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cChair Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Location: Nigeria Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Topic: Customized report writing tool Posted: 13 Dec 2006 at 10:54pm
	Hello, Can somebody please guide me on where i can get resources that can help me design my own report writing tool using VB.NET I am playing around few controls in VB.NET such as PrintPreview control and the rest, but I cannot conviniently pass data from query to such control. I will appreciate every assistance towards this. Thanks
	Ayeni S. O
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emoreau Newbie Joined: 13 Nov 2006 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 14 Dec 2006 at 8:18pm
	I have written an article on that subject in September 2006 that you can get from http://emoreau.s2i.com/
	HTH Eric Moreau MCSD, Visual Developer - Visual Basic MVP
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cChair Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Location: Nigeria Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 15 Dec 2006 at 4:57am
	Thanks Eric, What I actually want is to do something outside crystal report. Example is what TallySolution do for their accounting software. Am looking at a situation where I can create report interface using VB.NET and not crystal report.NET. By so doing, i can have total control over my report environment.
	Ayeni S. O
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emoreau Newbie Joined: 13 Nov 2006 Location: Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 15 Dec 2006 at 5:26am
	I am not sure that CR is the perfect solution for you. From what I understand, you want completly ad-hoc reports. CR is not the perfect tool for that. I would consider exporting to something like Excel.
	HTH Eric Moreau MCSD, Visual Developer - Visual Basic MVP
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BrianBischof Admin Group Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2458	Posted: 15 Dec 2006 at 8:54am
	You could do this with CR Developer edition. But according to the CR license, you are not allowed to create a product that creates reports because this is now in competition with Crystal Reports itself. You would have to acquire an OEM license which I would assume is incredibly expensive.
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BrianBischof Admin Group Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2458	Posted: 15 Dec 2006 at 8:55am
	You COULD do something like what you want if you were using Sql Server Reporting Services. You can build a custom report writer that exports the report layout to XML and then Reporting Services consumes it and produces the report. This is not in conflict with their Terms of Service license for Microsoft.
	Please support the forum! Tell others by linking to it on your blog or website:<a href="http://www.crystalreportsbook.com/forum/">Crystal Reports Forum</a>
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cChair Newbie Joined: 13 Dec 2006 Location: Nigeria Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 16 Dec 2006 at 7:12am
	Can u please direct me to a place to get good materials on sql server reporting services. I was reading similar thing from Bookonline but i still cannt get the clue right. Thanks
	Ayeni S. O
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