ReportStorageExtension.GetData(String) Method

Returns a report definition stored in a Report Storage using the specified URL.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.Extensions

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v18.2.Extensions.dll

Declaration

C#

public virtual byte[] GetData(
    string url
)

VB.NET

Public Overridable Function GetData(
    url As String
) As Byte()

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
url	String	A String specifying an URL, which was used to store a report.

Returns

Type	Description
Byte[]	An array of Byte values, representing a stream containing a report definition.

Remarks

To retrieve a report object instead of a definition, use the ReportStorageExtension.AfterGetData method.

For a code example, see Custom Report Storage.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-winforms-custom-report-storage/CS/Form1.cs#L43

    return null;
using (MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(Program.ReportStorage.GetData(url))) {
    return XtraReport.FromStream(stream, true);

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-custom-report-storage/VB/Form1.vb#L49

End If
Using stream As New MemoryStream(Program.ReportStorage.GetData(url))
    Return XtraReport.FromStream(stream, True)