Thank you for you continued support and for choosing DevExpress Reports.
We’ve compiled a short list of interesting support tickets we answered in August. Hopefully you’ll find them of value as you integrate our reporting platform in your next desktop or web project.
Reporting – Multiple Supported Platforms (WinForms, WPF, ASP.NET, .NET Core)
- Filter String: How to use multi-select parameters to build a complex filtering condition (T806978)
- How to customize alternating colors for report rows (T805891)
- How to use a List of strings as a data source for your report(T803798)
- How to bind a report to Azure Cosmos DB database (NoSQL) (T807206)
- How to bind reports to GraphQL (T809479)
- How to implement a progression timeline in within a report (T805213)
- How to show merged HTML content in the XRRichText control (T805375)
WinForms Reporting
- Sending a report via e-mail crashes the application instead of opening the default e-mail client installed on the system (MS Outlook 2016) (T807578)
- Report Designer Hangs in Visual Studio 2019 (16.2) (T802763)
- Alternating group bands: How to obtain a band index using a Custom Function in an Expression (T809244)
- End-User Report Designer: How to Skip ‘Do you want to use existing connection’ after clicking ‘Add Data Source’ (T728650)
- How to limit the number of reports displayed in the report designer (T804206)
- How to programmatically scroll downward a document in the Document Viewer (T806152)
WPF Reporting
- DXPrinting for WPF: PrintableControlLink - How to suppress the page header on the first page if a report header is defined (T801525)
- DXPrinting for WPF: Smart column splitting in the GridControl’s built-in print preview (T809077)
- WPF Report Designer - How to apply a report layout to an opened report (T803234)
Web Reporting
- How to use DbDocumentStorage class and store previewed document data in the database (T803355)
- How to hide Toast notifications (T803351)
- How can I build a context dependent ReportStorageWebExtension within ASP.NET MVC 5 application (T803769)
- ASP.NET Core Reporting and Mac OS (T809833)
- Web Document Viewer: How to hide the Parameters Panel (T805670)
- Web Document Viewer: How to specify a report name when printing (T806431)
- Web Document Viewer: How to dispose of a report object after the report generation (T809676)
- How to open a report in the report designer for viewing only (prevent report modification) (T804996)
Report & Dashboard Server
Documentation Updates
More Demos Described
The following step-by-step tutorials will help you recreate demos we ship within our distribution:
- Create a Vertical Report
- Create an Interactive E-Form
- Create a Swiss QR Bill
- Create a Hierarchical Report
We just reworked our Create a Table Report tutorial. The report generated in this tutorial is now based on the Table Report Demo.
End-User Documentation Updates
As you may know, we include end-user documentation for our Report Designer and Document Viewer controls. You can access this documentation on GitHub.
The following sections have been updated in branch 19.1:
New Tips in Docs
- How to use unbound group bands as report/page headers and footers
- How to filter the PivotGrid control based on the currently printed data row
- How to bind a report to JSON data that is stored in a file or a string
- Web Report Designer: How to set the default color for a tile and allow users to specify a custom color scheme
- Web Report Designer: How to run the Report Wizard in code
- Web Report Designer: How to provide custom editors for the Parameters panel
As always, we welcome your comments and feedback. If you’ve come across a useful Support Center ticket, feel free to share it with the DevExpress developer community here.