This topic explains the steps involved in connecting a page report to a CSV data source.

When you complete these steps, the layout that looks similar to the following at design time and at run time.

Design-Time Layout

Run-Time Layout

Add an ActiveReport to the Visual Studio project

1. Create a new Visual Studio project.
2. In the New Project dialog that appears, select ActiveReports 14 Page Report Application and in the Name field, rename the file as ProductsStock.
3. Click OK to create a new ActiveReports 14 Page Report Application. By default a Page report is added to the project.

See Quick Start for information on adding different report layouts.

Connect the report to a CSV data source

1. In the Report Explorer, right-click the Data Sources node and select the Add Data Source option or select Data Source from the Add button.
2. In the Report Data Source dialog that appears, select the General page and enter the name of the data source. By default, the data source name is set to DataSource1. This name appears as a child node to the Data Sources node in the Report Explorer.
3. Under the Type field, select CSV Provider.
4. In the Connection String tab, click the Build icon to open the Configure CSV Data Source wizard.
5. To specify the Path of the file, click the Open button and navigate to [User folder]\Samples14\Data\Products_header_tab.csv file, which can be downloaded from GitHub.
6. Select the Column Separator as Tab from the drop-down menu. See the Sample CSV Connection String in the topic CSV Provider for further details.
7. Click OK to save the changes and close the Configure CSV Data Source wizard. The Connection String tab displays the generated connection string as shown below:
   Path=C:\\[User folder]\\Samples14\\Data
\\Products_header_tab.csv;Locale=en-US;
TextQualifier=";ColumnsSeparator= ;RowsSeparator=\r\n;HasHeaders=True
   
   You can validate the connection string by clicking the Validate DataSource icon.
8. Click OK to close the Report Data Source dialog. You have successfully connected the report to the CSV data source.

Add controls to the report

1. From the toolbox, drag a Table data region onto the design surface of the report.
2. Select the last column of the table, right-click, and select Insert Column to the Right option to add a fourth column.
3. Go to the Properties window and set the properties for the Table data region as described in the following section: 

   Property Name	Property Value
   Location	0.375in, 0.5in
   DataSetName	Products_header_tab
   Size	5.5in, 0.75in
   FixedSize	5.5in, 2in

4. From the Report Explorer, drag the fields into the Table Details row as described in the following section:

   Field Name	TextBox
   ProductName	TextBox4
   QuantityPerUnit	TextBox5
   UnitPrice	TextBox6
   UnitsInStock	TextBox11

5. Select the Table Header row and set FontWeight to Bold.
6. From the toolbox, drag a TextBox onto the design surface of the report, go to the Properties window to set the properties as described in the following section:

   Property Name	Property Value
   Location	2.5in, 0in
   Size	1.375in, 0.25in
   Value	Products Stock
   FontSize	12pt
   FontWeight	Bold

View the report

• Click the preview tab to view the report at design time.

OR

• Open the report in the Viewer. See Windows Forms Viewer for further information.