I'm evaluating Telerik Reporting, and I have a question about its capabilites. In my application I need to generate a multiple-page document that displays in text and charts a number of fields within an XML document. The data will span several pages, but this is not a document where there are multiple rows of similar data, like a contact list or invoice list. Unfortunately all of the sample reports on the web site that I looked at contain examples where the reports show collections of data and not the kind of thing I'm trying to do. Does this mean that what I'm trying to do isn't supported, or is there way to do it? I'd appreciate some help on this. Thanks!
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Hello Kiernon,
Thank you for contacting Telerik Support and for your interest in our product.
Telerik Reporting does not limit you in using more than one row of data. What is more, you do not have to use dataset or table at all. Instead you can provide a business object and use its properties as fields of data. Having this option, here is how you can use your data:
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Thank you for contacting Telerik Support and for your interest in our product.
Telerik Reporting does not limit you in using more than one row of data. What is more, you do not have to use dataset or table at all. Instead you can provide a business object and use its properties as fields of data. Having this option, here is how you can use your data:
- Deserialize your XML data in a business object.
- Create a Telerik Report.
- Using the report designer set the DataSource property of the report to the type of your business object. Keep in mind, that the business object class must have a public parameterless constructor so that the designer is capable to load the public properties of the object as data fields.
- Open the Data Explorer and drag the fields to add TextBox items on the page one under another.
Find additional information here:
- Report Life Cycle
- Connecting Data to a Report
- As an example of object data source, you may take a look at the List Bound Report from our demo reports.
The best way to find out whether our product is suitable to your needs is to give it a try. I will be glad to help you if you need any further assistance.
Greetings,
the Telerik team
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