ConnectionProvider Class

The base for classes that provide the functionality to connect to the Report and Dashboard Server.

Namespace: DevExpress.ReportServer.ServiceModel.ConnectionProviders

Assembly: DevExpress.Printing.v18.1.Core.dll

Declaration

C#

public abstract class ConnectionProvider

VB.NET

Public MustInherit Class ConnectionProvider

Remarks

For a code sample, see the following example online: Report Server - How to manage scheduled jobs from a Windows Forms application.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

Reporting_report-server-how-to-manage-scheduled-jobs-from-a-windows-forms-application-t431255/CS/ScheduledTasksAPIClientDemo/ConnectionProviderExtensions.cs#L8

public static class ConnectionProviderExtensions {
    public static Task<T> DoWithScheduledJobAsync<T>(this ConnectionProvider serverConnection, Func<IReportServerClient, Task<T>> func) {
        return serverConnection

Reporting_report-server-get-the-list-of-reports-and-display-a-preview-in-a-winforms-e5062/CS/ReportServerWinFormsClientDemo/ReportViewerForm.cs#L26

public partial class ReportViewerForm : Form {
    readonly ConnectionProvider serverConnection;

Reporting_report-server-how-to-get-available-reports-and-show-them-in-wpf-document-viewer-t258870/CS/T258870/Service/IReportViewerService.cs#L10

public interface IReportViewerService {
    ConnectionProvider connectionProvider { get; set; }
    void Show(int reportId);

Reporting_report-server-how-to-print-or-export-a-report-from-code-in-a-winforms-application-t317142/CS/ReportServerWinForms/MainForm.cs#L16

const string ServerAddress = "https://reportserver.devexpress.com";
readonly ConnectionProvider serverConnection = new GuestConnectionProvider(ServerAddress);

Reporting_report-server-how-to-print-or-export-a-report-from-code-in-a-wpf-application-t317367/CS/ReportServerWPF/ViewModel/MainViewModel.cs#L18

const string ServerAddress = "https://reportserver.devexpress.com";
readonly ConnectionProvider serverConnection = new GuestConnectionProvider(ServerAddress);
readonly int ReportId = 1113; //Customer Order History report

VB.NET

Reporting_report-server-how-to-manage-scheduled-jobs-from-a-windows-forms-application-t431255/VB/ScheduledTasksAPIClientDemo/ConnectionProviderExtensions.vb#L9

<System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Extension> _
Public Function DoWithScheduledJobAsync(Of T)(ByVal serverConnection As ConnectionProvider, ByVal func As Func(Of IReportServerClient, Task(Of T))) As Task(Of T)
    Return serverConnection.ConnectAsync().ContinueWith(Function(taskFunc)

Reporting_report-server-get-the-list-of-reports-and-display-a-preview-in-a-winforms-e5062/VB/ReportServerWinFormsClientDemo/ReportViewerForm.vb#L28

Private ReadOnly serverConnection As ConnectionProvider

Reporting_report-server-how-to-get-available-reports-and-show-them-in-wpf-document-viewer-t258870/VB/T258870/Service/IReportViewerService.vb#L10

Public Interface IReportViewerService
    Property connectionProvider() As ConnectionProvider
    Sub Show(ByVal reportId As Integer)

Reporting_report-server-how-to-print-or-export-a-report-from-code-in-a-winforms-application-t317142/VB/ReportServerWinForms/MainForm.vb#L18

Private Const ServerAddress As String = "https://reportserver.devexpress.com"
Private ReadOnly serverConnection As ConnectionProvider = New GuestConnectionProvider(ServerAddress)

Reporting_report-server-how-to-print-or-export-a-report-from-code-in-a-wpf-application-t317367/VB/ReportServerWPF/ViewModel/MainViewModel.vb#L18

Private Const ServerAddress As String = "https://reportserver.devexpress.com"
Private ReadOnly serverConnection As ConnectionProvider = New GuestConnectionProvider(ServerAddress)
Private ReadOnly ReportId As Integer = 1113 'Customer Order History report

Inheritance

Object

ConnectionProvider

GuestConnectionProvider

ServerUserConnectionProvider

WindowsUserConnectionProvider