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Visual Studio Report Designer

When you open a class file that contains a XtraReport descendant, the Visual Studio Report Designer appears. It is a visual surface divided into bands to which you can add reporting controls.

The Report Designer provides access to the following wizards:

The Visual Studio Report Designer adds the XtraReports menu to the Visual Studio main menu.

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The XtraReports menu contains the commands to show the tool windows and specify the Designer options, as follows: