Showing reports and ledgers

Question

Hi all,

I was using Microsoft Office Web Components in my .NET desktop application to show tabular data and reports. But Microsoft has stopped shipping Web Components with later versions of Microsoft Office and also I want to remove this dependency from my application.

Is there any other good and efficient method to show reports and tabular data without using any third party tool? If a third party tool is necessary, please recommend a free one if possible.

Crystal Reports is a good idea but is not free!

Thanks,