How do I add connection string to stimulsoft report build in .net core-CodePudding

I want to use Stimulsoft report viewer to load reports using angular and .net core (.net5 actually). I am having a hard time adding SQL connection string to the report. I have followed their official documentation on how to do this but it doesn't work. What happens when I use this is that ((StiSqlDatabase)report.Dictionary.Databases throws a null reference exception.

This is how my code looks like

The other way I try to do this is report.Dictionary.Databases.Add(new StiSqlDatabase("ArchBD", "DataBaseConnectionString")); This throws an exception with the message Format of the initialization string does not conform to specification starting at index 0.

My connection string is like this: "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb; Database=MyDB; Trusted_Connection=True;"

I have used this format too: "Data Source=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Initial Catalog=MyDB;Integrated Security=True;"

This one throws A network-related or instance-specific error occurred while establishing a connection to sql

var report = new StiReport();
var path = StiAngularHelper.MapPath(this, $"{report}.mrt");
report.Load(path);
var ConnectionString = ConnectionString;
var conn = new Stimulsoft.Report.Dictionary.StiSqlDatabase("MyDb", ConnectionString);
report.Dictionary.Databases.Add(conn);

Guys please help.

CodePudding user response：

I was able to solve it by looking at the report file and picked the right name for the connection name

<Dictionary Ref="1" type="Dictionary" isKey="true">
    <Databases isList="true" count="1">
      <ConnectionName Ref="2" type="Stimulsoft.Report.Dictionary.StiSqlDatabase" isKey="true">
        <Alias>ConnectionName </Alias>

then used

((StiSqlDatabase)report.Dictionary.Databases["ConnectionName"]).ConnectionString = @"Data Source=server;Integrated Security=True;Initial Catalog=MyDB";