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DJVege

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Guys...Help needed or will die from strangulation! :(

How do I create a report in Visual Studio .NET? I heard ASP.NET is good, but dont know how. This is what I need to do...

Create a template similar to the reports in Access, or Crystal Reports. This template will just have some background pics etc.. basically making it look professional and belonging to a company. Then I need to allow the user (in the finished program) to write text, inset pics/tables, and then print!

So basically, I want to give the user a basic empty report template, allow him/her to add whatever data they need to in the form of tables, pics or text.

Is this possible??? Trying to research, but crystal reports dont let the user enter any data.....i think....

Any help would be greatfully appreciated....as I am in dire straits,
 
ASP.NET is not a reporting tool, it is for building applications on the web, just like Windows Forms are for Desktop, except that ASP is for the web.

So you want to allow the user to create the reports based on data from a database or ?
 
Dope

No, not databases....

Heres what Ive got so far.

Im communicating with an XML server...(shares/stocks etc..). I query for some information, and receive it back in xml format. This is then formatted and outputted in a dataset(using XMlnodes and readers). Graphs are also made from the data received.

Now, I want to put these tables and graphs in a report. eg.

Report format I want:::::

Heading (some sort of company header)

Text (an area for the user to put any text stating the purpose of the report).

Graph/Table (An area where the user can paste the table/Graph just created.

Text (an area for the user to explain the graph, table, and any other comments.

Footer.(yours sincerely etc...)

Thanks heaps.
 
Originally posted by DJVege

So basically, I want to give the user a basic empty report template, allow him/her to add whatever data they need to in the form of tables, pics or text.

Is this possible??? Trying to research, but crystal reports dont let the user enter any data.....i think....
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So you want to load a Crystal Report from a DataSet, with some user defined sections. Crystal will do all this with no great problem.

You need to look into passing parameters to a report, which is long winded but fairly simple.

The VS.net help has a lot of information on it.

John
 
How?

Guys, how do I view my report at runtime, and then type in the text I want to add (at runtime), add table/graph (at runtime)?

Thanks
 
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