Add an End-User Report Designer to a WPF Application

• Feb 17, 2026
• 2 minutes to read

This help topic integrates an End-User Report Designer into a WPF application and opens the specified report:

1. Open an existing WPF application or create a new application.

2. In Visual Studio, open your WPF application’s MainWindow.xaml file.

3. Switch to the Toolbox (press CTRL+ALT+X), expand the DX.25.2: Reporting tab, and drop the ReportDesigner control onto the Window.

4. Right-click the Designer, select Layout , and then Fill All to fill the entire window.

5. Go to the Properties grid and specify the Designer’s name.

6. Handle the Window’s Loaded event. In the event handler, pass the report you want to open in the Designer to the ReportDesigner.OpenDocument method.

7. Run the application to see the End-User Report Designer.

Next Step

The following help topics explain how to create, store, and publish DevExpress reports in the End-User Report Designer: Detailed Guides.

See Also

Create a Report in Visual Studio