How to use ReportSource objects with ReportBook

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AUTHOR: Ekaterina Martynyuk

DATE POSTED: March 10, 2017

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Article relates to

Telerik Reporting R1 2017

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Katia, Telerik

Last modified

March 10th, 2017

Last modified by

Katia, Telerik

PROBLEM

Adding reports to ReportBook shows a warning in Visual Studio:
"The Reports property is now obsolete. Please, use ReportSources property instead."

SOLUTION

As of R1 2017 release, adding reports to ReportBook.Reports collection is obsolete - API Breaking Changes.

To allow integration with Standalone Designer, ReportBook was updated to use ReportSource objects for adding the reports.

An updated approach includes adding the necessary ReportSources to ReportBook.ReportSources collection.
In the examples below, TypeReportSource is used. However, any of the available ReportSource objects can be added to ReportBook.ReportSources collection.

C#
pre-R1 2017:
Telerik.Reporting.ReportBook reportBook = new ReportBook();
Telerik.Reporting.Report report = new Report1();
reportBook.Reports.Add(report);

R1 2017 and later:
Telerik.Reporting.ReportBook reportBook = new ReportBook();
Telerik.Reporting.TypeReportSource typeReportSource = new TypeReportSource();
typeReportSource.TypeName = typeof(Report1).AssemblyQualifiedName;
reportBook.ReportSources.Add(typeReportSource);

VB
pre-R1 2017:
Dim reportBook As Telerik.Reporting.ReportBook = New ReportBook()
Dim report As Telerik.Reporting.Report = New Report1()
reportBook.Reports.Add(report)

R1 2017 and later:
Dim reportBook As Telerik.Reporting.ReportBook = New ReportBook()
Dim typeReportSource As Telerik.Reporting.TypeReportSource = New TypeReportSource()
typeReportSource.TypeName = GetType(Report1).AssemblyQualifiedName
reportBook.ReportSources.Add(typeReportSource)


For additional information:
How to migrate your project to utilize the new ReportSource objects
Report Sources

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