Software Review: DXperience, Part IV — DXperience XtraReports, XtraCharts, and XtraPrinting from DevExpress - Page 4

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• Smart Labels and chart titles allow you to display a label for each data point such that they can display the point’s value, argument, the value and the argument, as well as the series name. You can also have an unlimited number of titles within a single chart giving you a lot of customization potential.

• Design time customization gives you control over nearly any chart element on-screen and immediately access its settings via the properties window. There is also a chart wizard that helps you customize the main elements of a given chart.

• Flexible Data binding in both bound and unbound mode provides the ability to bind to an external data source as well as providing free-form data to your charts on the fly. You can even filter the underlying data by setting up a series template and specify the filter field. The data source will automatically be broken down into subsets corresponding to unique values in the specified field.

DXperienceXtraPrinting Library
Along with printing, the XtraPrinting library supports exporting to PDF, HTML (plus MHT), TXT (plus CSV), XLS, RTF, and Image (BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, PNG, EMF) formats. XtraPrinting Library is a 100% C# data rendering and visualization system that is designed to bring your user interface to the printed page.

Not only can you print reports, if you have some of the other controls you can also print the contents of advanced controls like the XtraGrid and XtraScheduler with ease. No longer will you have to pull your hair out when a user requests a new report that was not in the original spec. By combining the XtraPrinting Library with the XtraGrid and/or XtraScheduler controls, your end-users can arrange data in any manner they see fit, and then print the contents of the control exactly as it appears on-screen.

What do you get with DXperience XtraPrinting Library?
• Export report to various formats
• Export and send via e-mail
• Set report parameters via the Page Setup dialog window
• Print reports with or without a preview
• Modify report characteristics while in preview mode
• Display a fixed number of report pages on screen regardless of window size
• Fill pages with the color specified in the Color Selection dialog
• Display a fixed number of report pages on screen regardless of window size

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