Execute Commands in the End-User Report Designer
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Each user action in Report Designer corresponds to a command listed in the ReportCommand enumeration.
This example illustrates how to execute report commands in an End-User Report Designer by calling the XRDesignPanel.ExecCommand method of an active XRDesignPanel.
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner;
// ...
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
// Create a Design Tool with an assigned report instance.
ReportDesignTool designTool = new ReportDesignTool(new XtraReport1());
// Access the standard or ribbon-based Designer form.
// IDesignForm designForm = designTool.DesignForm;
IDesignForm designForm = designTool.DesignRibbonForm;
// Create a new blank report to initialize a Design Panel.
designForm.DesignMdiController.CreateNewReport();
// Handle the Design Panel's Loaded event.
designForm.DesignMdiController.DesignPanelLoaded += DesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded;
// Load a Report Designer in a dialog window.
// designTool.ShowDesignerDialog();
designTool.ShowRibbonDesignerDialog();
}
void DesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded(object sender, DesignerLoadedEventArgs e) {
// Run the Report Wizard every time a Report Designer is loaded.
((XRDesignPanel)sender).ExecCommand(ReportCommand.NewReportWizard);
}
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