The C1ReportViewer control allows you to display built-in log console at run time for debugging purposes. The EnableLogs property enables the built-in log console.

In the following examples you'll set the EnableLogs property to True in order to display log console. You'll also set the FileName and ReportName to names that are not included so that an error is displayed in the log.

In Source View

In Source view add AutoPlay="True" ShowTimer="True" to the <cc1:C1ReportViewer> tag so it appears similar to the following:

To write code in  Source View

<cc1:c1reportviewer id="C1ReportViewer1" runat="server" filename="WrongReport.xml" reportname="WrongReportName" enablelogs="true">

At Design Time

In Design view, select the C1ReportViewer control and in the Properties window set the following:

• FileName property to "WrongReport.xml".
• ReportName property to "WrongReportName".
• EnableLogs property to True.

In Code

Add the following code to the Page_Load event:

To write code in Visual Basic

Me.C1ReportViewer1.FileName = "WrongReport.xml"
Me.C1ReportViewer1.ReportName = "WrongReportName"
Me.C1ReportViewer1.EnableLogs = True

To write code in C#

this.C1ReportViewer1.FileName = "WrongReport.xml";
this.C1ReportViewer1.ReportName = "WrongReportName";
this.C1ReportViewer1.EnableLogs = true;

This Topic Illustrates

Run your application and observe that an error message appears: