XtraReport() Constructor

Initializes a new instance of the XtraReport class with the default settings.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v18.2.dll

Declaration

C#

public XtraReport()

VB.NET

Public Sub New

Example

The code sample below creates a simple data-bound report.

C#

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Drawing;
using DevExpress.XtraPrinting;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;

// ...

class Employee {
    public string Name { get; set; }
}

// Create a report and assign bands to it.
public static XtraReport CreateReport() {
    XtraReport report = new XtraReport() {
        DataSource = CreateDataSource(),
        StyleSheet = {
            new XRControlStyle() { Name = "Title", Font = new Font("Tahoma", 20f, FontStyle.Bold) },
            new XRControlStyle() { Name = "Normal", Font = new Font("Tahoma", 10f), Padding = new PaddingInfo(2, 2, 0, 0) },
        }
    };
    var reportHeaderBand = CreateReportHeader("List of employees");
    var detailBand = CreateDetail("[Name]");
    report.Bands.AddRange(new Band[] { reportHeaderBand, detailBand });
    return report;
}

// Create an employees list to serve as the report's data source.
static List<Employee> CreateDataSource() {
    return new List<Employee>() {
        new Employee() { Name = "Nancy Davolio" },
        new Employee() { Name = "Andrew Fuller" },
        new Employee() { Name = "Janet Leverling" },
        new Employee() { Name = "Margaret Peacock" },
        new Employee() { Name = "Steven Buchanan" },
        new Employee() { Name = "Michael Suyama" },
        new Employee() { Name = "Robert King" },
        new Employee() { Name = "Laura Callahan" },
        new Employee() { Name = "Anne Dodsworth" }
    };
}

// Create a Report Header band and add a report title label to it.
static ReportHeaderBand CreateReportHeader(string title) {
    ReportHeaderBand reportHeaderBand = new ReportHeaderBand() {
        HeightF = 50
    };
    XRLabel titleLabel = new XRLabel() {
        Text = title,
        BoundsF = new RectangleF(0, 0, 300, 30),
        StyleName = "Title"
    };
    reportHeaderBand.Controls.Add(titleLabel);
    return reportHeaderBand;
}

// Create a Detail band and add an employee name label to it.
static DetailBand CreateDetail(string expression) {
    DetailBand detailBand = new DetailBand() {
        HeightF = 25
    };
    XRLabel detailLabel = new XRLabel() {
        ExpressionBindings = { new ExpressionBinding("Text", expression) },
        BoundsF = new RectangleF(0, 0, 300, 20),
        StyleName = "Normal"
    };
    detailBand.Controls.Add(detailLabel);
    return detailBand;
}

VB.NET

Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Drawing
Imports DevExpress.XtraPrinting
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI

' ...

Friend Class Employee
    Public Property Name() As String
End Class

' Create a report and assign bands to it.
Public Shared Function CreateReport() As XtraReport
    Dim report As New XtraReport() With {
        .DataSource = CreateDataSource(), .StyleSheet = {
            New XRControlStyle() With {.Name = "Title", .Font = New Font("Tahoma", 20F, FontStyle.Bold)},
            New XRControlStyle() With {.Name = "Normal", .Font = New Font("Tahoma", 10F), .Padding = New PaddingInfo(2, 2, 0, 0)}
        }
    }
    Dim reportHeaderBand = CreateReportHeader("List of employees")
    Dim detailBand = CreateDetail("[Name]")
    report.Bands.AddRange(New Band() { reportHeaderBand, detailBand })
    Return report
End Function

' Create an employees list to serve as the report's data source.
Shared Function CreateDataSource() As List(Of Employee)
    Return New List(Of Employee)() From {
        New Employee() With {.Name = "Nancy Davolio"},
        New Employee() With {.Name = "Andrew Fuller"},
        New Employee() With {.Name = "Janet Leverling"},
        New Employee() With {.Name = "Margaret Peacock"},
        New Employee() With {.Name = "Steven Buchanan"},
        New Employee() With {.Name = "Michael Suyama"},
        New Employee() With {.Name = "Robert King"},
        New Employee() With {.Name = "Laura Callahan"},
        New Employee() With {.Name = "Anne Dodsworth"}
    }
End Function

' Create a Report Header band and add a report title label to it.
Shared Function CreateReportHeader(ByVal title As String) As ReportHeaderBand
    Dim reportHeaderBand As New ReportHeaderBand() With {.HeightF = 50}
    Dim titleLabel As New XRLabel() With {.Text = title, .BoundsF = New RectangleF(0, 0, 300, 30), .StyleName = "Title"}
    reportHeaderBand.Controls.Add(titleLabel)
    Return reportHeaderBand
End Function

' Create a Detail band and add an employee name label to it.
Shared Function CreateDetail(ByVal expression As String) As DetailBand
    Dim detailBand As New DetailBand() With {.HeightF = 25}
    Dim detailLabel As New XRLabel() With {.ExpressionBindings = { New ExpressionBinding("Text", expression) }, .BoundsF = New RectangleF(0, 0, 300, 20), .StyleName = "Normal"}
    detailBand.Controls.Add(detailLabel)
    Return detailBand
End Function

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VB.NET

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Public Sub New()
    MyBase.New()
    Bands.Add(New DevExpress.XtraReports.UI.DetailBand())

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Public Sub New()
    MyBase.New()