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I am trying to evaluate Stimulsoft Reports but I am having trouble retrieving any data.

In a C# application (Visual Studio 2010) I added a DataSet (DataSet1) and using the Server Explorer added one of my database tables. When I right-click on the table and click Preview Data it shows the records from the table. On my form I added a typed dataset as an instance of that DataSet1 class. I put a StiReport on the form, right-click Choose Data Sources, and selected DataSet1.

Now when I right-click the StiReport and select Design Report, DataSet1 is listed under Data Sources. My table is listed under DataSet1 with all of the columns, but when I right-click on the table and select View Data there are no records in the list. If I create a Data band with that table it doesn't print anything.

I can see the records from Visual Studio but I can't get them to show up in the report. What am I doing wrong?


Thank you very much.

Hello,

This is correct. If you select Design Report from the context menu in the Visual Studio, then only data structure will be passed to a report, the data in this case cannot be obtained.

Thank you.

Thank you very much for your response.

Unfortunately I am not able to access the data at runtime either. After my report is designed I added the following code to a button-click event:


StiReport report = new StiReport();
report.Load("C:\\JobList.mrt");

//DataSet1 has been added to the solution with the tables from the Server Explorer.
DataSet1 reportDataSet = new DataSet1();
report.RegData(reportDataSet);

report.Show();


The report still shows no data. What am I missing?

Thank you.

Hello,

Please try to modify your code:
Thank you.

That worked great, thank you very much!

Hello,

Perfect.

Let us know if you have additional questions.
Thank you.