Custom TemplateForm

Hi Martin,

Thank you for your message.

You can create your own report templates without using the ReportTemplateExtension class. Here is some sample code.

	
[C#]
...
    public partial class Form1 : Form {
        public Form1() {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            XRDesignForm f = new XRDesignForm();
            f.DesignMdiController.DesignPanelLoaded += new DesignerLoadedEventHandler(DesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded);
            f.ShowDialog();
        }

        void DesignMdiController_DesignPanelLoaded(object sender, DesignerLoadedEventArgs e) {
            XtraReport rootReport = e.DesignerHost.RootComponent as XtraReport;
            ComponentDesigner designer = e.DesignerHost.GetDesigner(rootReport) as ComponentDesigner;
            designer.Verbs.Add(new CustomDesignerVerb(rootReport, "Load Report Template...", OnLoadReportTemplate));
        }

        void OnLoadReportTemplate(object sender, EventArgs e) {
            System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Show here your custom template form");
            using(Report1 reportTemplate = new Report1()) {
                using(MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream()) {
                    reportTemplate.SaveLayoutToXml(stream);
                    stream.Position = 0;
                    //native XtraReports method
                    new DevExpress.XtraReports.Import.TemplatesConverter().Convert(stream, ((CustomDesignerVerb)sender).Report);
                }
            }
        }
    }

    class CustomDesignerVerb : DesignerVerb {
        public XtraReport Report { get; private set; }
        public CustomDesignerVerb(XtraReport report, string text, EventHandler handler) : base(text, handler) {
            Report = report;
        }
    }
    ...

Thanks,
Elliot