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XRDesignPanel.ReportState Property

Gets the state of the report currently being edited in the Design Panel.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Reporting

#Declaration

[Browsable(false)]
public ReportState ReportState { get; set; }

#Property Value

Type Description
ReportState

A ReportState enumeration value which represents the current state of a report.

Available values:

Name Description
None

The report’s state is not specified.

Opening

The report is in the process of opening.

Opened

The report is open in the End-User Designer.

Changed

At least one component in the report has been modified.

Saved

The report has been saved to a file.

Closing

The report editing session is being closed.

#Remarks

Use the ReportState property, to obtain or modify the current state of the report being edited in the XRDesignPanel. For example, after you’ve manually saved a report in the Design Panel, you should set the ReportState property to ReportState.Saved.

Note

In most cases, you don’t need to manually set the value of the ReportState property, because it’s done automatically.

#Example

This example shows how to override the SaveFile and OpenFile commands in the End-User Report Designer.

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

namespace CustomSavingEUD {
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        // Create an MDI (multi-document interface) controller instance.
        XRDesignMdiController mdiController;

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            // Create a design form and get its MDI controller.
            XRDesignForm form = new XRDesignForm();
            mdiController = form.DesignMdiController;

            // Handle the DesignPanelLoaded event of the MDI controller,
            // to override the SaveCommandHandler for every loaded report.
            mdiController.DesignPanelLoaded +=
                new DesignerLoadedEventHandler(mdiController_DesignPanelLoaded);

            // Override the Open Command.
            mdiController.AddCommandHandler(new OpenCommandHandler());

            // Open an empty report in the form.
            mdiController.OpenReport(new XtraReport1());

            // Show the form.
            form.ShowDialog();
            if (mdiController.ActiveDesignPanel != null) {
                mdiController.ActiveDesignPanel.CloseReport();
            }
        }
        void mdiController_DesignPanelLoaded(object sender, DesignerLoadedEventArgs e) {
            XRDesignPanel panel = (XRDesignPanel)sender;
            // Override the Save Command.
            panel.AddCommandHandler(new SaveCommandHandler(panel));
        }
    }
}

The following code shows the Save and Open command handlers that implement the ICommandHandler interface:

using DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner;
public class SaveCommandHandler : ICommandHandler {
    XRDesignPanel panel;

    public SaveCommandHandler(XRDesignPanel panel) {
        this.panel = panel;
    }

    public void HandleCommand(ReportCommand command,
    object[] args) {
        // Save the report.
        Save();
    }

    public bool CanHandleCommand(ReportCommand command,
    ref bool useNextHandler) {
        useNextHandler = !(command == ReportCommand.SaveFile ||
            command == ReportCommand.SaveFileAs);
        return !useNextHandler;
    }

    void Save() {
        // Write your custom method here.
        // ...

        // Example:
        panel.Report.SaveLayout("report1.repx");

        // Prevent the "Report has been changed" dialog from being shown.
        panel.ReportState = ReportState.Saved;
    }
}

For information on how to customize the WinForms End-User Report Designer, review the following help topic: WinForms End-User Report Designer API and Customization.

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