Datasets in custom code

Hi guys,

is it possible to access my report's datasets from within custom code or pass them as parameters to a custom assembly I want the dataset itself, not just fields, so i can programmatically look through it for data.

Thanks!

sluggy



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Datasets in custom code

  • Ljungstedt

    This is not directly supported.

    There are however some alternative approaches:

    * add a list reportitem to the report and inside the list make a call to your custom code/custom assembly function and pass in the fields as parameter values. This will call your function for every row of data of the dataset bound to the list.

    * or a more complex but also more powerful option is to use the new CustomReportItem feature in RS 2005 and implement a custom processing control which can examine the processed DataValues inside the CustomReportItem. A starting point with a sample is available here: http://blogs.msdn.com/chrishays/archive/2005/10/04/CustomReportItemSample.aspx

    -- Robert



  • Robbertos

    Thanks Robert, i will check that solution out, although it is probably overkill for the particular scenario i was dealing with
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