We're developing an ASP MVC web application for a company to monitor and correct incoming data from third parties, then preview a report output before being distributed to their own clients. We've made a prototype with the reports being generated as Crystal Reports through the application itself using CR for Visual Studio.
The client already has a Crystal Server for some internal reporting, we're wondering if we can hook into that so that all Crystal Reports are stored in the same place and save on duplication. We would need to expose a preview of the report in our application and then export the reports from the Crystal Server in PDF and Excel formats ready to be distributed.
Is that possible? I've found very little on the subject.
In case anybody comes back for the answer... We've managed to get this working by using the 'opendocument' url path feature and embedding it into the site using an iframe. Documentation is here.
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I have two different project First is Windows Application and second is Report Project
So How can I view report in my First Project
Here's attached screenshot of Both Projects
RDL reports get installed in an instance of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) you then load the report into a ReportViewer control from that server. That's a subject too big to include in a single answer here and you should research it independently and then ask specific questions later if you have them.
If you want the reports to be part of your application itself then you need to create client reports - RDLC files - rather than server reports. There is a VS extension you can install for creating client reports, if that's what you want.
I have had a request where a user wants the ability to create their own reports. I have developed and MVC4 application and it currently uses Crystal Reports to generate a pdf of the report.
Obviously Crystal reports allows the developer to drag an element anywhere on the screen. The user now wants to be able to create their own reports and have the ability to move the controls around to where they wish.
Is this possible at all and/or are there any variations to Crystal reports that will allow this? Ideally this will need to be done on the Web too!!
Any direction would be appreciated, thanks
We are planning on creating reports to be run on the same computer that the database application is running on.
Can you tell me which of these is the best approach? (SQL Server Reporting Services or creating a rdlc ReportViewer report)
Also I tried to locate detailed rdlc ReportViewer report tutorials both in books and online and found none. It's probably because I'm looking in the wrong places.
We are also using VB.Net as the language.
All help will be appreciated.
In a nutshell, .rdlc is the client version. You cannot host these on the report server. These reports do not know how to fetch the data, you MUST get the data yourself and pass it to the report. For this reason, you cannot even preview the report while designing. ReportViewer.ProccessingMode = Local
The .rdl or server reports know how to fetch the data. You configure the datasource and upload them to the report server. Because of this, you can preview the reports while designing them. You can use the web/desktop ReportViewer control to run the reports from inside your app...like a proxy between your application and the report server.ReportViewer.ProccessingMode = Remote
I prefer rdl for any sql datasource, but rdlc is also good for cases where your datasource is very complex or can only be built through the application code. I think there might be ways to configure an object datasource for rdl but I haven't looked into that yet.
I currently have a simple crystal reports application which generates a crystal report and in the built in viewer provided by VS2005. There is a drop down where you can select options to change the criteria of the report. I wish to convert this app to a windows executable which will take all those select options and generates pdfs based on the crystal report. the executable will be triggered by windows task scheduler...or maybe command line app?
Obviously this will be somewhat of a re-write. What would be the best way to start this as? a crystal report application or a windows application.
Take a look at CrystalHelper. One of the many things it provides, is the ability to take an existing Crystal Report and export it to PDF. Especially helpful in Web applications, because the clients don't need a Crystal viewer - just a PDF viewer, which almost everyone already has!
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/CrystalHelper.aspx
I ended up using VS2005 and creating a command line app.
i have read this article about custom report items(CRI)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc188686.aspx
The only problem is that CRI are only usable in reporting service and not in local reports. My question is it possible some how to use CRI in local reports( RDLC ). Also i am interested in which version of reporting service is this possible, if possible
Best Regards,
Iordan
Custom report items are not supported in .rdlc files. (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms251712(v=vs.90).aspx) This is likely the approach taken by Microsoft because the ReportViewer used with these files is a free control, while more complex features like third-party controls are supported only on a full SQL Server report server.
One thing in particular I have done in the past to get around this is generate custom charts/controls/images etc. As images and then send them into the report as an image. Not an ideal solution but it works.