Selecting reports dynamically

[Matthew Hile]

In win forms I have a report selector form and a report viewer form. I populate the report selector list from a database. This lets me add new reports without changing the code in either form. However, I cannot figure out how to call the user selected report generically. What I can do is to hard code the selection options in the viewer using a case statement:

        Select Case param 'param is a String of the user's selection passed from the calling form
            Case "Report1"
                Me.ReportViewer1.Report = New MyClassLib.Report1
            Case "Report2"
                Me.ReportViewer1.Report = New MyClassLib.Report2
        End Select

To make it more generic I want to use the passed parameter to specify the report. Something like this:

    Me.ReportViewer1.Report = New MyClassLib.param

Any suggestions as to how to accomplish this?

Thanks, Matthew

[Steve]

Hello Matthew,

I've attached a sample application that shows you the approach we have used for the included Telerik Reports examples we ship with the installation. Note that after adding a new report item to the class library and rebuilding, the new report is automatically found and listed.

Regards,
Steve
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[Matthew Hile]

Thanks! I will this a look and a try.