The ActiveReports Server installation includes a REST API sample for WinForms that you can find in:

C:\ActiveReports 12 Server\SDK\Samples\RestApi Sample WinForms

This sample is also part of the ActiveReports Server Samples project that you can find in:

C:\ActiveReports 12 Server\SDK\Samples

The REST API sample demonstrates how to call the most frequently used REST API methods in your application linked to ActiveReports Server. To open the solution, double-click the WinForms REST API Sample.csproj file.

To run the sample

1. When you run the sample, following login screen appears:

   

   
   
   
2. Enter the login information. Following RestfulAPI sample window appears:
   
   

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3. Double-click a report from the list of reports to preview it in the right pane.
   
   

When a report is open for preview, you can choose one of the following operations to perform on the report.

Save as

You can choose from the following available formats to save your report. When you click the Run button, the report is saved in the selected format.

• PDF. The rendering is performed with the following options.
  • Application: ActiveReports Server
  • Author: ActiveReports Server
  • OptimizeStatic: True
• Word. The rendering is performed with the following options.
  • Author: ActiveReports Server
  • FileFormat: OOXML
• Image. The rendering is performed with the following options.
  • Compression: Lzw
  • ImageType: TIFF
• HTML. The rendering is performed with the following options.
  • MhtOutput: True
• Excel. The rendering is performed with the following options.
  • MultiSheet: False

Print

When you click the Run button with the selected Print option, the following window appears. Select the Server printing options and click Print. 

For the ActiveReports Server REST API documentation, please see http://arhelp.grapecity.com/webhelp/AR12Server/WebAPI/index.html.