VB6 Dsr equivalent in Active reports 13

VB6 Dsr equivalent in Active reports 13

Posted by: miel_eleazar on 22 August 2019, 12:10 pm EST

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  miel_eleazar

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  Posted 22 August 2019, 12:10 pm EST

  We are migrating a legacy code in VB6 that has a dsr. The dsr is usually created in VB6 by using Project>Add Data Report. What is the equivalent functionality with Active Reports 13/Visual Studio 2019?

  Is the dsr the equivalent of an rpx file?

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  Posted 22 August 2019, 4:26 pm EST - Updated 30 September 2022, 6:45 am EST

  Hello,

  Is the dsr the equivalent of an rpx file?
  
  Yes, It Is equivalent of an rpx file. You can create a project using “ActiveReports 13 Section Report Application(XML- Based)” project template. Or you can add the report in the existing project using “ActiveReports 13 Section Report (XML- Based)” item template.
  
  Please refer to the attached image for more clarification.

  Also, please use the latest hotfix of AR13 for the VS2019:
  
  http://cdn.grapecity.com/ActiveReports/AR13/hotfixes/ActiveReports-v13.1.17688.0.msi

  Note: AR13 supports only 4.6.2 or higher .Net Framework.

  Thanks.
  
  

  

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  Posted 22 August 2019, 4:36 pm EST

  Also, you can refer to the following link for more detail:
  
  https://help.grapecity.com/activereports/webhelp/AR13/webframe.html#MigratingActiveReports2Com.html
  
  https://help.grapecity.com/activereports/webhelp/AR13/webframe.html#AR2andARNETDiff.html

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  Posted 22 August 2019, 5:08 pm EST

  Hi,
  
  Thank you for your response. I was able to do the same as instructed in your previous reply.
  
  But is it possible to load the datasource dynamically using the sql server database and load different rpx file? Do I have to have a blank rpx file first or just a blank form?

  Just to clarify, my scenario is that the legacy code has a dsr file that loads the rpx files and datasource dynamically, can we do the same thing in the active reports 13 in windows forms? If so, do you have any sample I can follow?

  Thanks.

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  Posted 22 August 2019, 6:05 pm EST

  Hello,

  Yes, it is possible. You can follow the 'To use an Unbound data source " topic in the following link:
  
  https://help.grapecity.com/activereports/webhelp/AR13/webframe.html#BindReportstoaDataSource.html
  
  Please refer to the product sample “UnboundData” (located at C:\Users\User Name\Documents\GrapeCity Samples\ActiveReports 13\DataBinding\Section\UnboundData)for the same

  You can also refer to the following link to change the data source at runtime
  
  https://help.grapecity.com/activereports/webhelp/AR13/webframe.html#ModifyDataSourcesatRunTime.html

  Thanks.

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  miel_eleazar

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  Posted 1 September 2019, 6:58 pm EST

  Is there an equivalent DataControl in this new active reports version?

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  Posted 2 September 2019, 6:14 pm EST

  Hello,

  There is no DataControl in the new ActiveReports version. You can directly bind the report using the inbuilt datasource property. Please refer to the following documentation link for more clarification:
  
  https://help.grapecity.com/activereports/webhelp/AR13/webframe.html#BindReportstoaDataSource.html
  
  https://help.grapecity.com/activereports/webhelp/AR13/webframe.html#ModifyDataSourcesatRunTime.html

  Hope it helps.

  Thanks.