XRDesignRibbonForm Class
The ribbon-based End-User Report Designer form.
Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner
Assembly: DevExpress.XtraReports.v19.2.Extensions.dll
NuGet Package: DevExpress.Win.Reporting
Declaration
public class XRDesignRibbonForm :
RibbonForm,
IDesignForm,
IDisposable,
ISupportLookAndFeelRemarks
The XRDesignRibbonForm represents a Ribbon End-User Designer form with a multi-document interface.
It contains an XRDesignRibbonController, XRDesignMdiController and XRDesignDockManager components.
The following image demonstrates an Office-inspired Ribbon End-User Designer form.
To show the XRDesignRibbonForm, call its Show (ShowDialog) method, or the ReportDesignTool.ShowRibbonDesigner (ReportDesignTool.ShowRibbonDesignerDialog) method.
The currently active XRDesignPanel of the XRDesignMdiController can be accessed via the XRDesignRibbonForm.ActiveDesignPanel property.
See Report Designer to learn more.
Example
When creating a custom Report Designer derived from the XRDesignRibbonForm class, you can load a report into it via the XRDesignRibbonForm.OpenReport method.
using DevExpress.XtraReports.UserDesigner;
// ...
private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
// Enables form skins in the application (if required).
DevExpress.Skins.SkinManager.EnableFormSkins();
DevExpress.LookAndFeel.LookAndFeelHelper.ForceDefaultLookAndFeelChanged();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
// Create an End-User Report Designer form with a ribbon UI.
XRDesignRibbonForm designForm = new XRDesignRibbonForm();
// Create a new blank report.
designForm.OpenReport(new XtraReport1());
// Display the Report Designer form.
//designForm.Show();
// Display the Report Designer form, modally.
designForm.ShowDialog();
}