We generate dynamic reports in all of our business web applications written for .Net and J2EE. On the server side we use ActiveReports.Net and JasperReports to generate the reports. We then export them to PDF to send down to the browser.
Our clients all use Adobe Reader. We have endless problems with the different versions of Adobe Reader and how they are setup on the client.
What file format/readers are others using for their dynamic reports? We need something that allows for precise layout as many of the reports are forms that are printed with data from out systems. HTML is not expressive enough.