Components Included in DevExpress Reporting
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DevExpress Reporting has a set of controls that you can add to your applications to design/preview reports at runtime.
WinForms Applications
Use the following components to add the reporting functionality to your WinForms application:
| Icon | Control | Description | How to Use |
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StandardReportDesigner | A WinForms End-User Report Designer with Bars | Create a Custom End-User Report Designer |
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RibbonReportDesigner | A WinForms End-User Report Designer with a Ribbon | Create a Custom End-User Report Designer |
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DocumentViewer | A WinForms End-User Document Viewer | Create a Custom Print Preview |
You can drag these items from the Microsoft® Visual Studio® Toolbox and drop them onto your form.
In the Reporting Subscription, you can customize DevExpress Reporting components in your application code, but you need a valid WinForms Subscription to use them at design time in Visual Studio. Refer to the following help topic for information on licensing: Installation - Subscriptions that Include Reporting Components.
WPF Applications
Use the following components to add the reporting functionality to your WPF application:
| Icon | Class | Description | How to Use |
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ReportDesigner | A WPF End-User Report Designer | Add an End-User Report Designer to a WPF Application |
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DocumentPreviewControl | A WPF End-User Document Viewer | Add DocumentPreviewControl to WPF Application |
You can drag these items from the Microsoft® Visual Studio® Toolbox and drop them onto your form.
ASP.NET Web Forms Applications
Add Controls
Use the following components to add the reporting functionality to your ASP.NET Web Forms application:
| Icon | Class | Description | How to Use |
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ASPxReportDesigner | An ASP.NET Web Forms End-User Report Designer | Add an End-User Report Designer to an ASP.NET Web Forms Application |
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ASPxWebDocumentViewer | An ASP.NET Web Forms End-User Document Viewer | Add the Document Viewer to an ASP.NET Web Forms Application |
You can drag these items from the Microsoft® Visual Studio® Toolbox and drop them onto your form.
Use Project Templates
If you start a new project, use the DevExpress Template Gallery to create an ASP.NET Web Forms application with the End-User Report Designer and/or Document Viewer control(s).
Review the following help topics for more information:
- Create an ASP.NET Web Forms Application with a Report Designer
- Create an ASP.NET Web Forms Application with a Document Viewer
ASP.NET MVC Applications
Add Controls
Use the following extensions to create and publish reports in ASP.NET MVC applications:
| Extension | Description | How to Use |
|---|---|---|
| ReportDesignerExtension | An ASP.NET MVC equivalent of the ASPxReportDesigner control. | Add an End-User Report Designer to an ASP.NET MVC Application |
| WebDocumentViewerExtension | An ASP.NET MVC equivalent of the ASPxWebDocumentViewer control. | Add the Document Viewer to an ASP.NET MVC Application |
You can invoke the DevExpress MVC Extension wizard to add the Report Designer/Document Viewer MVC extension to your ASP.NET MVC application.
Use Project Templates
If you start a new project, use the DevExpress Template Gallery to create an ASP.NET MVC application with the End-User Report Designer and/or Document Viewer control(s).
Review the following help topics for more information:
- Create an ASP.NET MVC Application with a Document Viewer
- Create an ASP.NET MVC Application with a Report Designer
ASP.NET Core Applications
Add Controls
Install the DevExpress.AspNetCore.Reporting NuGet package and use the following extensions to create and preview reports in ASP.NET Core applications:
| Class | Description | How to Use |
|---|---|---|
| ReportDesignerBuilder | A builder for the Web Report Designer. | End-User Report Designer in ASP.NET Core Applications |
| WebDocumentViewerBuilder | A builder for the Web Document Viewer. | Document Viewer in ASP.NET Core Applications |
Use Project Templates
If you start a new project, use the DevExpress Template Gallery or .NET Core command line interface (CLI) to create an ASP.NET Core application with the End-User Report Designer and/or Document Viewer control(s).
Refer to the following help topics for more information:
- Create an ASP.NET Core Application with a Report Designer (Visual Studio Templates)
- Create an ASP.NET Core Application with a Document Viewer (Visual Studio Templates)
Blazor Applications
You can use the following reporting controls in your Blazor applications:
| Class | Description | How to Use |
|---|---|---|
| DxReportViewer | The native Blazor component to view, print, and export reports. | Blazor Server App, Wasm App |
| DxReportDesigner | The Blazor Server JavaScript-based Web Report Designer control. | Blazor Server App, Wasm App |
| DxDocumentViewer | The Blazor Server JavaScript-based Web Document Viewer control. | Blazor Server App, Wasm App |
| DxWasmReportDesigner | The Blazor WebAssembly ASP.NET Core hosted, JavaScript-based Web Report Designer control. | Wasm Hosted App |
| DxWasmDocumentViewer | The Blazor WebAssembly ASP.NET Core hosted, JavaScript-based Web Document Viewer control. | Wasm Hosted App |
Angular Applications
You can incorporate the native Angular Document Viewer and Web Report Designer components into a client-side application built with Angular:
React Applications
You can incorporate the Web Report Designer and Web Document Viewer into a client-side app built with React:
Vue Applications
You can incorporate the Web Report Designer and Web Document Viewer into a client-side app built with Vue:
WinUI Applications
You can use the following reporting controls in your WinUI application:
| Class | Description | How to Use |
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| DocumentViewer | A control that allows you to preview, print, save, and export a document created with a PrintableLink or a report created with the DevExpress Reporting Suite. | Get Started with WinUI Reporting |
Important
The DevExpress WinUI product suite has been discontinued and is no longer available to new customers. We continue to monitor market-demands and the viability of WinUI as a desktop development platform. Should demand increase and market conditions change, we will reconsider our decision.
Existing Users: The DevExpress WinUI product line was available as part of a free product offer that expired on June 1, 2024. If you registered for the free offer before June 1, 2024 you can download the DevExpress WinUI product suite by visiting the DevExpress Client Center.