ReportViewer doesn't load after postback

[Dana]

Hello,

I am using Telerik Reporting Q2 2009 and facing the following strange issue: I have two report viewers on the page and a RadComboBox. The purpose of the combobox is to switch between the two viewers depending on the selection.

When loading the page, both viewers are displayed and refreshed correctly.
 
If I cause any postback in the page (I use the same code as in the load method) the viewer doesn't load any parameters for the report and therefore I am not able to use it in the same manner as I did after the page load.

Why does the viewer behave differently in the last case?

[Steve]

Hello Dana,

Please elaborate on your last paragraph - namely are you doing with the Report Viewer in the postback event handler? Please note that if the viewers have reports set and you want to pass a value for their parameters, you should get the report object directly from the viewer like so, instead of creating a new report instance (common mistake):

Telerik.Reporting.Report report = (Telerik.Reporting.Report)this.ReportViewer1.Report;
report.ReportParameters["MyParam"].Value = <your_value>;
ReportViewer1.RefreshReport();

Regards,
Steve
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[Dana]

Hello

Thank you for your answer.

In the postback event handler I only want to hide/display a certain report. Example: in the page_load I load two reportviewers with the following code

if (!IsPostBack)

{

string connectionString = "some connection string";

MechanicReport.Report report = new MechanicReport.Report(connectionString);

reportViewerMechanic.Report = (IReportDocument)report;

reportViewerMechanic.RefreshReport();

WorkReportLib.WorkReport woreport = new WorkReport(connectionString);

reportViewerWO.Report = woreport;

reportViewerWO.RefreshReport();

}

Then I have a radcombobox through which I want to hide/display a report based on the user's selection with the following code. 

I have tried all combiations (re-assigning a new report, only refreshing, oly displaying/hiding etc) but the reportviewer apparently is not able to show the report parameters/be usable as in the load event. This happens if I auseany other postback event in the page (the viewer loses it's initial state from load time, but is not able to recover even if i call RefreshReport() or reasign a new report to it)

switch (e.Value)

{

case "Mechanic":

//MechanicReport.Report report = new MechanicReport.Report(connectionString);

reportViewerMechanic.Visible = true;

reportViewerWO.Visible = false;

//reportViewerMechanic.Report = report;

reportViewerMechanic.RefreshReport();

break;

case "WO":

//WorkReportLib.WorkReport woreport = new WorkReport(connectionString);

//reportViewerWO.Report = woreport;

reportViewerWO.RefreshReport();

reportViewerMechanic.Visible = false; ;

reportViewerWO.Visible = true; ;

break;

default:

break;

}

[Chavdar]

Hi Dana,

Try not to call the RefreshReport method when changing the visibility of the viewers. If the reports have parameters they will be always refreshed. The RefreshReport method should  be called only in some other special cases. If the problem still persists, please open a support ticket and send us a simple application that reproduces your case.

Best wishes,
Chavdar
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