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Setting the size of a ReportViewer report manually

What I need to do is to add subreports to a report that can grow or shrink dynamically, depending on how much data is available to display. Is there any way to set these to do that? Google tells me there's a CanGrow/CanShrink functionality, but it only seems to effect textboxes.
Any help is appreciated!

I'm not sure if you ask for this, but you can add your subreports inside the parent table of your main report. Follow this link:
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/sqlforum/2011/01/02/walkthrough-add-a-subreport-in-local-report-in-reportviewer/
Is for asp.net but I have followed this guide to make the same for windows Forms.

Component installed yes/no list like in the VisualStudio Setup

I'm search a component/possibility that allows me to create such a nice looking "Component installed Yes/No" list like this:
(source: dotnet-forum.de)
What is the best way to do this?
A modified "CheckedListBox", a Table or paint it myself?
Thanks.

The control rendered is a list view. You can add images and headers.

I advice you to use an ObjectListView.
It's easier to use than a ListView (and more fun) and it allows such things easily.
http://objectlistview.sourceforge.net/cs/index.html

How would I create a table control similar to the one shown?

I've got a table from an existing LabView VI (ewww!) that I need to replicate in C#. The table is shown in the image below. Each field will be populated with data returned by status queries to an external device, likely from within a dedicated status thread (when I implement it...). Is there any control, or direction I should take when extending an existing control for the table-like display of my query results? DataGridView seems like overkill for this, but the table layout container populated with TextBox controls seems inelegant. I'd like some insight, if anyone can offer it. Also, please feel free to shut me down if this has been asked already (though my search turned up nothing I could relate to...). Thanks.

DataGridView is the only suitable control here. Anything else either doesn't have enough grid editing capabilities (like ListView) or is fugly-slow like individual controls in a TLP.

Advanced GUI and database in c#

Do you have any idea how to present all rows from let's say table with the possibility to click on particular row and open that way another window to edit?
I've got no idea how to create this. I would like to avoid access like creation by built-in wizards in Microsoft Visual Studio 2008.
Perhaps you know where I can find more information.

Execute a query which retrieves an overview of the records that you want to display.
When you double-click a row, you retrieve the records that represent that entity, and display it in another window...
That's in a nutshell how you could do it.

For a web application you may want to look at this Walkthrough as MSDN. You can find a winform walkthrough at MSDN as well. Though you say that you prefer doing it without the designers, I suggest that you go through the walkthrough using the designer and look at the code that it produces as a sample of how you could do it by hand. You could then adapt the example as needed for your purposes. For more references try googling "master detail view."

well i would use wpf with a stackpanel of listboxes
the rows are dynamically added to the stackpanel.
the listboxes contain textfields that are databind -ed to mouseclickevents and onchanged events.
http://dotnetslackers.com/articles/silverlight/WPFTutorial.aspx

alternative to DataGridView in Win API

Somewhere on net on one Blog I read a sentence that is "DataGridView something like Boeing 777, but what is goal when I do not know how to fly.
Before I goo deep in creating my projects I wanna know is there alternative for DataGridView in C#.
Something like jQuery in WEB api.
The favors things which I am looking for is that is simple for using, if its posibile to be freeware and looks smoth and modern.
Best regards
Admir

If you want to fly one person across town you can learn to fly a Piper Cub. If you want to fly hundreds across an ocean you need to learn to fly a 777.
There are many ways of displaying data in WinForms applications; which one is best for you depends on what you're trying to do. If you want to show a fixed, non-editable, non-scrollable list of data you can use a DataList; simple and limited. If you want to add scrolling you can output the data to a scrolling textbox.
If you want to handle a scrolling grid of multiple rows with multiple, resizable, editable columns you will need to move to a DataGrid or DataGridView.
There are many alternatives to DataGridViews; simpler controls provide fewer features and more functional controls are more complex.

I have implemented the datagridview extensively as an unbound control in a windows forms project using Visual Studio 2008. Looking back, implementing this control has consumed a large amount of time, mostly because it is loaded with bugs and peculiar behavior that should have been fixed rather than just 'documented'. A good data grid control is essential to any application of substance. I would recommend looking for a third party alternative from a company that is more interested in getting it right rather than just getting something out there.

The DataGridView is perfectly easy to use without going too deep. If all you want to do is display data in a grid, create a DataGridView and turn off features like adding and editing rows. The fact that it's got all of these incredibly complex features is really only an issue when you start needing to use them - and in that case, you'll be glad you're using it.

DevExpress has a really good gridview.