2010 Q1 RawData null

[Dieter]

Prior to Q1 I used this in my subreport:

 

 

private void MySubReport_NeedDataSource(object sender, EventArgs e)
{

    Processing.Report report = (Processing.Report)sender;
    Processing.IDataObject dataObj = (Processing.IDataObject)report.DataObject;
    MyClass myObj = dataObj.RawData as MyClass;
    ...
}

 

 

In Q1 raw data returns null. Is there a way to cast MyClass or is my access restricted to String s = dataObj["valName"];  ?

Thanks

 

[Steve]

Hi John Thomas,

We have introduced this change with the new data processing engine and currently this property returns a set of data objects that we use to wrap the data source data. In order to get the actual data behind these data objects with the current version you need to do something like this:

object  report = (sender as Telerik.Reporting.Processing.Report).DataObject.RawData;
var list = new System.Collections.Generic.List<IDataObject>((IEnumerable<IDataObject>)report);
MyClass myObj = (MyClass)list[0].RawData;

The idea behind this change is that if the current data object is a group member, you will get all the related data instead of a single item.

Anyway the current approach is a bit complicated, so we will try to simplify things to make the transformation become transparent to the users. This issue is logged into our bug tracking system and you can follow it from here. We're currently working on it and would come with a solution in the next couple of days.

Thank you for the patience and understanding.

Regards,
Steve
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[Jon]

Hi Steve,

Are you saying that the original method gave all group data or the new one will?

If the new one will give all group data then won't it slow the reports down rather than speeding them up? 

Re the fix, any idea if we are talking a day or more like a week?

Regards,

Jon

[Svetoslav]

Hi Jon,

Please download the latest internal build (4.0.10.317) that reverts the IDataObject.RawData behavior to the pre-2010 Q1 that is to return the item of the data source wrapped by the current data object.

In order to access all the data behind a data group member we have introduced a new interface IDataGroupMember. For more information please see IDataGroupMember.EnumerateRawData() method.

All the best,
Svetoslav
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[Jon]

Sounds great - I'll give it a whirl next week when I'm back in the office.

 

Many thanks,

 

Jon