ActiveReports Developer 7 > ActiveReports Developer Guide > Samples and Walkthroughs > Walkthroughs > Web Services (Std Edition) > Document Windows Application |
In ActiveReports Developer, you can use a Web Service that returns the content of an ActiveReport to show in the Windows Forms viewer control.
This walkthrough illustrates how to create a Windows client application that returns the content of an ActiveReport Developer in the Windows Forms viewer.
This walkthrough builds on the Document Web Service walkthrough and is split up into the following activities:
To create a Visual Studio project
To add the Viewer control
To add a web reference
To add a reference to a web service in Visual Studio 2008 or 2010 that is compatible with .NET Framework 2.0 Web service
To add a reference to a web service in Visual Studio 2008 or Visual Studio 2010
To display the content returned by the Document Web Service in the viewer
To display the report content (for Visual Studio 2008 or 2010 compatible with .NET Framework 2.0 Web service)
The following example shows what the code for the method looks like.
To write the code in Visual Basic.NET
Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE the Form Load event. |
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Dim ws As New localhost.Service Me.Viewer1.Document.Content = ws.GetProductsReport() |
To write the code in C#
C# code. Paste INSIDE the Form Load event. |
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localhost.Service ws = new localhost.Service(); this.viewer1.Document.Content = ws.GetProductsReport(); |
To display the report content (for Visual Studio 2008 or 2010)
The following example shows what the code for the method looks like.
To write the code in Visual Basic.NET
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Dim ws As New ServiceReference1.ServiceSoapClient() |
To write the code in C#
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ServiceReference1.ServiceSoapClient ws = new ServiceReference1.ServiceSoapClient(); |
To update the app.config file
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Note: You need to update the app.config file if you added the Service Reference to the Visual Studio 2008 or 2010 project in the previous section. |
To run the project
Press F5 to run the project.