ActiveReports 8 User Guide 0 Table of Contents . Table of Contents 0-14 . ActiveReports 8 15 . ActiveReports User Guide 15 . Welcome to ActiveReports 8 15-16 . What's New 16-18 . ActiveReports Editions 18-25 . Installation 25 . Requirements 25-26 . Install ActiveReports 26-27 . Installed Files 27-29 . Installing Help in Visual Studio 2010 29-31 . Side-by-Side Installation 31 . ComponentOne Copyright Notice 32 . End User License Agreement 32 . .NET Framework Client and Full Profile Versions 32-33 . Redistributable Files 33-34 . License Your ActiveReports 34-40 . Upgrading Reports 40-41 . Breaking Changes 41-44 . Converting Crystal Reports/MS Access Reports 44-47 . Getting Started 47-48 . Adding ActiveReports Controls 48-49 . Adding an ActiveReport to a Project 49 . Adding a Data Source to a Report 49-50 . Viewing Reports 50 . Using the Viewer 50-59 . ActiveReports and the Web 59-60 . Getting Started with the Web Viewer 60-61 ©2014 ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. All Rights Reserved. ActiveReports 8 User Guide 1 . Using the Flash Viewer 61-65 . Using the HTML Viewer 65-67 . Working with HTML Viewer using Javascript 67-68 . Using the HTML5 Viewer 68-73 . Working with HTML5 Viewer using Javascript 73-76 . Medium Trust Support 76-77 . Using the Silverlight Viewer 77-80 . Using the WPF Viewer 80-86 . Adding an ActiveReports Application 86-87 . Concepts 87-88 . ActiveReports Designer 88-89 . Design View 89-91 . Report Menu 91-92 . Designer Tabs 92-94 . Designer Buttons 94-98 . Page Tabs 98-99 . Toolbar 99-103 . Report Explorer 103-104 . Exploring Section Reports 104-105 . Exploring Page Reports 105-108 . Toolbox 108 . Properties Window 108 . Rulers 108-109 . Scroll Bars 109-110 . Snap Lines 110-111 . Zoom Support 111-112 . Report Types 112-115 . Continuous Page Layout (CPL) Report 115-117 . Fixed Page Layout (FPL) Report 117-118 . Code-Based Section Report 118-119 ©2014 ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. All Rights Reserved. ActiveReports 8 User Guide 2 . XML-Based Section Report 119 . Page Report Concepts 119-120 . Page Report Toolbox 120-122 . BandedList 122-126 . Barcode 126-136 . Bullet 136-139 . Calendar 139-142 . Chart 142-150 . Chart Data Dialog 150-157 . CheckBox 157-159 . Container 159-160 . FormattedText 161-163 . Image 163-165 . Line 165-166 . List 166-169 . Map 169-178 . Matrix 178-183 . OverflowPlaceHolder 183-185 . Shape 185-186 . Sparkline 186-190 . Subreport 190-192 . Table 192-197 . TextBox 197-201 . Data Sources and Datasets 201 . Report Data Source Dialog 201-204 . DataSet Dialog 204-207 . Shared Data Source (RDSX) 207 . Expressions 208-209 . Common Values 209-210 . Common Functions 210-215 ©2014 ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. All Rights Reserved. ActiveReports 8 User Guide 3 . Using Script in a Page Report 215-216 . Report Dialog 216-219 . FixedPage Dialog 219-221 . Grouping Data (Page Layout) 221-223 . Add Page Numbering 223-224 . Themes 224-225 . Rendering 225-227 . Master Reports 227-229 . Data Visualizers 229-230 . Icon Set 230-234 . Range Bar 234-237 . Range Bar Progress 237-240 . Data Bar 240-243 . Color Scale 2 243-246 . Color Scale 3 246-249 . Custom Resource Locator 249-253 . Section Report Concepts 253 . Section Report Toolbox 253-254 . Label 254-257 . TextBox (Section Report) 257-260 . CheckBox (Section Report) 260-261 . RichTextBox 262-264 . Shape (Section Report) 264-265 . Picture 265-266 . Line (Section Report) 266-267 . PageBreak 267-268 . Barcode (Section Report) 268-280 . SubReport (Section Report) 280-281 . OleObject 281-282 ©2014 ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. All Rights Reserved. ActiveReports 8 User Guide 4 . ChartControl 282-284 . Chart Wizard 284-285 . Chart Types (Section Reports) 285-286 . Area Chart 286 . 2D Area Charts 286-288 . 3D Area Charts 288-289 . Bar Chart 289-290 . 2D Bar Charts 290-293 . 3D Bar Charts 293-299 . Line Chart 299 . 2D Line Charts 299-301 . 3D Line Charts 301-302 . Pie and Doughnut Charts 302 . 2D Pie/Doughnut Charts 302-305 . 3D Pie/Doughnut Charts 305-309 . Financial Chart 309 . 2D Financial Charts 309-315 . 3D Financial Charts 315-317 . Point and Bubble Charts 317-318 . 2D Point/Bubble Charts 318-320 . Chart Series 320-322 . Chart Appearance 322 . Chart Effects 322 . Colors 322-324 . 3D Effects 324 . Alpha Blending 324-325 . Lighting 325 . Chart Control Items 326 . Chart Annotations 326-328 . Chart Titles and Footers 328-330 ©2014 ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. All Rights Reserved. ActiveReports 8 User Guide 5 . Legends 330-331 . Markers 331-332 . Label Symbols 332-338 . Constant Lines and Stripes 338-341 . Chart Axes and Walls 341 . Standard Axes 341-343 . Custom Axes 343-345 . Gridlines and Tick Marks 345-346 . ReportInfo 346-347 . CrossSection Controls 347-349 . Section Report Structure 349-351 . Section Report Events 351-355 . Scripting in Section Reports 355-356 . Report Settings Dialog 356-357 . Grouping Data in Section Reports 357-360 . Date, Time, and Number Formatting 360-362 . Optimizing Section Reports 362-363 . CacheToDisk and Resource Storage 363 . Text Justification 363-364 . Multiline in Report Controls 364 . Line Spacing and Character Spacing 364-365 . Exporting 365-366 . Export Filters 366 . HTML Export 366-368 . PDF Export 368-371 . Text Export 371-372 . RTF Export 372 . Excel Export 372-374 . TIFF Export 374-375 . Custom Font Factory (Pro Edition) 375-378 ©2014 ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. All Rights Reserved. ActiveReports 8 User Guide 6 . Font Linking 378-379 . Interactive Features 379-380 . Parameters 380-383 . Filtering 383-384 . Drill-Down Reports 384 . Linking in Reports 384-386 . Document Map 386-387 . Sorting 387-388 . Annotations 388-390 . Windows Forms Viewer Customization 390-391 . Designer Control (Pro Edition) 391 . Shrink Text to Fit in a Control 391-392 . Standalone Designer and Viewer 392-393 . Localization 393-394 . Cultures 394-399 . How To 399-400 . Page Report How To 400-401 . Work with Data 401 . Connect to a Data Source 401-402 . Add a Dataset 402-404 . Create and Edit a Shared Data Source 404-405 . Bind a Page Report to a Data Source at Run Time 405-413 . Work with Report Controls and Data Regions 413-414 . Grouping in a FixedPage 414 . Grouping in a Data Region 414-421 . Set Detail Grouping In Sparklines 421-422 . Set Filters in Page Reports 422-425 . Work with Map 425 . Create a Map 425-430 ©2014 ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. All Rights Reserved. ActiveReports 8 User Guide 7 . Work with Data 430-433 . Work with Layers 433-434 . Use Layers 434-436 . Use a Polygon Layer 436-437 . Use a Point Layer 437-438 . Use a Line Layer 438-439 . Use a Tile Layer 439-441 . Add a Custom Tile Provider 441-443 . Use Color Rule, Marker Rule and Size Rule 443-447 . Create Common Page Reports 447-448 . Create Top N Report 448-449 . Create Red Negatives Report 449 . Create Green Bar Report 449-450 . Create a Bullet Graph 450-451 . Create a Whisker Sparkline 451 . Add Parameters in a Page Report 451-452 . Create an ALL Parameter 452-454 . Add a Cascading Parameter 454-455 . Set a Hidden Parameter 455-457 . Create and Add Themes 457 . Customize and Apply a Theme 457-458 . Use Constant Expressions in a Theme 458-459 . Set Up Collation 459 . Add Hyperlinks 459-460 . Add Bookmarks 460-462 . Create and Use a Master Report 462-463 . Export a Page Report (Export Filter) 463-464 . Export a Page Report (Rendering Extension) 464-466 . Sort Data 466-469 . Allow Users to Sort Data in the Viewer 469-470 ©2014 ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. All Rights Reserved. ActiveReports 8 User Guide 8 . Create a Drill-Down Report 470-471 . Set a Drill-Through Link 472-473 . Add Items to the Document Map 473-476 . Change Page Size 476-477 . Add Page Breaks in CPL 477-478 . Add Totals and Subtotals in a Data Region 478-482 . Add Static Rows and Columns to a Matrix 482-484 . Cell Merging In Matrix 484-485 . Section Report How To 485-486 . Work with Data in Section Reports 486 . Bind Reports to a Data Source 486-491 . Add Grouping in Section Reports 491-492 . Modify Data Sources at Run Time 492-494 . Work with Report Controls 494 . Add Field Expressions 495-496 . Display Page Numbers and Report Dates 496-497 . Load a File into a RichTextBox Control 497-501 . Use Custom Controls on Reports 501-502 . Create Common Section Reports 503 . Create Top N Reports 503-504 . Create a Summary Report 504-505 . Create Green Bar Reports 505-507 . Inherit a Report Template 507-508 . Change Ruler Measurements 508-509 . Print Multiple Copies, Duplex and Landscape 509-511 . Conditionally Show or Hide Details 511-512 . Add Parameters in a Section Report 512-514 . Add and Save Annotations 514-516 . Add Bookmarks 516-518 . Add Hyperlinks 518-520 ©2014 ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. All Rights Reserved. ActiveReports 8 User Guide 9 . Use External Style Sheets 521-522 . Insert or Add Pages 522-525 . Embed Subreports 525-526 . Add Code to Layouts Using Script 526-531 . Export a Section Report 531-533 . Save and Load RDF Report Files 533-534 . Save and Load RPX Report Files 534-536 . Customize, Localize, and Deploy 536-537 . Localize Reports, TextBoxes, and Chart Controls 537-538 . Localize ActiveReports Resources 538-539 . Customize the Viewer Control 539-541 . Localize the Viewer Control 541-543 . Deploy Windows Applications 543-544 . Deploy Web Applications 544-545 . Localize the End User Report Designer 545-546 . Customize the FlashViewer Toolbar 546-550 . Localize the Flash Viewer 550-551 . Configure HTTPHandlers in IIS 6 551-552 . Configure HTTPHandlers in IIS 7 and IIS 8 552-556 . Customize HTML5 Viewer 556-559 . Localize and Deploy HTML5 Viewer 559-560 .