RecordsetPattern Property

Gets or sets a valid XPath pattern used to select the data source nodes to be printed in the report.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property RecordsetPattern As String

public string RecordsetPattern {get; set;}

Remarks

The report uses each node selected in the RecordSetPattern to create a detail section.

Note: XSL patterns are case sensitive and must use valid XSL syntax. XSL and XPath documentation can be found on MSDN at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xmlsdk/html/xmrefxpathsyntax.asp .

Typical XSL patterns:

Pattern Description

//*                            All Nodes
//ITEM                      All ITEM Nodes
/                               Root item
/LAYOUT/ITEM/*         All child nodes of /LAYOUT/ITEM
//ITEM[@type]            All item nodes that contain the type attribute
//ITEM[@id="1"]         All item nodes that have an id attribute value of "1"

Example

Paste into the Detail Format event.

DataDynamics.ActiveReports.DataSources.XMLDataSource xDS = new DataDynamics.ActiveReports.DataSources.XMLDataSource();
    ActiveReport1 rpt = new ActiveReport1();

    xDS.ValidateOnParse = true;
    xDS.FileURL = System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath + " \\customer.xml";
    xDS.RecordsetPattern = "//ITEM";
    xDS.NodeList = (System.Xml.XmlNodeList)ds.Field("ITEM",true);
    this.Label1.Text = xDS.CurrentPosition;
    Console.WriteLine(xDS.Count.ToString());

    if (xDS.BOF && xDS.EOF)
    {
        return;
    }

Paste into the Detail Format event.

Visual Basic

Dim xDS As New DataDynamics.ActiveReports.DataSources.XMLDataSource()
    Dim rpt As New ActiveReport1()

    xDS.ValidateOnParse = True
    xDS.FileURL = System.Windows.Forms.Application.StartupPath + " \\customer.xml"
    xDS.RecordsetPattern = "//ITEM"
    xDS.NodeList = xDS.Field("ITEM", True)
    Me.Label1.Text = xDS.CurrentPosition
    Console.WriteLine(xDS.Count.ToString())

    If xDS.BOF & xDS.EOF Then
        Exit Sub
    End If

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

XMLDataSource Class
XMLDataSource Members