Reporting for Web Forms - Report Designer with Report Storage and Custom Command

This example integrates the End-User Report Designer into an ASP.NET WebForms application and implements a Microsoft SQL Server database report storage to add, edit and delete reports. This example also demonstrates how to add custom commands to the report designer menu at runtime. A custom Close menu command redirects the user to the homepage.

Before you start

Create Reports Database

Create a Reports database in the local Microsoft SQL Server. Add the ReportLayout table with the following script:

SQL

USE [Reports]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[ReportLayout](
     [ReportId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
     [DisplayName] [nvarchar] NULL,
     [LayoutData] [varbinary] NULL,
     [ReportId] ASC
CONSTRAINT [PK_ReportLayout6] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
(
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY =  OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]
GO

SQL Server 2016 - v13.0.x.x

USE [Reports]
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[ReportLayout](
        [ReportId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL ,
        [DisplayName] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
        [LayoutData] [varbinary](max) NULL,
        CONSTRAINT PK_ReportLayout PRIMARY KEY (ReportId)
);
SELECT * 
FROM [dbo].[ReportLayout]
ORDER BY [ReportId] ASC        
GO

Create Northwind Database

Create the Northwind database and add it to your local Microsoft SQL server.

Files to Review

• CustomReportStorageWebExtension.cs (VB: CustomReportStorageWebExtension.vb)
• Default.aspx (VB: Default.aspx)
• Default.aspx.cs (VB: Default.aspx.vb)
• Designer.aspx (VB: Designer.aspx)
• Designer.aspx.cs (VB: Designer.aspx.vb)
• DesignerTask.cs (VB: DesignerTask.vb)
• Global.asax.cs (VB: Global.asax.vb)

Documentation

• Create an ASP.NET Web Forms Application with a Report Designer
• Add a Report Storage (ASP.NET Web Forms)
• End-User Report Designer Customization (ASP.NET Web Forms)

More Examples

• How to Integrate Web Report Designer in an MVC Web Application
• Reporting for Web Forms - Report Designer with the ASPxFileManager Control in the Open Report Dialog

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