Bar Codes

Among the amazing list of features supported by MindFusion.Reporting for WinForms are barcode items. The sample generates a list of concert tickets that can be printed or exported in four different formats - Excel, HTML, image or PDF. Each ticket is built of various report labels and each one has a barcode. Some of the report elements are data bound.

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Custom Drawing

MindFusion.Reporting for WinForms offers different ways to customize your report. In this sample we use custom drawing on the Canvas report item. The RenderContents event is handled and each row on the last column of report data shows a red-orange mark to indicate visually its value compared to the total of all values in the category. By implementing this scenario in your WinForms application the ways to customize the appearance of your report are practically endless.

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Exporting

Reporting for WinForms presents you not only with a powerful report viewer but also with numerous ways to export your report. you can choose among a PDF document, HTML web page, image or Excel spreadsheet. The exporters are applied with a single method call. The final result matches closely the original report to ensure no data is lost between file conversions. The sample uses a report where each data set is built of several labels and an image item that emulate records in a movie catalogue.

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Invoices

The sample demonstrates how to combine MindFusion report elements to produce a well-designed invoice page for each invoice record in the sample Northwind database. The report design includes several DataRange items, numerous labels and picture elements. Each page has a header and footer. In addition many of the labels have custom font styles.

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List Binding

The sample produces a list with report records bound to a movie database. Each report entry includes a canvas element where custom drawing is used to draw the rating beneath each movie cover.

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Northwind Traders

Here we have combined many report elements to produce a state of the art record for each type of food in the Northwind database. The report includes picture items for each category, numerous labels with various font and color formatting, line elements and several data ranges. The report starts and ends with a few pages, whose design is completely different from the design of the data bound pages in between.

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Pie Charts

MindFusion.Reporting for WinForms boasts a professional chart control designed to help you integrate amazing bar, pie, radar and line charts in your applications. Each chart type supports a comprehensive list of customization options, which you can use to make it pass best to the unique needs of your software. The sample uses the pie chart control to give you a graphic representation of the distribution of items in each report category.

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Portfolio

Learn how to create a report that presents a portfolio of the employees in an organization. One of the importnat features demonstrated in this sample is the rotation of images and labels at an arbitrary degree.

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Report Editor

The reporting control not only helps you deliver impressive reports but also presents you with a friendly user interface to design them. Each report item integrates neatly into the Visual Studio toolbox from where you can drag and drop it. The sample emulates the working environment that you get when you use the component in Visual Studio. This way you can experience how fast and easy it is to create the perfect report with the tool.

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Simple Databound Report

Here we present you with a simple report that demonstrates how intuitive it is to design and render data using the MindFusion Reporting tool for WinForms. Each report record combines numerous label items and an image element. Some of the report items are data-bound. The records have alternating backgrounds that make the report easier to read. The report has a header and a footer.

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Conditional Formatting of Cells

Custom painting is used to paint cells from a given column in a report according to a criteria. Those, whose value is less than 30, are colored in red.

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Tutorial 1: Basic Principles

This tutorial aims to make you familiar with the very basics of using MindFusion WinForms reporting control. Here you learn how to add report elements, how to bind them to a data source and how to organize them on a report page. Finally, you learn how to create a report viewer and render your report in it. You will get hands-on experience with the easy way a report is created and customized with the control - most of the work is done in design-time, with an occasional line of code.

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Tutorial 2: Nested Data Ranges

Nested data ranges are a powerful way to render the desired report data into as many levels as needed. First, you have sections of report items, say categories, that are retrieved from the data source. Then you have specific data fields for each category, whose data is also read from the data base. Each field might have subfields and the list goes on and on. This sample teaches you how to use nested data ranges and also demonstrates the image report item.

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Tutorial 3: Styling

After you've finished the logic of your report, it's time to think of its appealing looks. Luckily, with MindFusion.Reporter for WinForms you can easily do both and this tutorial teaches you how to deal with the stylish side of your report. Each report section is rendered with alternating colors and the header cells are with custom background. In addition, each data range has border to make it easier to read.

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Tutorial 4: Charts

Charts are essential parts of reports and MindFusion reporting integrates its stand-alone full-features chart control as part of its API. You have a ready-to- use component packed with tens of grid, legend, label and color properties. This sample tutorial uses the bar chart control to create a data-bound column chart with gradient bars that have top labels. For further reference of the comprehensive feature list of the charting control, check the online reference here.

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Tutorial 5: Radar Chart

The final tutorial stresses one more the importance of beautiful charts for a beautiful report. Here we customize the radar chart control to create an eye- catching graphic that gets its data from the database. Furthermore, you can learn how to bind various data properties of the control to matching fields in the database.

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