CreateStreamCallback Delegate

Article
09/02/2015

Provides a stream to the ReportViewer control for rendering.

Namespace: Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms
Assembly: Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms (in Microsoft.ReportViewer.WinForms.dll)

Syntax

public delegate Stream CreateStreamCallback(
    string name,
    string extension,
    Encoding encoding,
    string mimeType,
    bool willSeek
)

public delegate Stream^ CreateStreamCallback(
    String^ name,
    String^ extension,
    Encoding^ encoding,
    String^ mimeType,
    bool willSeek
)

type CreateStreamCallback = 
    delegate of 
        name:string *
        extension:string *
        encoding:Encoding *
        mimeType:string *
        willSeek:bool -> Stream

Public Delegate Function CreateStreamCallback (
    name As String,
    extension As String,
    encoding As Encoding,
    mimeType As String,
    willSeek As Boolean
) As Stream

Parameters

name
Type: System.String

The name of the stream.

extension
Type: System.String

The file name extension to use if a file stream is being created.

encoding
Type: System.Text.Encoding

An Encoding enumerator value specifying the character encoding of the stream. This may be null if the stream does not contain characters.

mimeType
Type: System.String

A string containing the MIME type of the stream.

willSeek
Type: System.Boolean

A Boolean value indicated whether the stream needs to support seeking. If the value is false, the stream will be forward-only and will be sent to the client in chunks as it is created. If the value is true, the stream may be written in any order.

Return Value

Type: System.IO.Stream

A Stream object to which the ReportViewer control can write data.

Remarks

This delegate function may be passed into the M:Microsoft.ReportingServices.LocalReport.Render(Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportRendering.IRenderingExtension,System.String,System.String,Microsoft.ReportingServices.Interfaces.CreateAndRegisterStream,Microsoft.ReportingServices.Warning[]@) method of the P:Microsoft.ReportingServices.WinForms.ReportViewer.LocalReport object to support custom handling of secondary streams. The main body of the report is the first stream that is created.

Examples

Legacy Code Example

The following code snippet shows a CreateStreamCallback callback function being passed to the Render method in a console application.

Imports System.IO
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Text
Imports System.Drawing.Imaging
Imports System.Drawing.Printing
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms

Public Class Demo
    Implements IDisposable

    private m_currentPageIndex As Integer
    private m_streams As IList(Of Stream)

    Private Function LoadSalesData() As DataTable
        Dim dataSet As New DataSet()
        dataSet.ReadXml("data.xml")
        Return dataSet.Tables(0)
    End Function

    Private Function CreateStream(name As String, _
         fileNameExtension As String, _
              encoding As Encoding, mimeType As String, _
                  willSeek As Boolean) As Stream
        Dim stream As Stream = New FileStream(name + "." +  fileNameExtension, FileMode.Create)
        m_streams.Add(stream)
        Return stream
    End Function

    Private Sub Export(report As LocalReport)
        Dim deviceInfo As string = _
          "<DeviceInfo>" + _
          "  <OutputFormat>EMF</OutputFormat>" + _
          "  <PageWidth>8.5in</PageWidth>" + _
          "  <PageHeight>11in</PageHeight>" + _
          "  <MarginTop>0.25in</MarginTop>" + _
          "  <MarginLeft>0.25in</MarginLeft>" + _
          "  <MarginRight>0.25in</MarginRight>" + _
          "  <MarginBottom>0.25in</MarginBottom>" + _
          "</DeviceInfo>"
        Dim warnings() As Warning = Nothing
        m_streams = New List(Of Stream)()
        report.Render("Image", deviceInfo, _
              AddressOf CreateStream, warnings)

        Dim stream As Stream
        For Each stream In m_streams
            stream.Position = 0
        Next
    End Sub

    Private Sub PrintPage(sender As Object, ev As PrintPageEventArgs)
        Dim pageImage As New Metafile(m_streams(m_currentPageIndex))
        ev.Graphics.DrawImage(pageImage, ev.PageBounds)

        m_currentPageIndex += 1
        ev.HasMorePages = (m_currentPageIndex < m_streams.Count)
    End Sub

    Private Sub Print()
        Const printerName As String = "Microsoft Office Document Image Writer"

        If m_streams Is Nothing Or m_streams.Count = 0 Then
            Return
        End If 

        Dim printDoc As New PrintDocument()
        printDoc.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = printerName
        If Not printDoc.PrinterSettings.IsValid Then
            Dim msg As String = String.Format(_
                 "Can't find printer ""{0}"".", printerName)
            Console.WriteLine(msg)
            Return
        End If
        AddHandler printDoc.PrintPage, AddressOf PrintPage
        printDoc.Print()
    End Sub

    Private Sub Run()
        Dim report As LocalReport = new LocalReport()
        report.ReportPath = "Report.rdlc"
        report.DataSources.Add(new ReportDataSource("Sales", LoadSalesData()))

        Export(report)

        m_currentPageIndex = 0
        Print()
    End Sub

    Public Overloads Sub Dispose() Implements IDisposable.Dispose
        If Not (m_streams Is Nothing) Then
            Dim stream As Stream
            For Each stream In m_streams
               stream.Close()
            Next
            m_streams = Nothing
        End If
    End Sub

    Public Shared Sub Main(args as string())
        Using demo As Demo = new Demo()
            demo.Run()
        End Using
    End Sub
End Class

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Data;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing.Imaging;
using System.Drawing.Printing;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms;

public class Demo : IDisposable
{
    private int m_currentPageIndex;
    private IList<Stream> m_streams;

    private DataTable LoadSalesData()
    {
        DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
        dataSet.ReadXml("data.xml");
        return dataSet.Tables[0];
    }

    private Stream CreateStream(string name, string fileNameExtension, Encoding encoding,
                              string mimeType, bool willSeek)
    {
        Stream stream = new FileStream(name + "." + fileNameExtension, FileMode.Create);
        m_streams.Add(stream);
        return stream;
    }

    private void Export(LocalReport report)
    {
        string deviceInfo =
          "<DeviceInfo>" +
          "  <OutputFormat>EMF</OutputFormat>" + 
          "  <PageWidth>8.5in</PageWidth>" +
          "  <PageHeight>11in</PageHeight>" +
          "  <MarginTop>0.25in</MarginTop>" +
          "  <MarginLeft>0.25in</MarginLeft>" +
          "  <MarginRight>0.25in</MarginRight>" +
          "  <MarginBottom>0.25in</MarginBottom>" +
          "</DeviceInfo>";
        Warning[] warnings;
        m_streams = new List<Stream>();
        report.Render("Image", deviceInfo, CreateStream, out warnings);

        foreach (Stream stream in m_streams)
            stream.Position = 0;
    }

    private void PrintPage(object sender, PrintPageEventArgs ev)
    {
        Metafile pageImage = new Metafile(m_streams[m_currentPageIndex]);
        ev.Graphics.DrawImage(pageImage, 0, 0);

        m_currentPageIndex++;
        ev.HasMorePages = (m_currentPageIndex < m_streams.Count);
    }

    private void Print()
    {
        const string printerName = "Microsoft Office Document Image Writer";

        if (m_streams == null || m_streams.Count == 0)
            return;

        PrintDocument printDoc = new PrintDocument(); 
        printDoc.PrinterSettings.PrinterName = printerName;
        if (!printDoc.PrinterSettings.IsValid)
        {
            string msg = String.Format("Can't find printer \"{0}\".", printerName);
            Console.WriteLine(msg);
            return;
        }
        printDoc.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(PrintPage);
        printDoc.Print();
    }

    private void Run()
    {
        LocalReport report = new LocalReport();
        report.ReportPath = "Report.rdlc";
        report.DataSources.Add(new ReportDataSource("Sales", LoadSalesData()));

        Export(report);

        m_currentPageIndex = 0;
        Print();
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        if (m_streams != null)
        {
            foreach (Stream stream in m_streams)
                stream.Close();
            m_streans = null;
        }
    }

    public static int Main(string[] args) 
    {
        using (Demo demo = new Demo())
        {
            demo.Run();
        }
        return 0;
    }
}