A New .NET Reporting Way

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

using NeoDataType.MyNeoReport;
// This is to avoid ambiguity between 
// System.Windows.Form.Label/Image and NeoDataType.MyNeoReport.Label/Image
using Rpt = NeoDataType.MyNeoReport;

namespace SimpleDesigner
{
    public partial class MainForm : Form
    {

        Report _report = new Report();
        Section _workingSection;

        const string FILE_FILTER = "MyNeoReport Documents|*.mr5|" +
                                   "All files|*.*";

        public MainForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            pageControl1.SetPage(_report.Page);
        }




        private void showPreviewToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Select the destination printer
            _report.ShowPrinterDialog();

            // Show the preview
            _report.ShowPreview();
        }

        private void addGroupSectionToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            // TODO: Set the grouping fields
            string fieldList = "";
            GroupSection groupSection = _report.Page.AddGroupSection();
            groupSection.GroupFieldList = fieldList;

        }



        private void addLabelToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            
            if (_workingSection != null)
            {
                Rpt.Label label = _workingSection.AddLabel();

                // Example of how you can control the item via code:
                // - Set the text
                label.Text = "Label added at " + DateTime.Now.ToString();

                // - Set horizontal autosize
                label.HorizontalSizeMode = TextHorizontalSizeMode.TextWidth;
            }

        }


        private void newToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Clear the page and sections
            _report.Page.Clear();
        }

        private void bringToFrontToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            _report.Page.SelectedItem.BringToFront();
        }

        private void sendToBackSelectedItemToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            _report.Page.SelectedItem.SendToBack();
        }

        private void addImageToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            if (_workingSection != null)
            {
                Rpt.Image image = _workingSection.AddImage();

                if (_report.FileName.Length > 0)
                {

                    // You can embed the image into the report setting
                    // image.UseImageFile = false (default), otherwise 
                    // the report will search for the physical file.
                    image.UseImageFile = true;

                    // One way to load images...
                    // You can also set it just passing the
                    // image data to image.RawImage
                    // {@ReportPath} is a special embedded function
                    // as described in the NeoDataType forum:
                    // http://www.neodatatype.net/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=149
                    image.ImageFile = "{@ReportPath}\\neodatatype_logo.png";
                    
                }
            }
        }

        private void toolStripComboBox1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }

        private void pageControl1_ItemSelected(object sender, ItemSelectedEventArgs e)
        {
            propertyGrid1.SelectedObject = e.Item;
        }

        private void openToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            OpenFileDialog openFile = new OpenFileDialog();
            openFile.FileName = "";
            openFile.Filter = FILE_FILTER;

            if (openFile.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                _report.LoadFrom(openFile.FileName);

                // Force the refresh of the Page control
                pageControl1.SetPage(_report.Page);
            }

            openFile.Dispose();

        }

        private void saveAsToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            if (_report.FileName.Length > 0)
            {
                SaveFileDialog saveFile = new SaveFileDialog();
                saveFile.FileName = _report.FileName;
                saveFile.Filter = FILE_FILTER;

                if (saveFile.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
                {
                    _report.SaveTo(saveFile.FileName);
                }

                saveFile.Dispose();

            }

        }

        private void deleteBringToFrontSelectedItemToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Get the selected Item
            ItemBase selectedItem = _report.Page.SelectedItem;

            // Remove it from its section
            selectedItem.Section.RemoveItem(selectedItem);
        }

        private void addShapeToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            if (_workingSection != null)
            {
                Shape shape = _workingSection.AddShape();

                // Example of how you can control the item via code:
                // - Set the shape to be drawn
                shape.ShapeType = ShapeType.RoundRectangle;

                // - Use antialias: this can be useful for rotated items
                shape.AntiAlias = true;
            }
        }

        private void addDataLabelToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            if (_workingSection != null)
            {
                // This show that you can add an item also by a new istance:
                DataLabel dataLabel = new DataLabel();

                // Example of how you can control the item via code:
                // - Set the datafield on which the datalabel is binded
                dataLabel.DataField = "ProductName";

                _workingSection.AddItem(dataLabel);

            }
        }

        private void addDataImageToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            if (_workingSection != null)
            {
                // This show that you can add an item also by a new istance:
                DataImage dataImage = new DataImage();

                // Example of how you can control the item via code:
                // - Set the datafield on which the dataImage is binded
                // This field can be a simple blob field containing 
                // a raw image (in for of byte array) or an OLE picture
                dataImage.DataField = "Picture";

                _workingSection.AddItem(dataImage);

            }
        }

        private void setDetailsConnectionStringToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

            // Default datasource is OleDbDataSource that let you connect to OleDb providers.
            // You can choose to pass data to a datasource changing it to a TableDataSource
            // with section.ChangeDatasourceType(DataSourceType.UseDataTable)
            OleDbDataSource dataSource = (OleDbDataSource)_report.Page.Details.DataSource;
            dataSource.ShowConnectionStringWizard();

            propertyGrid1.SelectedObject = _report.Page.Details.DataSource;

            MessageBox.Show("Now you need to edit the SQLText property of the Details DataSource in the property grid",
                            "Details Datasource", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
        }

        private void selectTheWorkingSectionToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Set the working section
            BrowseSectionForm sectionListForm = new BrowseSectionForm(_report.Page);
            if (sectionListForm.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                _workingSection = sectionListForm.SelectedSection;
                selectTheWorkingSectionToolStripMenuItem.Text = "Select the working section [" + _workingSection.Name + "]";
                propertyGrid1.SelectedObject = _workingSection;
            }
            sectionListForm.Dispose();

        }

        private void moveSelectedItemToTheSectionToolStripMenuItem_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // Set the destination section
            BrowseSectionForm sectionListForm = new BrowseSectionForm(_report.Page);
            if (sectionListForm.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                _report.Page.SelectedItem.MoveToSection(sectionListForm.SelectedSection);
            }
            sectionListForm.Dispose();
        }


    }
}