/// <summary>
/// Generates a report using the default or custom report template with optional sort expression and filter applied to the dataset.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">A collection of parameters that control the report generation.</param>
/// <returns>A binary array representing the report data.</returns>
public static byte[] Execute(ReportArgs args)
{
ReportBase reportHandler = ((ReportBase)(ApplicationServices.CreateInstance("MyCompany.Handlers.Report")));
Stream output = new MemoryStream();
reportHandler.OutputStream = output;
reportHandler.Arguments = args;
PageRequest request = new PageRequest();
reportHandler.Request = request;
request.Controller = args.Controller;
request.View = args.View;
request.SortExpression = args.SortExpression;
if (args.Filter != null)
{
DataViewExtender dve = new DataViewExtender();
dve.AssignStartupFilter(args.Filter);
request.Filter = ((List <string>)(dve.Properties["StartupFilter"])).ToArray();
}
((IHttpHandler)(reportHandler)).ProcessRequest(HttpContext.Current);
// return report data
output.Position = 0;
byte[] data = new byte[output.Length];
output.Read(data, 0, data.Length);
return(data);
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates a report using the default or custom report template with optional sort expression and filter applied to the dataset.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="args">A collection of parameters that control the report generation.</param>
/// <returns>A binary array representing the report data.</returns>
public static byte[] Execute(ReportArgs args)
{
Report reportHandler = new Report();
Stream output = new MemoryStream();
reportHandler.OutputStream = output;
reportHandler.Arguments = args;
PageRequest request = new PageRequest();
reportHandler.Request = request;
request.Controller = args.Controller;
request.View = args.View;
request.SortExpression = args.SortExpression;
if (args.Filter != null)
{
DataViewExtender dve = new DataViewExtender();
dve.AssignStartupFilter(args.Filter);
request.Filter = ((List<string>)(dve.Properties["StartupFilter"])).ToArray();
}
((IHttpHandler)(reportHandler)).ProcessRequest(HttpContext.Current);
// return report data
output.Position = 0;
byte[] data = new byte[output.Length];
output.Read(data, 0, data.Length);
return data;
}
