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 items from the Microsoft® Visual Studio® Toolbox and drop them onto your form.
Review the following help topic for more information: Reporting for WinForms.
Note
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 items from the Microsoft® Visual Studio Toolbox and drop them onto your form.
Review the following help topic for more information: WPF Reporting.
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 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 |
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| 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 |
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| ReportDesignerBuilder | A builder for the Web Report Designer. | Add an End-User Report Designer to an ASP.NET Core Application |
| WebDocumentViewerBuilder | A builder for the Web Document Viewer. | Add a Document Viewer to an ASP.NET Core Application |
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:
- Use Visual Studio Templates to Create an ASP.NET Core Application with a Report Designer
- Use Visual Studio Templates to Create an Angular Application with a Report Designer
- Use Visual Studio Templates to Create an ASP.NET Core Application with a Document Viewer
- Use Visual Studio Templates to Create an Angular Application with a Document Viewer
Blazor Applications
You can use the following reporting controls in your Blazor Server application:
| Class | Description | How to Use |
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| DxReportViewer | The native Blazor component to view, print, and export reports. | Report Viewer (Native) |
| DxReportDesigner | The Blazor Server JavaScript-based Web Report Designer control. | Reporting Server Application |
| DxDocumentViewer | The Blazor Server JavaScript-based Web Document Viewer control. | Reporting Server Application |
| DxWasmReportDesigner | The Blazor WebAssembly ASP.NET Core hosted JavaScript-based Web Report Designer control. | Reporting WebAssembly Hosted Application |
| DxWasmDocumentViewer | The Blazor WebAssembly ASP.NET Core hosted JavaScript-based Web Document Viewer control. | Reporting WebAssembly Hosted Application |
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 |