StrataFlix and Report SharpShooter


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Ivan's so smart he has forgotten more than the rest of us ever learned BigGrin
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Yeah! Of course, now I remember why I chose it. BigGrin
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The InlineReportSlot will give you some additional flexibility if you choose to serialize the report and store it in a database (which is what we do in our medical software).
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When creating a report I noticed you use "InlineReportSlot", is there a particular reason to use this in SF application, or it is just your preference?

No special reason, really. To be honest, I haven't tried any of the others.

Glad it helped over there. Wink

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Hi Ivan,

Thanks a lot for your sample and the reference to the help file, I was obviously missing the ToolBoxItem part and assuming it should show up by default.

When creating a report I noticed you use "InlineReportSlot", is there a particular reason to use this in SF application, or it is just your preference?

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Thanks again Ivan,

Will check your sample.

Edhy Rijo

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Now I build the project, open the Form1.vb and MyTestBBS is not shown in the Toolbox.  Everything else is showing fine in the Toolbox since I have AutoToolboxPopulate = True.

Hey Edhy, regarding to the toolbox, have a look at the Help file:

Also, I have built a sample project on how to generate a report with Report Sharp-Shooter and a CustomBusinessBindingSource, hope it helps.

Abraços.

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Ivan, I am doing this in the SimpleReportShooterSample:
  • Add a new item to the project based on "SF CustomBusinessBindingSource" template, named MyTest.
  • When the wizard shows I select the following:
    • BO = CustomerBO
    • Create a Reporting Business Object = checked.
    • Create a Custom Business Binding Source = checked.
    • Use a Namespace = Not checked.
  • The file MyTestBBS.vb is created with the following code:

Public Class MyTestBBS

     Inherits MicroFour.StrataFrame.Business.BusinessBindingSource(Of SimpleReportShooterSample.CustomersBO)

End Class

  • Now I build the project, open the Form1.vb and MyTestBBS is not shown in the Toolbox.  Everything else is showing fine in the Toolbox since I have AutoToolboxPopulate = True.


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Ivan George Borges (09/26/2008)
I hate being repetitive...

Hi Ivan,

Not a problem with being repetitive.  I have looked at those post, but still I am not able to start up with the build process of the reports.  I checked the RSS web site for any video on how to create a report and their help file is not that clear either.

I am re-visiting again your posts, but it would be very helpful, at least to me to have one of the reports included in StrataFlix done with RSS.

Edhy Rijo

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