Adding a custom form to a stiReport during preview event

[jing]

Hi,

At the moment I have a report setup dynamically by code, I have a variable called "StockCode".

I wish to know how I can link a custom form to a StiReport (user designer), so that when the user wish to "preview" the report, a custom form will popup allowing them to choose values for the variable "StockCode", so that the report will run correctly.

I need to add the form and link it to the preview event through code.

Any help will be great

thanks

[Edward]

You can add a custom Form to the report through code in the following way:

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Stimulsoft.Report;
using Stimulsoft.Report.Components;
using Stimulsoft.Report.ReportControls;
using Stimulsoft.Base.Drawing;

namespace WindowsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        public StiReport report;

        public void ButtonControl1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(TextBoxControl1.Text);
            //report["StockCode"] = (report["TextBoxControl1"] as StiTextBoxControl).Text;
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            report = new StiReport();
            StiForm MyForm = new StiForm();

            MyForm.Name = "MyForm";
            MyForm.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(304, 232);
            MyForm.Text = "MyFormText";
            MyForm.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8F);
            MyForm.Page = MyForm;
            MyForm.Report = report;

            // ButtonControl1
            StiButtonControl ButtonControl1 = new StiButtonControl();
            ButtonControl1.ClientRectangle = new RectangleD(88, 136, 96, 24);
            ButtonControl1.DialogResult = System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK;
            ButtonControl1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(88, 136);
            ButtonControl1.Name = "ButtonControl1";
            ButtonControl1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(96, 24);
            ButtonControl1.Text = "My Button";
            ButtonControl1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8F);
            ButtonControl1.Page = MyForm;
            ButtonControl1.Parent = MyForm;

            // TextBoxControl1
            StiTextBoxControl TextBoxControl1 = new StiTextBoxControl();
            TextBoxControl1.ClientRectangle = new Stimulsoft.Base.Drawing.RectangleD(88, 64, 96, 20);
            TextBoxControl1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(88, 64);
            TextBoxControl1.Name = "TextBoxControl1";
            TextBoxControl1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(96, 20);
            TextBoxControl1.Text = "MyTextBox";
            TextBoxControl1.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Microsoft Sans Serif", 8F);
            TextBoxControl1.Page = MyForm;
            TextBoxControl1.Parent = MyForm;

            // Add to MyForm.Components
            MyForm.Components.AddRange(new StiComponent[] {ButtonControl1,TextBoxControl1});            

            // Button Control Click Event
            //ButtonControl1.
            //ButtonControl1.Click += new System.EventHandler(ButtonControl1_Click);
            report.Pages.Add(MyForm);

            report.Compile();
            (report["ButtonControl1"] as StiButtonControl).Click += new System.EventHandler(ButtonControl1_Click);
            report.Show();
        }
    }
}

One note. You can add an event handlers to the report after the report compiling.

Thank you.

[jing]

Thanks very much for your reply, it was really helpful ! Although I was wanting to add the stiForm to the "Designer" rather than the preview control and I was wanting to capture the "Preview control TAB" load event in the designer, not the stand alone preview control. Nevertheless, the code gave me some great ideas

[Edward]

Thanks very much for your reply, it was really helpful ! Although I was wanting to add the stiForm to the "Designer" rather than the preview control and I was wanting to capture the "Preview control TAB" load event in the designer, not the stand alone preview control. Nevertheless, the code gave me some great ideas

Please use the static event of the StiDesigner class PreviewingReport

Thank you.

[Brendan]

Thanks very much for your reply, it was really helpful ! Although I was wanting to add the stiForm to the "Designer" rather than the preview control and I was wanting to capture the "Preview control TAB" load event in the designer, not the stand alone preview control. Nevertheless, the code gave me some great ideas

Hi jing,
To add a Blank Form to the designer the following should work:

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Stimulsoft.Report.StiReport report = new Stimulsoft.Report.StiReport();
Stimulsoft.Report.ReportControls.StiForm myForm = new Stimulsoft.Report.ReportControls.StiForm(report);
myForm.Name = "Form1";
report.Pages.Add(myForm);

report.Design();

StiReport is inherited from an StiPage component so you can just add it to the Pages Collection of a Report.

Whatever controls you need to add dynamically to the Form itself afterwards can be done following Edward's helpful instructions.