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XML is a useful format for delivering data to other applications as the resulting XML file opens in an internet browser. You can use the XmlRenderingExtension to render your report in this format. XML is a good format for delivering data to other applications. The resulting XML file opens in an internet browser.
ActiveReports offers several options to control how reports render to XML.
Property | Description |
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Encoding | Select the encoding schema to use in the XML transformation. |
XslStylesheet | Select the existing XSL Stylesheet file to use to transform the resulting XML file. Note: When using the XslStylesheet option, be sure to save the file in the correct file format, such as HTML. |
You can also control XML output through properties on the individual report controls. These properties are:
XML format does not support interactive features except that when rendering a report to XML, complete drill-down data is shown regardless of whether the data is rendered in an expanded state or not.
The following steps provide an example of rendering a report in XML format.
' Provide the Page report you want to render.
Dim rptPath As New IO.FileInfo("..\..\..\Report1.rdlx")
Dim pageReport As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport(rptPath)
' Create an output directory.
Dim outputDirectory As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo("C:\MyXml")
outputDirectory.Create()
' Provide settings for your rendering output.
Dim xmlSetting As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Xml.Page.Settings()
Dim setting As GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.ISettings = xmlSetting
' Set the rendering extension and render the report.
Dim xmlRenderingExtension As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Xml.Page.XmlRenderingExtension()
Dim outputProvider As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider(outputDirectory, System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(outputDirectory.Name))
' Overwrite output file if it already exists.
outputProvider.OverwriteOutputFile = True
pageReport.Document.Render(xmlRenderingExtension, outputProvider, xmlSetting)
// Provide the Page report you want to render.
System.IO.FileInfo rptPath = new System.IO.FileInfo(@"..\..\..\Report1.rdlx");
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport pageReport = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport(rptPath);// Create an output directory.
System.IO.DirectoryInfo outputDirectory = new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(@"C:\MyXml");
outputDirectory.Create();
// Provide settings for your rendering output.
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Xml.Page.Settings xmlSetting = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Xml.Page.Settings();
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.Rendering.ISettings setting = xmlSetting;
// Set the rendering extension and render the report.
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Xml.Page.XmlRenderingExtension xmlRenderingExtension = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Xml.Page.XmlRenderingExtension();
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider outputProvider = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Rendering.IO.FileStreamProvider(outputDirectory, System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(outputDirectory.Name));
// Overwrite output file if it already exists.
outputProvider.OverwriteOutputFile = true;
pageReport.Document.Render(xmlRenderingExtension, outputProvider, xmlSetting);