private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
using (FlexCelReport genericReport = new FlexCelReport(true))
{
IDbDataAdapter genericAdapter = SharedData.GetDataAdapter();
try
{
genericReport.SetValue("ReportCaption", "Sales by Country and Employee");
genericReport.AddConnection("Northwind", genericAdapter, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
//In OleDb the parameters are positional, you don't really need to name them when creating them.
//But when you are using an SQL Server connection, you *need*
//to specify the parameter name ("@StartDate") and make it equal to "@" + the name
//of the parameter. It is recommended that you always specify the name, even in OleDb connections.
//Also, we are not going to create the parameters directly here (using new SqlCeParameter(...).
//We are going to centralize all data access for the demos in SharedData, so we can change it and change all demos.
genericReport.AddSqlParameter("StartDate", SharedData.CreateParameter("@StartDate", startDate.Value.Date));
genericReport.AddSqlParameter("EndDate", SharedData.CreateParameter("@EndDate", endDate.Value.Date));
string DataPath = Path.Combine(Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location), ".."), "..") + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;
if (saveFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
{
genericReport.Run(DataPath + "Direct SQL.template.xls", saveFileDialog1.FileName);
if (MessageBox.Show("Do you want to open the generated file?", "Confirm", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo) == DialogResult.Yes)
{
Process.Start(saveFileDialog1.FileName);
}
}
}
finally
{
((IDisposable)genericAdapter).Dispose();
}
}
}
