XRDesignPanel.ExecCommand(ReportCommand) Method

Executes the specified report command without any parameters passed to it.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Reporting

Declaration

C#

public void ExecCommand(
    ReportCommand command
)

VB.NET

Public Sub ExecCommand(
    command As ReportCommand
)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
command	ReportCommand	A ReportCommand enumeration value, specifying the report command to execute.

Remarks

Use the ExecCommand method to perform various actions in the End-User Designer, such as clicking a menu item, a toolbar button, a context menu item, or a context link. All the available report commands are listed in the ReportCommand enumeration.

To execute a report command with parameters passed to it, use the overloaded XRDesignPanel.ExecCommand method with the args parameter.

Example

This example illustrates how to execute report commands in an End-User Report Designer by calling the XRDesignPanel.ExecCommand method of an active XRDesignPanel.

C#

using DevExpress.XtraReports.UI;
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner;
// ...

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

    // Access the standard or ribbon-based Designer form.
    // IDesignForm designForm = designTool.DesignForm;
    IDesignForm designForm = designTool.DesignRibbonForm;

    // Create a new blank report to initialize a Design Panel.
    designForm.DesignMdiController.CreateNewReport();

    // Handle the Design Panel's Loaded event.
    designForm.DesignMdiController.DesignPanelLoaded += DesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded;

    // Load a Report Designer in a dialog window.
    // designTool.ShowDesignerDialog();
    designTool.ShowRibbonDesignerDialog();
}

void DesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded(object sender, DesignerLoadedEventArgs e) {
    // Run the Report Wizard every time a Report Designer is loaded.
    ((XRDesignPanel)sender).ExecCommand(ReportCommand.NewReportWizard);
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UI
Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner
' ...

Private Sub button1_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)
    ' Create a Design Tool with an assigned report instance.
    Dim designTool As New ReportDesignTool(New XtraReport1())

    ' Access the standard or ribbon-based Designer form.
    ' Dim designForm As IDesignForm = designTool.DesignForm
    Dim designForm As IDesignForm = designTool.DesignRibbonForm

    ' Create a new blank report to initialize a Design Panel.
    designForm.DesignMdiController.CreateNewReport()

    ' Handle the Design Panel's Loaded event.
    AddHandler designForm.DesignMdiController.DesignPanelLoaded, _ 
        AddressOf DesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded

    ' Load a Report Designer in a dialog window.
    ' designTool.ShowDesignerDialog()
    designTool.ShowRibbonDesignerDialog()
End Sub

Private Sub DesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded(sender As Object, e As DesignerLoadedEventArgs)
    ' Run the Report Wizard every time a Report Designer is loaded.
    DirectCast(sender, XRDesignPanel).ExecCommand(ReportCommand.NewReportWizard)
End Sub

Related GitHub Examples

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Note

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C#

winforms-reporting-create-a-custom-script-editor-designer/CS/Program.cs#L22

form.DesignMdiController.AddService(typeof(DevExpress.XtraReports.Design.IScriptEditorService), new ScriptEditorService());
form.DesignDockManager.Load += (s, e) => form.DesignMdiController.ActiveDesignPanel.ExecCommand(DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner.ReportCommand.ShowScriptsTab);
tool.ShowRibbonDesignerDialog();

VB.NET

winforms-reporting-create-a-custom-script-editor-designer/VB/Program.vb#L22

form.DesignMdiController.AddService(GetType(DevExpress.XtraReports.Design.IScriptEditorService), New ScriptEditorService())
AddHandler form.DesignDockManager.Load, Sub(s, e) form.DesignMdiController.ActiveDesignPanel.ExecCommand(DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner.ReportCommand.ShowScriptsTab)
tool.ShowRibbonDesignerDialog()