Custom preview in designer

[Tobias]

Hi,

is it somehow possible to provide a custom preview to the designer?
I would like to add a preview which displays the DotMatrix-Output with ESC-formatting codes in a WYSIWYG-way.

Tobias

[HighAley]

Hello, Tobias.

You could change the Preview Mode property of the report to Dot-Matrix.

Thank you.

[Tobias]

Sure, I know that, but it's not what I need

I need the preview to show the Dot-Matrix-Output with ALL ESC-formatting codes as WYSIWYG. (Bold, Italic, Centered, inverse, double-height and double width fonts and so on).
I know, that Reports.Net can't do this out-of-the-box, so I would like to add my own preview rendering. I just would like to know if it is somehow possible to hook my own preview-code into the Reports.Net designer.

Or maybe there is a way to add a custom toolbar-button to the designer which will call back into my code so I can open a custom preview window.
Something like that.

[HighAley]

Hello, Tobias.

If you have our source code, you could replace our Dot-Matrix preview.

Or you could try to add a button like in this topic.

Thank you.

[Tobias]

Thanks.

I have the source, but I would like to avoid using a fork.

I've already tried what is described in the topic you linked to, but I don't see a toolbar button appear anywhere. Whe should I see it?

I did:

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            StiStandardToolbarService stdToolbar = StiStandardToolbarService.GetService();
            stdToolbar.AddToolButton("CAN YOU SPOT ME?????", (sender, eventArgs) => { });
            var stiReport = new StiReport();
            stiReport.Design();

[Tobias]

Ok, I think this just doesn't work with an UI theme that uses ribbons, right?

[HighAley]

Hello.

Yes, in WinForms we use third-party component that creates Ribbon interface.

Thank you.

[Tobias]

Ok.
I guess the WPF version of reports.net doesn't have an extension point for a custom preview either?

[HighAley]

Hello.

There is a StiWpfDotMatrixViewerControl that you could use in WPF.
And you could add buttons there.

Thank you.