API and Customization

• Aug 18, 2023
• 2 minutes to read

The tutorials in this section describe how to use and customize an End-User Report Designer in Windows Forms applications.

General Information

• Quick Guide to Report Designer Customization

Toolbar

• Add Items to the Report Designer's Standard Toolbar
• Add Items to the Report Designer's Ribbon Toolbar

Commands

• Execute Commands in the End-User Report Designer
• Override Commands in the End-User Report Designer (Implement Custom Saving)
• Hide Commands from the End-User Report Designer

Dock Panels

• Change the Dock Panel View in the End-User Report Designer
• Customize Dock Panels in the End-User Report Designer
• Remove Dock Panels from the End-User Report Designer
• Set the Input Focus of Dock Panels in the End-User Report Designer

Field List

• Refresh the Field List in the End-User Report Designer
• Use Custom Icons for Field List Items
• Provide Custom Names to the Field List Items

Properties Window

• Hide Properties from the End-User Report Designer
• Use Favorite Properties in the End-User Report Designer
• Customize the Properties Window in the End-User Report Designer
• Register Custom Report Parameter Types

Report Gallery

• Implement a Custom Report Gallery Storage

Toolbox

• Add a Custom Control to the End-User Report Designer Toolbox
• Make a Custom Control Available Only for a Specific Report
• Rename Toolbox Items in the End-User Report Designer

Report Wizard

• Invoke the Report Wizard
• Wizard Customization Overview
• Report Wizard Pages
• Customize Report Wizard Pages
• Invoke and Customize the Query Builder

Data Source Wizard

• Data Source Wizard Pages
• Remove Data Providers from the Report Wizard
• Remove Data Source Types from the Report Wizard
• Customize Data Connections in the Data Source Wizard (WinForms)

Expression Editor

• Custom Functions in the Expression Editor (WinForms)
• Remove a Function from the Expression Editor