DefaultReportDesignerContainer.RegisterDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider<T>() Method

Registers the connection strings provider for custom data connections (without overriding connections defined in the application’s Web.config file).

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.Web.ReportDesigner

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Reporting.Common

Declaration

C#

public static void RegisterDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider<T>()
    where T : IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider

VB.NET

Public Shared Sub RegisterDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider(Of T As IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider)

Type Parameters

Name
T

Remarks

A custom connection strings provider (that implements the IDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider interface) defines which data connections will be available for an end-user when configuring the report data source using the Data Source Wizard.

The following code sample shows how to register the custom connection strings provider by calling the RegisterDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider<T> method on application start.

C#

public class Global_asax : System.Web.HttpApplication {
    void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        //...
        // Register the custom connection strings provider
        DefaultReportDesignerContainer.RegisterDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider<CustomConnectionStringsProvider>();
    }
    //...
}

VB.NET

Public Class Global_asax
    Inherits System.Web.HttpApplication
    Private Sub Application_Start(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    '...
    ' Register the custom connection strings provider
    DefaultReportDesignerContainer.RegisterDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider(Of CustomConnectionStringsProvider)()
    End Sub
    '...
End Class

Alternatively, you call this method with the overrideWebConfigConnections parameter. When this parameter value is set to true, the registered data connection will override those defined in the application’s Web.config file (no data connection parameters will ever be saved along with report layouts, providing proper data connection security).

C#

using DevExpress.XtraReports.Web.ReportDesigner;
using System;
// ...

public class Global_asax : System.Web.HttpApplication {
    void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e) {
        // ...
        // Register the custom connection strings provider.
        DefaultReportDesignerContainer.RegisterDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider<MyDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider>(true);
    }
    // ...
}

VB.NET

Imports DevExpress.XtraReports.Web.ReportDesigner
Imports System
' ...

Public Class Global_asax
    Inherits System.Web.HttpApplication
    Private Sub Application_Start(sender As Object, e As EventArgs)
    ' ...
    ' Register the custom connection strings provider.
    DefaultReportDesignerContainer.RegisterDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider(Of MyDataSourceWizardConnectionStringsProvider)(True)
    End Sub
    ' ...
End Class