I'm developing a form that does a bunch of db operations and at the end of the day, I want to generated detailed reports. I can't use Crystal because these reports would be distributed so I have licensing issues. So I thought, it would be cool to create HTML pages; everyone has a browser.
I just haven't figured the best way to approach this. I would like to launch a form within my app that includes the Microsoft Web Browser component but I can't get it to work. So I can launch and instance of IE and display the HTML file that, but then I really don't wanna have several session of IE open. If I can keep it in the app, I'll have better control.
So ask you, my .NET colleagues, 1) Generally what's a good non-Crystal Report way of building reports and 2) If by HTML how in the hell do you use the Web Browser component
Your help is greatly appreciated,
Best way to do HTML reporting?
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Best way to do HTML reporting?
Mani Swaminathan
I would recommend to have a good look at Report Sharp-Shooter by 9Rays.Net. I've used it a couple of times for our projects and it still impresses me by its flexibility and features.
By this means one's able to have his reports in a bunch of formats and they're royalty-free.
The support was pretty good as well. I asked them questions two ot three times and the 9Rays guys responded via e-mail within the same day or one the following one (once out of three times).
Have a nice day.