Recently, a Hitchhiker's Guide reader asked me how to filter a report on several values and pass those values into the report processor at runtime. In answering the question, I found it hard to find complete examples of the steps required to capture and supply parameters to a report when using the Visual Studio ReportViewer control. Since parameter management in the ReportViewer isn't handled automatically as it is in Reporting Services, this skillset is important to master if you expect to leverage the power of the ReportViewer control. This article should make this process a lot clearer—or at least I hope so.

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