Specify a Connection String

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Specify a Connection String

Interface Elements for Desktop > Report Designer > Report Designer for WinForms > Report Wizard > Data-bound Report Wizard > Connect to an Entity Framework Data Source > Specify a Connection String

Note

This wizard step appears only if you're creating a new report from scratch. If you're modifying an existing report, this step will not appear and you will start with the Choose Columns to Display in Your Report wizard page.

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Specify a custom connection string or use the default connections sting.

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On this page, you can either use the default connection string or manually specify a connection sting. Additionally, this page requires you to specify whether or not to save the connection string in the configuration file.

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Click Next to proceed to the next wizard page: Bind to a Stored Procedure.

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