Binding to a POCO

[Jim]

I'm new to Telerik reporting and am looking for any examples of binding the report to a class object containing a generic list.

Thanks

[Peter]

Hi Jim,

Open the Visual Studio examples that are shipped with the reporting installation and take a look at the List Bound Report demo report which is bound to a generic list.

All the best,
Peter
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[Jim]

Does this demo work for 2010 Q1?  When I try to add a new data source, Business Object is not a choice.  I am given the choice of  SqlDataSource or ObjectDataSource.  Using the ObjectDataSource I am able to navigate to my business object and select it as the report data source, however it does not show up in the Data explorer.

[Peter]

Hi Jim,

The DataExplorer is empty when the Business Object can't be instantiated. We have a few suggestions\questions:

• Does the Business Object you want to bind to have a default constructor?
• Have you tried to debug by setting a try and catch blocks inside the called method with a MsgBox?
• Have you tried to debug Visual Studio so that you can view the stack trace when the error occurs (set the debugging studio to stop on any exception)?

Greetings,
Peter
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[Jim]

I found the problem, it was the fact that the constructor is dependent on other classes.  When I run the report in a report view it works perfectly.  I'm just giving up the ability to preview the report in design time.