StartReport Class

A class that facilitates the processing of background reports.

Usage:

The class for the report to be printed must inherit the abstract class: ReportBase

and contain a method as follows:

Example

public override void Process(){}

that either kicks off the report processing or calls the method that does.

The class or window that initiates the report first encapsulates any constructor

variables in an object array:

object[] parms = {arg1, arg2, arg3};

.

These must be the same type and in the same order as the report class' constructor

argument list.

Then the initiating class/window makes the call:

C#

StartReport.Start(reportClass, parms)

where 'reportClass' is the fully qualified report class such as:

StartReport.Start("MbcsCentral.WinPM.StatusReport", parms)

Namespace: MbcsCentral
Assembly: MbcsCentral (in MbcsCentral.exe) Version: 2.0.1.15 (2.0.1.15)

C#

public class StartReport

Initializes a new instance of the StartReport class

Equals	Determines whether the specified object is equal to the current object. (Inherited from Object)
Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object)
GetHashCode	Serves as the default hash function. (Inherited from Object)
GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object)
MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object)
ReportThread	This is the entry point for the report thread Notice that it instantiates the class for the report and calls the abstract method Process which must, of course, exist in the report class and be the starting method there.
Start	Sets up variables for report, create report thread and start it
ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object)