Custom Component to load report.
Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2007 4:36 am
Good day.
I am trying to create a custom component to render an external report as part of the report the control is in.
What I want is to put the custom report on a databand. Each time the custom control is rendered it actually loads a new report, render that report using parameters it gets from the databand, then replace itself with the output from that external report.
This way I can put a bunch of reports in the toolbox and the end user places them on the report, sets the parameters (or uses a databand) to control how that report is rendered. Then when they preview the report they see the output of other reports as well as that of their own report.
Think of it as a subreport control that gets its page from a different report.
Any ideas how I can do this?
Thank you very much.
I am trying to create a custom component to render an external report as part of the report the control is in.
What I want is to put the custom report on a databand. Each time the custom control is rendered it actually loads a new report, render that report using parameters it gets from the databand, then replace itself with the output from that external report.
This way I can put a bunch of reports in the toolbox and the end user places them on the report, sets the parameters (or uses a databand) to control how that report is rendered. Then when they preview the report they see the output of other reports as well as that of their own report.
Think of it as a subreport control that gets its page from a different report.
Any ideas how I can do this?
Thank you very much.