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 rptParent.
4. Click the Add button to open a new section report in the designer.
5. From the Project menu, select Add New Item.
6. In the Add New Item dialog that appears, select ActiveReports 12 Section Report (code-based) and in the Name field, rename the file as rptChild.
7. Click the Add button to open a second 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 that appears, from the OLE DB tab, create a data source connection. See Bind Reports to a Data Source for further details.
3. Once the connection string field is populated, in the Query field, enter the following SQL query.

   SQL Query	Copy Code
   Select * from suppliers order by country

4. Click OK to save the data source and return to the report design surface.

1. On the detail section band, click the Data Source Icon.
   
2. In the Report Data Source dialog that appears, from the OLE DB tab, create a data source connection. See Bind Reports to a Data Source for further details.
3. Once the connection string field is populated, in the Query field, enter the following parameterized SQL query.

   SQL Query	Copy Code
   SELECT * FROM products INNER JOIN categories ON products.categoryid = categories.categoryid WHERE Products.SupplierID = <%SupplierID%>

4. Click OK to save the data source and return to the report design surface.

1. On the design surface, right click the PageHeader or PageFooter section and select Delete to remove the PageHeader/Footer pair.
2. Right click on the design surface of the parent report and insert GroupHeader/Footer section pair.
3. Click the GroupHeader section to select it and go to the Properties window to set the following properties. 

   Property Name	Property Value
   Name	ghSuppliers
   DataField	Country

4. From the toolbox, drag a TextBox control onto the groupHeader section and in the Properties window, set the properties as follows:

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	Country
   Name	txtCountry
   Text	Country
   Location	0, 0
   Font	Name:Arial, Size:13pt, Bold:True

5. Click the Detail section to select it and go to the Properties window to set the CanShrink property to True.
6. From the Visual Studio toolbox, drag and drop the following controls onto the detail section of the report and in the Properties window, set their properties as given below:

   TextBox1

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	CompanyName
   Name	txtCompanyName
   Text	Company Name
   Location	0.0625, 0.0625
   Size	2.25, 0.2 in
   BackColor	Silver
   Font	Bold:True

   TextBox2

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	ContactName
   Name	txtContactName
   Text	Contact Name
   Location	2.312, 0.0625
   Size	1.708, 0.2 in
   BackColor	Silver
   Font	Bold:True

   TextBox3

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	Phone
   Name	txtPhone
   Text	Phone
   Location	4.562, 0.0625
   Size	1.542, 0.2 in
   BackColor	Silver
   Font	Bold:True

   SubReport

   Property Name	Property Value
   Name	Subreport1
   ReportName	ProductName
   Location	0.0625, 0.312

1. On the design surface, right click the PageHeader or PageFooter section and select Delete to remove the PageHeader/Footer pair.
2. Right click on the design surface of the child report and insert GroupHeader/Footer section pair.
3. Click the GroupHeader section to select it and go to the Properties window to set the following properties. 

   Property Name	Property Value
   Name	ghProducts
   DataField	CategoryName

4. From the toolbox, drag and drop a TextBox control onto the groupHeader section and in the Properties window, set the following properties.

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	CategoryName
   Name	txtCategoryName
   Text	Category Name
   Location	0.0625, 0.0625
   Size	2.042, 0.2 in
   ForeColor	Maroon
   Font	Bold:True

5. Click the Detail section to select it and go to the Properties window to set the CanShrink property to True. 
6. From the toolbox, drag and drop a TextBox control onto the detail section and in the Properties window, set the following properties.

   Property Name	Property Value
   DataField	ProductName
   Name	txtProductName
   Text	Product Name
   Location	0.0625, 0.0625
   Size	1.99, 0.2 in
   ForeColor	Red

1. Double-click the gray area around the parent report (rptParent) to create an event-handling method for the ReportStart event.
2. Add code like the following to the handler to create a new instance of the child report (rptChild).

   To write the code in Visual Basic

   Visual Basic.NET code. Paste JUST ABOVE the ReportStart event.	Copy Code
   Dim rpt As rptChild

   Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE the ReportStart event.	Copy Code
   rpt = New rptChild()

   To write the code in C#

   C# code. Paste JUST ABOVE the ReportStart event.	Copy Code
   private rptChild rpt;

   C# code. Paste INSIDE the ReportStart event.	Copy Code
   rpt = new rptChild();

3. Double-click the detail section of the parent report (rptParent) to create a detail_Format event.
4. Add code like the following to the handler to display a report in the SubReport control.

   To write the code in Visual Basic

   Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE the Format event.	Copy Code
   Me.SubReport1.Report = rpt

   To write the code in C#

   C# code. Paste INSIDE the Format event.	Copy Code
   this.subReport1.Report = rpt;

1. Click the gray area around the child report (rptChild) and go to the Properties window to set the ShowParameterUI property to False.

• 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.