How to enable the Interactive view mode in Telerik Silverlight Reporting ?

[Hiren]

Hello,

How to enable the Interactive view mode in Telerik Silverlight Reporting ? I am using Telerik_Reporting_5_3_11_1222.


And also i have issue with Arabic text when export to PDF and Word Document.

When i set the font family as Arial than export to PDF work fine for Arabic text while for same report when i export word document arabic text are not display

For the same report if i set font family as Calibri than export to PDF not work for Arabic text while for same report when i export word document arabic text are display,


AWaiting for your reply.

Thanks,

[Steve]

Hi Hiren,

The Interactive view mode is enabled by default and it is what you see when you run the Silverlight report viewer. You can switch between Interactive and Print Preview with the help of the Print Preview button in the report viewer toolbar.

As for the problems with the fonts you reported, the Calibri font does not contain Arabic characters (see attached screenshot). Word most likely falls back to some other font close to Calibri in this case.

All the best,
Steve
the Telerik team

[Hiren]

Hello Mr. Steve,

Thanks for the reply.

I did not find the button which switch interactive mode to print preview.  I have attached the screen shot of my report viewer toolbar.
And also Which property i have to set which enable default mode as print preview.


And for arabic text which font i have to used so that when i export to PDF and Word both display Arabic text?
And  also when i load report viewer in Radwindow it causes arabic text issue.

Thanks

[Steve]

Hello Hiren,

Judging by the screenshot, you're using an older version of Telerik Reporting. The new interactive layout has been added in the latest official Q3 2011 release (see release notes here), so you should upgrade to it if you want to use it.

About the font - you should use a font that contains scripts for Arabic. The screenshot from my previous post is from a free program called Font Xplorer that lists the fonts on the machine it is being run on and you can review what scripts each font has.

We're not aware of any problems related to placing the report viewer in a RadWindow. Can you elaborate what is exactly the issue.

Regards,
Steve
the Telerik team

[Hiren]

Hello Mr. Steve.

As i was mention in my early mail that i am using the latest version : Telerik_Reporting_5_3_11_1222.

When we set the Summer theme the Interactive Mode was gone as i yo can seen on last Screen shot.

And also when we set  thread culture as arabic export issue causes.

I have create one sample application which give you better idea about how the issue is produce.  on attached source code click on the "View Report" button you can able to see that Interactive mode is not visible. second when you export report to "Rich Text Format" was not export the arabic text.

Please download the attached file : Sample Report Application

One more thing how can set the print preview mode as default ?

Awaiting for your reply.

Thanks

[Steve]

Hello Hiren,

The version of the RadControls for Silverlight assemblies you use in your project is incorrect. As I've explained in my previous post, the Interactive view was added in the Q3 2011 release, so in order to use it you should upgrade all relevant assemblies to the Q3 release. This includes the RadControls for Silverlight assemblies as they contain the modified template of the Silverlight viewer where the new button is added to the toolbar. Your project was using the Q2 2011 version (see screen2) which does not have the button in the template.

Additionally, the Telerik.Windows.Themes.Summer.dll has version number 0.0.0.0 (see screen) which is incorrect, have you build custom version of the theme?

In short, replacing the RadControls for Silverlight assemblies with the correct 2011.3.1116.1040 version made your project work correctly on our end.

Regards,
Steve
the Telerik team

[Hiren]

Hello Mr. Steve,

Thanks for the reply.

yes i have do some changes on theme and build the custom theme. For theme it working fine for me.

i need to ask more question as you mention that RTF format have some limitation with Arabic text.
Can you provide solution which remove the RTF format from the export drop down list?

Thanks,
Hiren

[Steve]

Hello Hiren,

The missing arabic data in RTF format has been fixed in the latest official Q3 2011 SP1 release, so upgrade to take advantage of the fix. If you still want to remove the RTF from the export dropdown, check the following KB article for more information: Limit export options in ReportViewer to certain format only.

Regards,
Steve
the Telerik team