/// <summary>
/// Creates and displays a report based on selected report type
/// </summary>
/// <param name="reportType">The type of report to create</param>
private void CreateReport(ReportType reportType)
{
// check if start and end dates are valid
if (!this.DatesWithinValidRange())
{
MessageBox.Show("Please ensure the start date is equal or earlier than the end date.");
return;
}
ReportViewerForm reportViewerForm = new ReportViewerForm();
this.BuildReport(reportType, reportViewerForm, this.SelectedStartDate, this.SelectedEndDate);
reportViewerForm.Text = Regex.Replace(ReportNameDictionary[reportType], "([a-z](?=[A-Z])|[A-Z](?=[A-Z][a-z]))", "$1 ");
reportViewerForm.Show();
}
/// <summary>
/// Builds a report by using query results
/// </summary>
/// <param name="reportType">The type of report to build</param>
/// <param name="reportViewerForm">The form used to show the report</param>
/// <param name="startDate">The start date to get data from</param>
/// <param name="endDate">The end date to get data till</param>
private void BuildReport(ReportType reportType, ReportViewerForm reportViewerForm, DateTime startDate, DateTime endDate)
{
if (reportViewerForm == null)
{
throw new Exception();
}
string reportName = ReportNameDictionary[reportType]; // get report name from dicitionary
reportViewerForm.ReportViewer.LocalReport.ReportPath = "..\\..\\Reporting\\" + reportName + ".rdlc"; // get report template file
reportViewerForm.ReportViewer.LocalReport.DataSources.Clear();
reportViewerForm.ReportViewer.LocalReport.DataSources.Add(new ReportDataSource(reportName + "DataSet", this.GetReportDataSource(reportType, startDate, endDate)));
}