I also want to add that i googled ReportParameters and could not find a good site that explains in general how they work. Any suggestions of a site like that would also be nice. Thanks.
On Nov 23, 6:36 am, Wendi Turner <[email protected]> wrote: > Call the different report "tables" or "datasets" from within the rdlc, swap > the displayed report tables with parameters passed into the reportviewer. > > private void ButtonTableA_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e) > { > SetSelectedTable("TableA", sender, e); > } > private void ButtonTableB_Clicked(object sender, EventArgs e) > { > SetSelectedTable("TableB", sender, e); > } > > private void SetSelectedTable(string TableName, object sender, > EventArgs e) > { > ReportParameter p = new > ReportParameter("SelectedTable", TableName); > this.reportViewer1.LocalReport.SetParameters(new > ReportParameter[] { p }); > this.reportViewer1.RefreshReport(); > } > > > > On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Mr. B <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello > > > I want to write a simple application. Simple as in it is easy to > > describe but i can't figure it out. > > > This application that i want to create has a report viewer that shows > > the contents of the tables in the database as reports. I have a > > database with two tables in it: TableA and TableB. The GUI of the > > application has two button plus the reportviewer. One of the buttons > > is called A and the other one B. When i click the button A i want the > > report viewer to display the contents of TableA. When i click the > > button B i want ... you guessed it... the reportviewer to display the > > contents of TableB as a report. > > > The problem i have is that i cannot seem to assign a new data source > > to the reportviewer. When you add a reportviewer to your app in visual > > studio 2008 you have to give it a datasource. I do this but then i > > can't change this data source later in the application. I have created > > separate rdlc files for the two reports and i am trying to give the > > reportviewer a new data source but it seems to be "stuck" with the > > data source that it got when i created it. I have googled this a lot > > and all i can see is that i need a DataSet that contains the info from > > the tables and i have to use this dataset as a datasource but it's not > > working. Does anybody have some sample code that does this? Or knows > > where i can find it? I have looked but could not find it. A thourough > > explanation would also be nice. Thanks in advance. > > > Cheers > > -- > Wendi > cell: 949-606-4877 > > "Energizer Bunny arrested, charged with battery."
