We are attempting to use DevExpress's XtraReports for our reporting.  Simple tablelistings work great using a BusinessBindingSource. Drop that datasource onto the Report designer, and then before I call showpreviewdialog, I do a simple CopyDataFrom my local BO to my Report's DataSource Business Object.  Works fantastic.  One question that I do have, is that we have many many Master Detail reports to author for the users.  I can do this using DataSet's, but it completely bypasses the Business Object, and the data I already have in my Business Objects.

I tried things like accessing the Report's DataSource's DataTables, and copying data into them, but the Data source always just goes and grabs its own data from the SqlServer.

Has anyone, or is anyone using XtraReports for Master/Detail reporting and managed to use the Strataframe Business Object's DataTables to populate their report from?

Thanks,

Robin Giltner

Have you tried to add the BusinessObjects' CurrentDataTables to a DataSet and use that as the data source for the report?

You could also use the BusinessObject.CurrentView.ToTable() method get DataTable references that you can add to a DataSet and then use that DS as your DataSource for the report; this way, you could use the data that's already in your business object.

Thanks for the reply Ben.  I've tried setting each data table from the Datasource to my Business Object's data table by

But these data tables are read only.  So I try to reference the tables by

And this gets data into the DataTable on the Report, but it still goes out and get data from SQL Server.  If I remove its Select Statement from the TableAdapter in the DataSet, it bombs out completely.

I also tried removing the DataTables, relations first, then adding my BO Tables to it, and the relation back in, but I think I was way over my head and that point and when it didn't work, I gave up.

Thanks,

Robin Giltner

Hi Robin.

I've been trying XtraReports, and this is how I accomplished a Master-Detail report:

Just a sample, of course.

Hope it helps.

Thanks Ivan.  I'll be giving it a try :-)

Thanks.

Robin Giltner

Wow.....subconsciously I thought I had come up with this idea myself.....but reading the above posts I see where I got it.....oops!



Anyway check my post here for a detailed explantion of Ben's solution

http://forum.strataframe.net/Topic8417-6-1.aspx



Jerome

Thanks for the input all.  While working through the new Master Detail reports, I talked with our FoxPro developer and he pointed down an easy route using the DataSource_RowChanged event on the report.

Using this even, I can populate the subsequent Detail Report's datasource and Fill with the proper records.  This can cascade down as many times as I need, as I have Master-Detail-Detail-Detail-Detail reports to work on.

Using this way, I simply use my BusinessBindingSources to populate from and I don't require any typed DataSets.

Thanks again all.

Robin Giltner