Report Links

The ExpressPrinting System includes individual report links to render and print specific VCL components. Report Links offer a wide range of methods and properties to customize a report's look and page attributes and include specific designers that provide additional visual customization of a report. For instance, when printing the contents of the ExpressQuantumGrid, the ExpressPrinting System's Designer allows your users to specify the following print options at runtime - all without you writing a SINGLE LINE OF CODE!

Version Compatibility

ExpressPrinting System v4 introduces numerous new capabilities including Application-Wide Skinning Support, a Ribbon Interface and PDF Export -- AND is only compatible with the most recent major releases of DevExpress controls, as outlined below. ExpressPrinting System v3, on the other hand, supports all major versions of our products, including the latest. This means that if you need to render previous versions of DevExpress VCL Controls in your application, you’ll need to use version 3 of the ExpressPrinting System.

Note: If you purchase ExpressPrinting System v4, you can obtain access to version 3 by writing to our Support Team.

Available Report Links

The following Report Links are available with version 3 of the ExpressPrinting System:

	ExpressQuantumGrid 6		ExpressScheduler 3		ExpressPivotGrid
	ExpressQuantumTreeList 4		ExpressVerticalGrid 3		ExpressQuantumGrid 3
	ExpressQuantumTreeList 3		ExpressMasterView		ExpressSpreadSheet
	ExpressLayoutControl		ExpressInspector		ExpressTreeView
	ExpressOrgChart		ExpressFlowChart		RichEdit (rxRichEdit)
	StringGrid		DrawGrid		ListBox
	ListView, ShellListView		TreeView, ShellTreeView		TeeChart
	Generic Containers

Given the number of components, both commercial and free, that are available to you today, we were fairly sure there would come a time when you would want to extend the capabilities of the ExpressPrinting System. To address this issue, we made sure to design and develop a robust and open architecture. Report Links are the core of this open architecture and contain the information and operations necessary to actually render components for the printing and preview subsystems.

It is relatively straightforward to build your own custom Report Links. Simply derive a new class from the TBasedxReportLink class, implement the appropriate methods, and you will have a functional Report Link and will be able to print other controls as your needs dictate.

To learn more about the ExpressPrinting System, write to us at info@devexpress.com. To download a demo of the ExpressPrinting System, please visit our download page.