The Report and Document viewer (C1dView.exe and C1dView32.exe) is a Windows application that can be used to generate and view reports, or view previously saved ComponentOne documents (.c1d, .c1dx, .c1md, .c1db).

The Report and Documenter viewer (C1dView.exe and C1dView32.exe) user inteface is based on two other ComponentOne products - C1Ribbon and C1Command.

Two versions of the application executable are provided: C1dView.exe built for "Any CPU" target, and C1dView32.exe built for x86 target, because some database providers are only available for 32 bit or 64 bit platforms. Notably, if you want to open (generate and view) a .mdb based report on a 64 bit system, use C1dView32.exe as there's no 64 bit .mdb driver.

To run the application, double-click the C1dView.exe file located by default in the following path for .NET 4.0:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\ComponentOne\Apps\v4.0 for 64 bit platform
• C:\Program Files\ComponentOne\Apps\v4.0 for 32bit platform

 Note that this directory reflects the default installation path and its path may be different if you made changes to the installation path.

Here's what the application looks like with the NWindEmbedPics.xml file opened from Documents\ComponentOne Samples\WinForms\C1Report\C1Report\XML\SampleReports. Notice the name of the report is displayed to the left of the application name, C1dView32.

If there are more than one type of report to view in the file, the Select a Report to View dialog box appears so you can choose the type of report you wish to view.  The Select a Report to View dialog box  gets a list of reports available in an xml report definition file.

The main Designer window has the following components:

• File menu: Provides options to load and save report definition files and to import and export report definitions. See File Menu for more information.
• View tab: Provides shortcuts to the File, Page, Zoom, Navigation, and Tools menu functions. See View Tab for more information.
• Preview Pane: Displays the document/report shown by the preview. Once a document/report is opened, it will appear in the preview pane area.
• Help button: Provides options to open online sources or view the About screen, which displays information about the application.
• Pages tab: This tab includes thumbnails of all the pages in the document. The C1PreviewThumbnailView class is used to create the thumbnails of all the pages in the document.
• Outline tab: This tab includes an outline view of all the pages in the document/report. C1PreviewOutlineView class is used to create an outline view of all the pages in the document.
• Status bar: The status bar displays includes ribbon buttons for displaying the document in different page views such as single page view, continuous view, pages facing view, and pages facing continuous view. You can zoom in and out of a selected report by dragging the zoom slider at the right of the status bar.

The topics that follow explain how you can use the Report and Document Viewer application to generate and view reports, or view previously saved ComponentOne documents (.c1d, .c1dx, .c1md, .c1db).