ActiveReports 13
Custom Chart
ActiveReports 13 > ActiveReports User Guide > Samples and Walkthroughs > Samples > Advanced > Page and RDL Reports > Custom Chart

This sample illustrates creating custom report item - Radar Chart. The ICustomReportItem interface is used to implement custom control, which is radar chart. The designer inherited from CustomReportItemDesigner class allows the chart to be available on the designer. The sample uses shared data source Nwind.rdsx.

TestDesignerPro

TestDesignerPro



TestViewer

TestViewer

Sample Location

Visual Basic.NET

<User Folder>\Documents\GrapeCity Samples\ActiveReports 13\Advanced\PageAndRDL\CustomChart\VB.NET

C#

<User Folder>\Documents\GrapeCity Samples\ActiveReports 13\Advanced\PageAndRDL\CustomChart\C#

Details

When you run this sample, an RDL report 'Radar.rdlx' with Radar chart is displayed on the designer. Go to the Preview tab of the designer to view the report with data pulled from Nwind.rdsx.

The sample consists of following projects:

The custom report item (RadarChart) and its designer (RadarDesigner) are defined in GrapeCity.ActiveReports.config file placed in test application projects.