In Visual Studio, the C1Report component includes a smart tag. A smart tag represents a short-cut tasks menu that provides the most commonly used properties.

The C1Report component provides quick and easy access to the C1Report Wizard (for reports definitions that have not been created) or the C1ReportDesigner (for report definitions that already exist in the project), as well as loads reports through its smart tag.

To access the C1Report Tasks menu, click the smart tag () in the upper-right corner of the C1Report component.

The C1Report Tasks menu operates as follows:

• Load Report

  Clicking Load Report opens the Select a report dialog box. See the Loading a Report Definition from a File topic for more information about the Select a report dialog box and loading a report.

• Edit Report

  Clicking Edit Report opens the C1Report Wizard if you have not already created a report definition or the C1ReportDesigner if you have already created a report.

  For more information on using the C1Report Wizard, see Step 1 of 4: Creating a Report Definition. For details on using the C1ReportDesigner, see Working with C1ReportDesigner.

  Note: If the Edit Report command doesn't appear on the Tasks menu and Properties window, it is probably because the control could not find the C1ReportDesigner application. To fix this, simply run the C1ReportDesigner application once in stand-alone mode. The designer will save its location to the registry, and the C1Report component should be able to find it afterwards.

• Viewers for this document

  If any visual previewing controls - such as C1PrintPreviewControl control - are included in the application, the C1Report Tasks Menu will display them here. When the check box next to the name of a previewing control is checked, the C1Report control is associated with the previewing control and reports will appear in the previewing control.

• Localize

  Clicking Localize opens the Localize dialog box. In the Localize dialog box, you can customize your localization settings. For more information on the Localize dialog box, see Localization.

• About

  Clicking About displays the About dialog box, which is helpful in finding the version number of Reports for WinForms, as well as online resources.