The following are the 3 ways that I know and would like to know the experiences from SO users.
URL-based
Report Viewer Control from Visual Studio
Web Services
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Not sure what you're using as a report generator on the server side, but I've found that serving up reports in PDF format is a relatively pain-free, cross-platform way to go. Almost everybody has Adobe Reader installed.
Update: sorry, I missed the SSRS tags, but you can output SSRS reports to PDF:
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/reporting-services/PDFUsingSQLRepServices.aspx
I still recommend PDF for the delivered report format. Cross-browser and near-universal, two things that make me (and clients) very happy.
MusiGenesis
2009-09-21 19:13:03
@MusiGenesis, What do you use as a Report Generator/PDF Creator?
Robert Harvey
2009-09-21 19:21:32
@Robert: ActiveReports (but it's been a couple of years).
MusiGenesis
2009-09-21 19:23:14
Wouldn't the report generator be SSRS? That's what the question is tagged with.
JPot
2009-09-21 20:14:51
@JPot: I didn't even notice the tags. Sorry, thought this was a more general question.
MusiGenesis
2009-09-21 21:42:56