Object bindingSource

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• AlexTZ

  January 2010 edited 5:18AM

  Hello,
  
  FastReport supports business objects. See the demo: Demos\C#\DataFromBusinessObject
• Mohamed

  January 2010 edited January 2010

  Could you please explain how can I add Business Object to report dataSource ??
  
  For example, the sample "DataFromBusinessObject" shows in the DataWindow "Categories" which is defined in the winforms project.
  
  I need to do the same as I have a "Customers" collection defined in my DAL project that I need to show in the DataWindow EXACTLY as the sample shows "Categories". How to do that in VS/FatsReport designers ???
• AlexTZ

  January 2010 edited 5:18AM

  Hello,
  
  The easiest way to create a new report with BO is to use run-time designer, just like in this demo.
  1) add a button/menu item in your app ("design a report");
  2) write the following event handler for this button:
  

        // create report instance
        Report report = new Report();
  
        // register the business object
        report.RegisterData(Your_Business_Object, "name_of_BO");
  
        // design the report
        report.Design();
  
        // free resources used by report
        report.Dispose();
  

  
  3) run your app and press the button. Design a report and save it to a file.
  4) to run the report, use the following code:
  

        // create report instance
        Report report = new Report();
  
        // load the existing report
        report.Load("your_report.frx");
  
        // register the business object the same way as when you design a report
        report.RegisterData(Your_Business_Object, "name_of_BO");
  
        // run the report
        report.Show();
  
        // free resources used by report
        report.Dispose();
  

  
  In this way, you work with "live" data when designing a report and when previewing it. Later you may remove the "design a report" button from your app, or you may decide to keep this functionality (as it is royalty-free) - it will allow you to create/modify reports without need to recompile your app. This approach was used in the main demo program to create all demo reports.
• Mohamed

  January 2010 edited 5:18AM

  Hello,
  
  I think there are missing understand
  Let's ask in another way
  
  In FastRepoet Demo "DataFromBusinessObject "
  How could you add the "Categories" object (that designed in Form Class) to the FastRepoet Datasource in design Time (to enable me design my report in design Time) ??
• AlexTZ

  January 2010 edited 5:18AM

  Use BindingSource component. But you will work with no data while designing a report. Why don't you like the solution described in my previous post?