Is it possible to register default parameters for ALL reports ?

lol

Hello,

I need to have two parameters always available in ALL my reports, so I was thinking if I did something I saw in an earlier thread the parameters would be available.

This is what I tried :

Parameter p = new Parameter("MyDate");
p.DataType = typeOf(DateTime)
Report.Dictionary.Parameters.Add(p)

(I thought adding to the Dictionary and not to the Parameters collection was the key issue, but it didn't worked)

This is what I had done before :

Parameter p = new Parameter("MyDate");
p.DataType = typeOf(DateTime)
Report.Parameters.Add(p);

The result is the same :

The parameter is available in the parameters section only when I open the designer after doing the addition, or when opening an old report (edition).

If I select the New menu item inside the designer, the new report has no parameters defined in the parameters section.

Is there any workaround for this ?

Thank you.

Luis

AlexTZ

In v1.0.184 you will able to use the ReportLoaded event to do this. This event may be attached either to the EnvironmentSettings.DesignerSettings, or to its non-visual equivalent, Config.DesignerSettings. Here is an example:

...
Config.DesignerSettings.ReportLoaded += new ReportLoadedEventHandler(DesignerSettings_ReportLoaded);
AddPersistentParameters(report);
report.Design();
...

private void AddPersistentParameters(Report report)
{
  // check if parameter already exists
  if (report.Parameters.FindByName("myParam") == null)
  {
    Parameter myParam = new Parameter("myParam");
    myParam.DataType = typeof(int);
    myParam.Value = 10;
    report.Parameters.Add(myParam);
  }
}

void DesignerSettings_ReportLoaded(object sender, ReportLoadedEventArgs e)
{
  AddPersistentParameters(e.Report);
}

lol

Sounds great.

Thank you