1. Create a new Visual Studio project.
2. From the Project menu, select Add New Item.
3. In the Add New Item dialog that appears, select ActiveReports 12 Section Report (code-based) and in the Name field, rename the file as rptProductsStock.
4. Click the Add button to open a new section report in the designer.

See Adding an ActiveReport to a Project for information on adding different report layouts.

1. On the detail section band, click the Data Source icon.
   
2. In the Report Data Source dialog, on the CSV tab, click the Build button next to Connection String.
3. To specify the File Path, click the Open button and navigate to [User Documents folder]\GrapeCity Samples\ActiveReports 12\Data and select the Products_header_tab.csv file.
4. Select the Column Separator as Tab from the drop-down menu. See the Sample CSV Connection String drop-down in CSV Data Provider topic for further details.
5. Click OK to save the changes and close the Configure CSV Data Source wizard. The Connection String tab displays the generated connection string as shown below:
   Path=C:\\[User Documents folder]\\GrapeCity Samples\\ActiveReports 12
\\Data\\Products_header_tab.csv;Locale=en-US;
TextQualifier=";ColumnsSeparator= ;RowsSeparator=\r\n;HasHeaders=True
   
6. Click OK to close the Report Data Source dialog. You have successfully connected the report to the CSV data source.

1. In the Visual Studio toolbox, expand the ActiveReports 12 Section Report node and drag four TextBox controls onto the detail section and set the properties of each textbox as indicated:

   TextBox1

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	ProductName
   Text	Product Name
   Location	0, 0in
   Size	2.3, 0.2in

   TextBox2

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	QuantityPerUnit
   Text	Quantity
   Location	2.4, 0in
   Size	2.4, 0.2in

   TextBox3

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	UnitsInStock
   Text	Stock
   Location	4, 0in
   Size	1, 0.2in

   TextBox4

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	UnitPrice
   Text	Unit Price
   Location	5.5, 0in
   Size	1, 0.2in

2. Drag a Label control onto the pageHeader section and set the properties as indicated:
   

   Property Name	Property Value
   Text	Products Stock
   Location	2.55, 0in
   Size	1.375, 0.25 in
   Font	Bold: True Size: 12

• Click the preview tab to view the report at design time.

OR

• Open the report in the Viewer. See Windows Forms Viewer for further information.