To embed a subreport into a parent report, you add two reports (one parent and one child report) to a Visual Studio project, and from the ActiveReports 18 Section Report toolbox, drag the SubReport control onto the parent report. The following steps take you through the process of adding a subreport in a Section Report.

These steps assume that you have already added a Section Report (code-based) template in a Visual Studio project.

Add code to create an instance of the child report in the parent report

1. Double-click the gray area around the parent report to create an event-handling method for the ReportStart event.
2. Add code like the following to the handler to create a new instance of the child report.
   
   VB Code:
   

   Visual Basic.NET code. Paste JUST ABOVE the ReportStart event.	Copy Code
   Dim rpt As rptYourChildReportName

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   rpt = New rptYourChildReportName()

   C# Code:

   C# code. Paste JUST ABOVE the ReportStart event.	Copy Code
   private rptYourChildReportName rpt;

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   rpt = new rptYourChildReportName();

   Caution: It is recommended that you do not create a new instance of the subreport in the Format event. Doing so creates a new subreport each time the section Format code is run, using a lot of memory.

    

Add code to display the child report in a subreport control on a parent report

1. Add the SubReport control onto the design surface of the parent report.
2. Double-click the detail section of the report to create a detail_Format event.
3. Add code like the following to the handler to display a report in the SubReport control.

   Visual Basic.NET code. Paste INSIDE the Format event.	Copy Code
   Me.SubReport1.Report = rpt

   C# code. Paste INSIDE the Format event.	Copy Code
   this.subReport1.Report = rpt;