XRDesignMdiController Class

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

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v17.2.Extensions.dll

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Reporting

Declaration

C#

public class XRDesignMdiController :
    Component,
    IServiceContainer,
    IServiceProvider

VB.NET

Public Class XRDesignMdiController
    Inherits Component
    Implements IServiceContainer,
               IServiceProvider

Related API Members

The following members return XRDesignMdiController objects:

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

Remarks

Note

This feature is not available when using the .NET Framework’s Client Profile subset. An end-user’s machine needs to have the complete .NET Framework installed to enable this feature.

See the Application Deployment document for more information.

The XRDesignMdiController class represents a component containing multiple Design Panels (XRDesignPanel class instances), which allows editing and previewing of multiple reports simultaneously.

Along with the XRDesignBarManager and XRDesignDockManager elements, the XRDesignMdiController component represents 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