Get Report Data in Code of Report Viewer

[Mike Sorel]

Hi,

I have a Telerik report that I preview in a web page with a standard telerik:ReportViewer.

Within code of the report viewer page I would like to read data from textboxes on the report being previewed (or from the datasource of the report if that is easier).  I have tried getting a reference to the report and then the report section and then the textbox, but all I get
back from the textbox.value is the formula of the value property (eg "=Fields.assessment_id") not the actual data.

Is what I am trying to do possible?

Could anyone send me a snippet (VB if possible) to get me going, or point me in the direction of an article that discusses this topic?

Thanks in advance.

Mike

[Stephan]

Hi Mike Sorel,

The reporting engine is a data presentation tool and it is outside of the business logic. Thus it consumes data but does not provide data access. From the report viewer page/form you can only access the textbox definition value.

More information on the report life cycle you may find here.

Keeping that in mind, it will be best if you analyze the data before feeding your reports, instead of trying to pull the data back from the reports.

If that information does not help, please send us a small sample runnable project that demonstrates your scenario.

Regards,
Stephan
the Telerik team

[Mike Sorel]

Hi Stephan,

Thanks very much for your prompt reply.

I have now created a method to store the required data in a session variable as I set the report parameters.

Regards

Mike