Microsoft Access).
• You may want to customize the data sources available to the user, or the types of fields that can be added to the report. (For example, you may want to use custom data source objects defined by your application).
• You may want to provide a menu of stock report definitions that makes sense in the scope of your application and allows users to customize some aspects of each stock report. (For example, see the printing options in Microsoft Outlook).
• You may want to write a better, more powerful report designer application than the one you use now, which makes it easier to do things that are important to you or to your co-workers. (For example, add groups of fields to the report).
What's New in C1ReportDesigner
Installing Reports for .NET Designer
Edition
Adding the C1ReportDesigner Component to a
Project
Migrating a C1ReportDesigner Project to
Visual Studio 2005
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