ActiveReports provides a Silverlight Viewer to where you can load and view your reports. This viewer contains a toolbar and a sidebar with Search, Table of Contents and Parameters panes.

Note: Microsoft Silverlight 4 Tools are required for application development with the ActiveReports Silverlight Viewer.

Silverlight Viewer toolbar

Toolbar element	Name	Description
	Toggle Sidebar	Displays the sidebar that includes the Search, TOC (Table of Contents), and Parameters panes.
	Print	Displays the Print dialog where you can specify the printing options.
	Find	Displays the Search pane in the sidebar.
	Zoom out	Decreases the magnification of your report.
	Zoom reset	Resets the magnification to default
	Zoom slider	Allows you to drag the slider to increase or decrease the magnification of your report.
	Zoom in	Increases the magnification of your report.
	Fit page width	Fits the width of the page according to viewer dimensions.
	Fit whole page	Fits the whole page within the current viewer dimensions.
	First page	Takes you to the first page of the report. This button is enabled when a page other than the first page is open.
	Previous page	Takes you to the page prior to the current page. This button is enabled when a page other than the first page is open.
	Current page	Shows the current page number and opens a specific page in the report. To view a specific page, type the page number and press the Enter key.
	Next page	Takes you to the page following the current page. This button is disabled on reaching the last page of the report.
	Last page	Takes you to the last page of the report. This button is disabled on reaching the last page of the report.
	Backward	Takes you to the last viewed page. This button is enabled when you move to any page from the initial report page. Clicking this button for the first time also enables the Forward button.
	Forward	Takes you to last viewed page before you clicked the Backward button. This button is enabled once you click the Backward button.
	Back to Parent Report	Returns to the parent report in a drillthrough page report.
	Export Format	Allows you to specify the export format for a report. You can select from the following options: PDF, Excel, HTML, Word, or XML.
	Export Report	Exports a report into the selected format.

Silverlight Viewer Sidebar

Display the report in the Viewer

Set up your Silverlight project using the following steps: (see the Silverlight walkthrough for more details)

Create a new Silverlight project or open an existing one, ensuring that the Silverlight Version option is set to Silverlight 4 or higher.
In the Visual Studio Solution Explorer, right-click YourProject.Web and select Add, then New Item.
In the Add New Item dialog that appears, select the Reporting template, then select ActiveReports 8 Web Service. This adds ActiveReports.ReportService1.asmx to your project.
From the Toolbox tab, drag the Viewer control and drop it on the design view of MainPage.xaml.
In the Solution Explorer, right-click YourProject.Web and select Add, then Existing Item and select an existing report to load in the viewer.
On MainPage.xaml, with the viewer selected, go to the Properties window and double click the Loaded event.

In the MainPage code view that appears, add code like the following to the viewer1_loaded event to bind the report to the viewer. This code shows an .rdlx report being loaded but you can use a .rpx report as well.

Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE the viewer1_Loaded event in MainPage.xaml.vb.	Copy Code
Viewer1.LoadFromService("YourReportName.rdlx")

C# code. Paste INSIDE the viewer1_Loaded event in MainPage.xaml.cs.	Copy Code
viewer1.LoadFromService("YourReportName.rdlx");

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Silverlight Viewer printing

Silverlight feature limitations

Limitations on printing:
- ActiveReports Silverlight Viewer does not provide the one-touch printing option.
- The maximum value for the print range is 2000 pages.
Vertical text is not supported in the ActiveReports Silverlight Viewer.
Horizontal and vertical text of MS PMincho and some other ideographic characters may render incorrectly in the ActiveReports Silverlight Viewer.
The use of the Silverlight Viewer control in layout panels has a limitation related to the default size of the panel.
The multipage mode is not available in the ActiveReports Silverlight Viewer.
To display a report with annotations in the Thumbnails view correctly, hide the Thumbnails view by clicking the Show TOC/Thumbnails icon in the Toolbar and then open the report in the Silverlight Viewer.
IIS Express setting needs to be done when loading an RDF file in the Viewer. For more details, go to the Silverlight Viewer Troubleshooting section in Troubleshooting.

Some Silverlight properties and events are not supported in XAML. However, you can still use these properties by setting them in code as follows:

Visual Basic.NET code. Add this code in an event like Button_Click.	Copy Code
Viewer1.FontStyle = FontStyles.Italic

C# code. Add this code in an event like Button_Click.	Copy Code
viewer1.FontStyle = FontStyles.Italic;

Silverlight properties and events that are not supported

How To

Provide PDF Printing in the Silverlight Viewer (Pro Edition)

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