SaveReport(FileInfo) Method

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Saves a report layout as an XML file to the specified file name.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

public void SaveReport( 
   FileInfo file
)

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Sub SaveReport( _
   ByVal file As FileInfo _
)

Parameters

file: Specifies the File object to contain the report layout.

Remarks

This method first ensures that any pending changes to the report are committed by flushing the designer loader. It then delegates the save operation to the implementation layer, which handles the specifics of saving the report to the file system. The file path is obtained from the FileInfo object.

Example

The following example demonstrates how to save a report to a file:

/// <summary>
/// SaveReportFile - opens the Save File Dialog to save the report out to an rpx file
/// </summary>
private void SaveReportFile()
{
    //If the Report was saved once, we already have a valid path, call Save on it.
    if(this._alreadySaved)
    {
        this.ardMain.SaveReport(this._savedPath);
    }
    else
    {
        //Open Save dialog to retrieve a file and path to save to
        this.dlgSaveFile.Filter = "ActiveReport Report Design (RPX) (*.rpx)|*.rpx";
        this.dlgSaveFile.FileName = "Report.rpx";
        this.dlgSaveFile.FilterIndex = 2;
        this.dlgSaveFile.RestoreDirectory = true ;
        this.dlgSaveFile.DefaultExt = ".rpx";
    
        if(dlgSaveFile.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
        {
            //Add new saved report to the recent documents cache
            if(System.IO.File.Exists(Application.StartupPath + @"\Settings\recent.xml"))
            {
                DataSet _reportsDS = new DataSet();
                _reportsDS.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
                _reportsDS.ReadXml(Application.StartupPath + @"\Settings\recent.xml");
                DataTable _reportsTable = _reportsDS.Tables["Reports"];
                _reportsTable.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;

                //Create a Row
                DataRow _rowReports = _reportsTable.NewRow();
                object [] _myArray = new object[2];
                this._savedPath = this.dlgSaveFile.FileName;
                _myArray[0] = this.dlgSaveFile.FileName;
                _myArray[1] = System.DateTime.Now;
                _rowReports.ItemArray = _myArray;
                _reportsTable.Rows.Add(_rowReports);
                _reportsDS.WriteXml(Application.StartupPath + @"\Settings\recent.xml", XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema);
            }
            this.ardMain.SaveReport(this._savedPath);
        }
    }
}

Visual Basic

'SaveReportFile - opens the Save File Dialog to save the report out to an rpx file
Private Sub SaveReportFile()
    'If the Report was saved once, we already have a valid path, call Save on it.
    If Me._alreadySaved Then
        Me.ardMain.SaveReport(Me._savedPath)
    Else
        'Open Save dialog to retrieve a file and path to save to
        Me.dlgSaveFile.Filter = "ActiveReport Report Design (RPX) (*.rpx)|*.rpx"
        Me.dlgSaveFile.FileName = "Report.rpx"
        Me.dlgSaveFile.FilterIndex = 2
        Me.dlgSaveFile.RestoreDirectory = True
        Me.dlgSaveFile.DefaultExt = ".rpx"

        If dlgSaveFile.ShowDialog() = DialogResult.OK Then
            'Add new saved report to the recent documents cache
            If System.IO.File.Exists((Application.StartupPath + "\Settings\recent.xml")) Then
                Dim _reportsDS As New DataSet()
                _reportsDS.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture
                _reportsDS.ReadXml((Application.StartupPath + "\Settings\recent.xml"))
                Dim _reportsTable As DataTable = _reportsDS.Tables("Reports")
                _reportsTable.Locale = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture

                'Create a Row
                Dim _rowReports As DataRow = _reportsTable.NewRow()
                Dim _myArray(1) As Object
                Me._savedPath = Me.dlgSaveFile.FileName
                _myArray(0) = Me.dlgSaveFile.FileName
                _myArray(1) = System.DateTime.Now
                _rowReports.ItemArray = _myArray
                _reportsTable.Rows.Add(_rowReports)
                _reportsDS.WriteXml(Application.StartupPath + "\Settings\recent.xml", XmlWriteMode.WriteSchema)
            End If
            Me.ardMain.SaveReport(Me._savedPath)
        End If
    End If
End Sub 'SaveReportFile

Reference

Designer Class
Designer Members
Overload List