Using MS ReportViewer in WPF

Question

I\'m about to start using the MS ReportViewer in a WPF application by placing the ReportViewer in a WindowsFormsHost.

Is this the correct approach? What is the best

Answer 1

Yes, that works, I am using the WindowsFormsHost in a wpf project to wrap the ReportViewer.

In the ViewModel I am creating the WindowsFormsHost and the ReportViewer:

WindowsFormsHost windowsFormsHost = new WindowsFormsHost();
reportViewer = new ReportViewer();
windowsFormsHost.Child = reportViewer;
this.Viewer = windowsFormsHost

and in the View I am using a ContentPresenter to display it, by binding to the Property that holds the WindowsFormsHost.

We're using the Business Intelligence Studio (which is an Visual Studio 2008 with templates for editing reports) for report creation. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms173767.aspx

Take care,
Martin