ReportDesignTool.DesignForm Property

Provides access to the standard End-User Report Designer form of the ReportDesignTool.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v23.2.Extensions.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Reporting

Declaration

C#

public IDesignForm DesignForm { get; }

VB.NET

Public ReadOnly Property DesignForm As IDesignForm

Property Value

Type	Description
IDesignForm	An object implementing the IDesignForm interface (typically, an XRDesignForm instance).

Remarks

To learn more, see Create a Custom End-User Report Designer.

Example

This example demonstrates how to use the ReportDesignTool class, to load a report into an End-User Report Designer form.

Then, to access the properties of the report and the Designer form, use the ReportDesignTool.Report and ReportDesignTool.DesignForm properties.

C#

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner;
// ...

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
    // Create a Design Tool instance with a report assigned to it.
    ReportDesignTool dt = new ReportDesignTool(new XtraReport1());

    // Access the report's properties.
    dt.Report.DrawGrid = false;

    // Access the Designer form's properties.
    dt.DesignForm.SetWindowVisibility(DesignDockPanelType.FieldList | 
        DesignDockPanelType.PropertyGrid, false);

    // Show the Designer form, modally.
    dt.ShowDesignerDialog();
}

VB.NET

Imports System
Imports System.Windows.Forms
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner
' ...

Private Sub button1_Click(ByVal sender As Object, _ 
ByVal e As EventArgs) Handles button1.Click
    ' Create a Design Tool instance with a report assigned to it.
    Dim dt As New ReportDesignTool(New XtraReport1())

    ' Access the report's properties.
    dt.Report.DrawGrid = False

    ' Access the Designer form's properties.
    dt.DesignForm.SetWindowVisibility(DesignDockPanelType.FieldList Or _ 
        DesignDockPanelType.PropertyGrid, False)

    ' Show the Designer form, modally.
    dt.ShowDesignerDialog()
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

reporting-winforms-custom-control-numeric-label/CS/Form1.cs#L21

ReportDesignTool designTool = new ReportDesignTool(new XtraReport1());
IDesignForm designForm = designTool.DesignForm;
designForm.DesignMdiController.DesignPanelLoaded += DesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded;

VB.NET

reporting-winforms-custom-control-numeric-label/VB/Form1.vb#L23

Dim designTool As New ReportDesignTool(New XtraReport1())
Dim designForm As IDesignForm = designTool.DesignForm
AddHandler designForm.DesignMdiController.DesignPanelLoaded, AddressOf DesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded