ActiveReports provides a Silverlight Viewer to where you can load and view your reports. This viewer contains a toolbar and a sidebar with Search, Table of Contents, and Parameters panes.
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Silverlight Viewer toolbar
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Toggle Sidebar | Displays the sidebar that includes the Search, TOC (Table of Contents), and Parameters panes. |
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Displays the Print dialog where you can specify the printing options. | |
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Find | Displays the Search pane in the sidebar. |
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Zoom out | Decreases the magnification of your report. |
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Zoom reset | Resets the magnification to default |
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Zoom slider | Allows you to drag the slider to increase or decrease the magnification of your report. |
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Zoom in | Increases the magnification of your report. |
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Fit page width | Fits the width of the page according to viewer dimensions. |
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Fit whole page | Fits the whole page within the current viewer dimensions. |
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First page | Takes you to the first page of the report. This button is enabled when a page other than the first page is open. |
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Previous page | Takes you to the page prior to the current page. This button is enabled when a page other than the first page is open. |
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Current page | Shows the current page number and opens a specific page in the report. To view a specific page, type the page number and press the Enter key. |
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Next page | Takes you to the page following the current page. This button is disabled on reaching the last page of the report. |
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Last page | Takes you to the last page of the report. This button is disabled on reaching the last page of the report. |
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Backward | Takes you to the last viewed page. This button is enabled when you move to any page from the initial report page. Clicking this button for the first time also enables the Forward button. |
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Forward | Takes you to last viewed page before you clicked the Backward button. This button is enabled once you click the Backward button. |
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Back to Parent Report | Returns to the parent report in a drillthrough page or RDL report. |
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Export Format | Allows you to specify the export format for a report. You can select from the following options: PDF, Excel, HTML, Word, or XML. |
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Export Report | Exports a report into the selected format. |
Silverlight Viewer Sidebar
Search Pane
The Search pane appears by default in the sidebar when you click the Toggle Sidebar button. This pane lets you enter a word or phrase to search within the report.
To search in a report:
To start a new search or clear the current search results, click the Clear button under the Find results list.
Table of Contents (TOC) Pane
To display the Table of Contents pane, in the toolbar, click Toggle Sidebar. Then at the bottom of the sidebar, click the Table of Contents button.
If a report does not have the Label property or Document map label set, the Table of Contents (TOC) pane does not appear in the sidebar.
Parameters Pane
The Silverlight Viewer allows you to view reports with parameters. In the toolbar, click the Toggle sidebar button to open the sidebar and if your report contains parameters, the Parameters pane shows up automatically.
If a report does not have parameters, the Parameters pane does not appear in the sidebar.
Set up your Silverlight project using the following steps: (see the Silverlight walkthrough for more details)
Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE the viewer1_Loaded event in MainPage.xaml.vb. |
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Viewer1.LoadFromService("YourReportName.rdlx") |
C# code. Paste INSIDE the viewer1_Loaded event in MainPage.xaml.cs. |
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viewer1.LoadFromService("YourReportName.rdlx"); |
To avoid evaluation banners appearing at run time, license your ActiveReports Silverlight project. You can find information on licensing ActiveReports Silverlight in License Your ActiveReports under To license an ActiveReports Silverlight project.
Silverlight Viewer printing
In addition to the standard Silverlight print option, you can setup PDF printing in your Silverlight project and print a document from Silverlight to the PDF format directly.
See Silverlight PDF Printing (Pro Edition) to learn how you can set up and print a report from the Silverlight Viewer to PDF format.
Silverlight feature limitations
Visual Basic.NET code. Add this code in an event like Button_Click. |
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Viewer1.FontStyle = FontStyles.Italic |
C# code. Add this code in an event like Button_Click. |
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viewer1.FontStyle = FontStyles.Italic; |
Silverlight properties and events that are not supported
Properties
Events