C1DocumentViewer Quick Start

In this quick start you'll create a code-free WPF application in Visual Studio that uses the C1DocumentViewer control to preview reports and documents.

Note: This quick start assumes that you have the C1Report sample CommonTasks.xml report definition file available on your system. The CommonTasks.xml is installed in the ComponentOne Samples\C1WPFReport\C1Report\Samples\XML\CommonTasks directory installed in your MyDocuments folder (Documents in Vista) by default.

Complete the following steps to create a basic application to preview reports and documents:

Create a new WPF project in Visual Studio.
Navigate to the Toolbox and double-click the C1DocumentViewer icon to add the control to the application window.
Resize the window and resize the C1DocumentViewer control to fill the window.
Click once on the C1DocumentViewer control to select it and navigate to the Properties window.
Expand the C1Report node and click on the ellipsis button (…) to the right of theC1DocumentViewer.FileName text box.
In the Open dialog box, locate and highlight a report definition file, for example select CommonTasks.xml (installed in the samples directory by default) and click Open to select the file in the editor.
Click the drop-down arrow next to the C1DocumentViewer.ReportName property and select a report; for example, select 01: Alternating Background (Greenbar report).

The report appears in the C1DocumentViewer window.

That's it; no code is necessary! You can now run your application and preview your report.

Run the application and observe:

Your simple application to view reports will look similar to the following: