Driving .NET

building a full trust XBAP app

After reading this post by Karsten, I created a WPF XBAP project that displays the ClassicReports designer on a Frame as shown below.

<Page x:Class="IApp.Page3"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Page3"
    >
    <DockPanel>
        <ToolBarTray DockPanel.Dock="Top">
            <ToolBar>
                <Button Name="newButton">
                    <Image Source="images\new.png" />
                </Button>
                <Button Name="openButton" >
                    <Image Source="images\open.png" />
                </Button>
                <Button  Name="saveButton" >
                    <Image Source="images\save.png" />
                </Button>            
            </ToolBar>
        </ToolBarTray>
        <Frame Name="frame1"></Frame>
    </DockPanel>
</Page>

Below is the c# code behind for the XAML above. Notice that the designer control must first be hosted in a WindowsFormsHost before it can be displayed in WPF. 

namespace IApp
{
    public partial class Page3 : System.Windows.Controls.Page
    {
        JDJ.ClassicReport.ReportDesigner.ReportDesigner designer;

        public Page3()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            WindowsFormsHost host = new WindowsFormsHost();
            designer = new JDJ.ClassicReport.ReportDesigner.ReportDesigner();
            host.Child = designer;
            frame1.Content = host;
            openButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(openButton_Click);
            saveButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(saveButton_Click);
            newButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(newButton_Click);
        }

        void newButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            designer.NewReport();
        }

        void saveButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            designer.Save();
        }

        void openButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            designer.OpenReport();
        }

    }
}

This is how the above page looks like. Notice the address I used in runnning the XBAP application. That's my actual IP address as of this writing.

When I clicked on the Open button the dialog box appears.

So after selecting the Sample Report File, the designer then displays the report layout on the design surface. Now I can modify the report to my heart's content.

I almost forgot that I am actually running this rich client application inside a browser!