Create a Simple Data-Bound Report

• Dec 20, 2021
• 3 minutes to read

The following code sample creates a new object data source, creates a report with the XRLabel control at runtime, and binds the label to data.

For information on supported data sources, review the following article: Bind Reports to Data.

C#

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
// ...
    public class ReportCreator {
        class Employee {
            public string Name { get; set; }
        }
        public static XtraReport CreateReport() {
            XtraReport report = new XtraReport() {
                DataSource = CreateDataSource(),
                StyleSheet = {
                    new XRControlStyle() { Name = "Title", Font = new Font("Tahoma", 20f, FontStyle.Bold) },
                    new XRControlStyle() { Name = "Normal", Font = new Font("Tahoma", 10f), Padding = new PaddingInfo(2, 2, 0, 0) },
                }
            };
            var reportHeaderBand = CreateReportHeader("List of employees");
            var detailBand = CreateDetail("[Name]");
            report.Bands.AddRange(new Band[] { reportHeaderBand, detailBand });
            return report;
        }
        static List<Employee> CreateDataSource() {
            return new List<Employee>() {
                new Employee() { Name = "Nancy Davolio" },
                new Employee() { Name = "Andrew Fuller" },
                new Employee() { Name = "Janet Leverling" },
                new Employee() { Name = "Margaret Peacock" },
                new Employee() { Name = "Steven Buchanan" },
                new Employee() { Name = "Michael Suyama" },
                new Employee() { Name = "Robert King" },
                new Employee() { Name = "Laura Callahan" },
                new Employee() { Name = "Anne Dodsworth" }
            };
        }
        static ReportHeaderBand CreateReportHeader(string title) {
            ReportHeaderBand reportHeaderBand = new ReportHeaderBand() {
                HeightF = 50
            };
            XRLabel titleLabel = new XRLabel() {
                Text = title,
                BoundsF = new RectangleF(0, 0, 300, 30),
                StyleName = "Title"
            };
            reportHeaderBand.Controls.Add(titleLabel);
            return reportHeaderBand;
        }
        static DetailBand CreateDetail(string expression) {
            DetailBand detailBand = new DetailBand() {
                HeightF = 25
            };
            XRLabel detailLabel = new XRLabel() {
                ExpressionBindings = { new ExpressionBinding("Text", expression) },
                BoundsF = new RectangleF(0, 0, 300, 20),
                StyleName = "Normal"
            };
            detailBand.Controls.Add(detailLabel);
            return detailBand;
        }
    }

VB.NET

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
' ...
    Public Class ReportCreator
        Private Class Employee
            Public Property Name() As String
        End Class
        Public Shared Function CreateReport() As XtraReport
            Dim report As New XtraReport() With {
                .DataSource = CreateDataSource(), .StyleSheet = {
                    New XRControlStyle() With {.Name = "Title", .Font = New Font("Tahoma", 20F, FontStyle.Bold)},
                    New XRControlStyle() With {.Name = "Normal", .Font = New Font("Tahoma", 10F), .Padding = New PaddingInfo(2, 2, 0, 0)}
                }
            }
            Dim reportHeaderBand = CreateReportHeader("List of employees")
            Dim detailBand = CreateDetail("[Name]")
            report.Bands.AddRange(New Band() { reportHeaderBand, detailBand })
            Return report
        End Function
        Private Shared Function CreateDataSource() As List(Of Employee)
            Return New List(Of Employee)() From {
                New Employee() With {.Name = "Nancy Davolio"},
                New Employee() With {.Name = "Andrew Fuller"},
                New Employee() With {.Name = "Janet Leverling"},
                New Employee() With {.Name = "Margaret Peacock"},
                New Employee() With {.Name = "Steven Buchanan"},
                New Employee() With {.Name = "Michael Suyama"},
                New Employee() With {.Name = "Robert King"},
                New Employee() With {.Name = "Laura Callahan"},
                New Employee() With {.Name = "Anne Dodsworth"}
            }
        End Function
        Private Shared Function CreateReportHeader(ByVal title As String) As ReportHeaderBand
            Dim reportHeaderBand As New ReportHeaderBand() With {.HeightF = 50}
            Dim titleLabel As New XRLabel() With {.Text = title, .BoundsF = New RectangleF(0, 0, 300, 30), .StyleName = "Title"}
            reportHeaderBand.Controls.Add(titleLabel)
            Return reportHeaderBand
        End Function
        Private Shared Function CreateDetail(ByVal expression As String) As DetailBand
            Dim detailBand As New DetailBand() With {.HeightF = 25}
            Dim detailLabel As New XRLabel() With {.ExpressionBindings = { New ExpressionBinding("Text", expression) }, .BoundsF = New RectangleF(0, 0, 300, 20), .StyleName = "Normal"}
            detailBand.Controls.Add(detailLabel)
            Return detailBand
        End Function
    End Class