How to edit a report at runtime

A report (RDL/RDLC) can be edited or modified at runtime using ReportDefinition class. The following describes the steps to edit a report at runtime and render the output.

1. To edit existing report, it need to be de serialized to Report Definition object using XmlSerializer.

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2. The serialized report definition object contains all the properties available in report file. The properties of each XML element can accessed and updated to required values. In the below code, value of a text box report item in page header is updated with new value.

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3. The below code used to edit Tablix report item and its inner cell element value in report.

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4. The modified report definition can be converted as stream or saved into a local file using the XmlSerializer’s Deserialize method.

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