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

In order to render your report in XML, add reference to the following assemblies in the project:

• GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Export.Xml.v10.dll
• GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Extensibility.v10.dll

The following steps provide an example of rendering a report in the Xml format.

1. In Visual Studio, create a new Windows Forms Application or open an existing one.
2. On the Form.cs or Form.vb that opens, double-click the title bar to create the Form_Load event.
3. Add the following code inside the Form_Load event.

' Provide the page report you want to render.
Dim report As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport(New System.IO.FileInfo("C:\Sample_PageReport.rdlx"))
Dim reportDocument As New GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument(report)

' Create a 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))reportDocument.Render(xmlRenderingExtension, outputProvider, xmlSetting)

// Provide the page report you want to render.
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport report = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.PageReport(new System.IO.FileInfo(@"C:\Sample_PageReport.rdlx"));
GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument reportDocument = new GrapeCity.ActiveReports.Document.PageDocument(report);

// Create a 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));
reportDocument.Render(xmlRenderingExtension, outputProvider, xmlSetting);

Xml Rendering Properties

ActiveReports offers several options to control how reports render to Xml.

Controlling XML Output

You can also control XML output through properties on the individual report controls. These properties are:

• DataElementName Indicates the name to use for the data element or attribute.
• DataElementOutput Indicates whether the report controls renders in the XML output.
• DataElementStyle Indicates whether a text box renders as an element or an attribute.
• DetailDataCollectionName Indicates the name to use for the collection of all instances of the detail group in the XML output.
• DetailDataElementName Indicates the name to use for instances of the detail group in the XML output.
• DetailDataElementOutput Indicates whether the details appear in the XML output.
• DataInstanceElementOutput Indicates whether a list appears in the XML output. (This property is ignored if there is a grouping in the list.)
• DataInstanceName Indicates the name to use for instances of the list in the XML output.

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