Question

I’d like to bind a list of objects to a report and show its values.

The sample class looks like this:

class TestClass
{
    public string Name { get; set; }
    public DateTime Time { get; set; }
    public List<int> Numbers { get; set; }

    public TestClass(string name, DateTime time)
    {
        Name = name;
        Time = time;
        Numbers = new List<int>() { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 };
    }
}

I can bind it to a Microsoft Report Viewer and I can show its values without any problem:

List<TestClass> testClassList = new List<TestClass>()
{
    new TestClass("a", DateTime.Now), 
    new TestClass("b", DateTime.Now.AddHours(1))
};
this.TestClassBindingSource.DataSource = testClassList;

My problem is to show values of the ‘Numbers’ list of my class. I can not add it to the report when designig, and shows ‘error’ in the report. Is it possible to show them in the report?

…and by the way: can I localize somehow reportview controls’s user interface? As I see it supports only English -and may be some more- but not mine.

Answer 1

For the first part, Since the data member is a List of intergets, you would need to serialize them first. You can’t add them directly to the report designer as it is not a simple type.

For part #2:

Here is an example of how to custmize the ReportViewer

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/printing/LocalizingReportViewer.aspx