XRDesignMdiController Class

Provides a multi-document interface to the End-User Report Designer.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v24.2.Extensions.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Reporting

Declaration

C#

public class XRDesignMdiController :
    Component,
    IServiceContainer,
    IServiceProvider,
    ISupportInitialize

VB.NET

Public Class XRDesignMdiController
    Inherits Component
    Implements IServiceContainer,
               IServiceProvider,
               ISupportInitialize

Related API Members

The following members return XRDesignMdiController objects:

• IDesignForm.DesignMdiController
• XRDesignForm.DesignMdiController
• XRDesignRibbonForm.DesignMdiController

Remarks

The XRDesignMdiController class represents a component that contains multiple Design Panels (XRDesignPanel class instances). This allows you to edit and preview multiple reports simultaneously.

The XRDesignBarManager, XRDesignDockManager, and XRDesignMdiController components represent an MDI (multi-document interface) End-User Designer.

An XRDesignMdiController can only be used as a part of an XRDesignForm (or, XRDesignRibbonForm).

The following properties are exposed by the XRDesignMdiController class.

• Within an XRDesignMdiController, the currently active Design Panel is returned by the XRDesignMdiController.ActiveDesignPanel property.
• The XRDesignMdiController.Form property provides access to the properties of the component’s parent Form.

• The XRDesignMdiController.XtraTabbedMdiManager property specifies the XRTabbedMdiManager instance, which provides the tabbed interface for multiple Design Panels within the Designer.

  After an XRDesignMdiController instance is added to a form, an XRTabbedMdiManager object is automatically created and assigned to the XRDesignMdiController.XtraTabbedMdiManager property.

See Report Designer to learn more.

Inheritance

Object

MarshalByRefObject

Component

XRDesignMdiController