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Sub Report

The XRSubreport control is used to embed reports into each other; this allows you to solve the following tasks.

• Re-use reports.
  This can be useful if there is a particular report structure that needs to be included in many reports, and if it needs to have a consistent appearance and functionality. A good example is a report header that always contains the same information.
• Create side-by-side reports.
  By placing two subreports side-by-side, you can create an effective comparison of data coming from two different reports. For more details on this, see Side-by-Side Reports.
• Create master-detail reports.
  Another reason for using subreports is to create master-detail reports (reports with hierarchically linked data). For more details on this, see Master-Detail Report.

In the End-User Designer, double clicking a subreport opens its associated report in a new Design Panel tab.

Private Sub subreport1_BeforePrint(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Drawing.Printing.PrintEventArgs)
  Dim subreport As XRSubreport = CType(sender , XRSubreport)
Dim CurrentContact as string = me.GetCurrentRow().Row.Item("Contact").tostring()
CType(sender, XRSubreport).ReportSource.FilterString = "CONTACT = '" + CurrentContact + "'"
End Sub

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