DefaultReportDesignerContainer.RegisterSecureDataConverter<T>() Method

Enables the Web Report Designer to use a custom algorithm for encryption of data source connection strings on the client.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraReports.Web.ReportDesigner

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

NuGet Package: DevExpress.Web.Reporting.Common

Declaration

C#

public static void RegisterSecureDataConverter<T>()
    where T : ISecureDataConverter

VB.NET

Public Shared Sub RegisterSecureDataConverter(Of T As ISecureDataConverter)

Type Parameters

Name
T

Remarks

When the SQL Data Source wizard obtains connection strings from the Web.config file, the serialized report only contains the connection name (and not the connection string itself).

You can register a custom connection string provider and store all the connection parameters or only the connection name with the serialized data source. When the report serialized with connection parameters is passed to the client, these parameters are encrypted by applying the MachineKey algorithm. You can implement a custom data protection mechanism using the ISecureDataConverter or IDataSourceProtectionService interface.

Refer to the following topics for more information on data connection registration processes:

• ASP.NET Web Forms - Register Data Connections
• ASP.NET MVC - Register Data Connections
• ASP.NET Core - Register Data Connections