ActiveReports 18 .NET Edition
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    Bind Data Set and Unbound Data to Section Report at Run Time
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    A Section report allows to specify a data set and unbound data, using a similar API. You need to just specify DataSet, DataTable, DataView, RowCollection as shown in the DataSource property. For DataSet, you should specify it as shown in the DataMember property.

    In addition, a Section report allows to use any unbound data as a data source with the following script logic:

    To use the IEnumerable data source

    1. Right-click the design surface and select View Code.
    2. Add the following code inside the class declaration of the report:
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      Private datasource1 As IEnumerator(Of String) = Nothing 
      Dim list As List(Of String)= Nothing
      
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      Private Function GetIEnumerableData() As IEnumerable(Of String)    
          For i As Integer = 1 To 10
             list.Add(String.Format("TestData_{0}", i.ToString()))       
          Next       
          Return list
      End Function
      
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      private IEnumerator<string> datasource = null;
      
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      private IEnumerable<string> GetIEnumerableData()
      {
          for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++)
          {
              yield return string.Format("TestData_{0}", i.ToString());
          }
      }
      
    3. On the design surface, right-click the gray area around the design surface to select the report and select Properties.
    4. In the Properties window that appears, click the Events icon to view the available events for the report.
    5. Double-click the DataInitialize event. This creates an event-handling method for the report's DataInitialize event.
    6. Add the following code to the handler to add fields to the report's Fields collection.
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      Me.Fields.Add("TestField")
      Me.list = New List(Of String)
      datasource1 = GetIEnumerableData().GetEnumerator()
      
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      this.Fields.Add("TestField");
      datasource = GetIEnumerableData().GetEnumerator();
      
    7. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to open the events list in the property window.
    8. Double-click the FetchData event. This creates an event-handling method for the report's FetchData event.
    9. Add code to the handler to retrieve information to populate the report fields.
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      If datasource1.MoveNext() Then
                                              Me.Fields("TestField").Value = datasource1.Current
                                              eArgs.EOF = False
      Else
                                              eArgs.EOF = True
      End If
      
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      if (datasource.MoveNext())
      {
          this.Fields["TestField"].Value = datasource.Current;
          eArgs.EOF = false;
      }
      else
          eArgs.EOF = true;
      
    Tip: In order to view the added data at run time, add controls to your report and assign their DataField property to the name of the fields you added in code while creating a field collection.