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Dynamically Load Embedded Resource Report Using Microsoft.Reporting.WinForms

How does one dynamically load a new report from an embedded resource? I have created a reporting project that contains a report as an embedded resource. I added a second report file and use the following code to switch reports: this.reportViewer1.LocalReport.ReportEmbeddedResource = "ReportsApplication2.Report2.rdlc"; this.reportViewer1...

How do I avoid page breaks inside tables and groups in BIRT ?

When creating reports using BIRT 2.3.1, I don't want page breaks inside tables or groups; if the table doesn't fit in the space available at the page, I want to put the entire element in the next page. Using previous versions of BIRT it was possible to set pageBreakInside to "avoid", but it didn't work. In BIRT 2.3.1 this (useless) opt...

Compare SQL Server Reporting Services to Crystal Reports

Which of Crystal Reports and SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) is better to use? ...

How to get Visual Studio 2008 to edit SSRS 2005 Report Projects w/o Installing SQL Business Intelligence Development Studio 2005?

I'm trying to determine how to open/edit existing SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) 2005 report projects (.rptproj) and reports (.rdl) with Visual Studio 2008, without having to install SQL Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) 2005. ...

Rebinding Report to new XML XSD

I cannot for the life of me find an example of what I need. I have a report that is bound by xsd. How can I take this report in c#, and set the datasource to a new xml file? Every possible way that I've tried just throws me a nice logon screen. I know the files exists in the places that it is looking, and there is obviously no username ...

Report handler architecture question

I am attempting to have a ReportHandler service to handle report creation. Reports can have multiple, differing number of parameters that could be set. In the system currently there are several different methods of creating reports (MS reporting services, html reports, etc) and the way the data is generated for each report is different...

Putting newbies on Reports. Beneficial/Harmful?

In my work experience, most fresh out of school programmers are set right to creating reports for 6-12 months or so. While I see the benefit of doing something non-crucial, it seems to really discourage them. So my question is, should organizations allow newbies to work with someone experienced right off the bat, obviously doing non-cr...

External Styles in JasperReports

Hi there, I'm working on a system that includes a large number of reports, generated using JasperReports. One of the newer features is that you can define styles for reports. From the available docs I believe there is some way to have an external file defining styles to use, and you can reference that in your jasper reports. This allow...

Crystal Reports XI hangs when opening a report

I am trying to open a report in Crystal Report 11 Designer (product version 11.5.8.826), but it seems to freeze up. This report use to work fine, but today the client could not load the report. I also tried to open the report on another developer's workstation, with the same result. Has this happened to anyone else? ...

Richly Formatted excel reports in an ASP.Net application

How do I generate excel reports with rich formatting including charts with a ASP.Net application? As per http://support.microsoft.com/kb/257757 server-side automation of office is advisable and also our admin does not allow installation of office on the server Customer is not ready to spend a lot on 3rd party components A must require...

How do I change the top value name in a text box on a Cognos Report?

The default value for the first item in a drop down list is the name of the database field. I need to change it to a more user friendly name. How do I change the value? ...

How do I combine multiple BIRT reports

We currently have a whole suite of report designs that cover various parts of our app, and these reports are generated on demand by our users. I want to be able to bundle up several of these reports into a single report to return to the user. I initially hacked up a custom report builder that generated report design files using segment...

What are the custom targets you all run when using ant to build project?

I am thinking of running this custom targets to find out more about my project build status - jalopy - jdepend - cvs tagdiff report - custom task for NoUnit - generate UML diagram. ESS-Model What are your views? ...

How do I provide a runtime form designer for my end user?

I would like to create a report designer that has the same functionality and ease of use as the Visual Studio IDE. The ability to drag controls onto a form, select various subsets of those controls, align left, evenly space, etc. The only tools I have ever encountered are really bad. Crystal Reports, the MS Access report crapola, Com...

How to access XML version of CruiseContol.NET Web Dashboard reports (over HTTP)?

I need to determine state of last build (success/failure) and I do it like this: report_url = 'http://.../ViewLatestBuildReport.aspx' success_marker = '<td class="header-title" colspan="2">BUILD SUCCESSFUL</td>' page = urllib.urlopen(report_url) if all(success_marker not in line for line in page): # build is not good, do something ....

Does the computer science/software engineering field have a standardized citation format?

Wikipedia provides a number of citations used in the sciences, however does one stand out in computer science and software engineering related documents? My initial guess is to the IEEE format, as they have a number of conferences and publications related to both fields, but I couldn't find anything definite. ...

birt in a desktop application

Did someone ever used a birt report in a desktop application. I'm comming from the .net environment an there you can use crystal reports to show reports in desktop apps. Is this possible with birt too, without having to set up a server environment? Can you give me some advice how to reach this goal? thanks in advance. ...

Looking for a Report Designer that allows connection to a RESTful webservice

Hi, I'm looking for a Report Designer that will allow me to connect to a RESTful webservice. Ideally I would like one that has a royalty-free End-User Report Designer. WE will be hosting it in an ASP.NET web site. So something compatable with that would be ideal ;) We used to use Data Dynamics Active Reports. However this doesn't allow...

BIRT: pdf emitter, load/use fonts from relative path or from jar files

Hi all! I use BIRT since early days and still have riddles regarding PDF emitter. Short story: Can I configure fontsConfig.xml to load fonts from relative path or from jars? Long story: We are using FOP for generating PDF in our web application as well as BIRT. It will be nice to share fonts between libraries. Unfortunately, I can't ...

How do you calculate a percentage based on two variables with different evaluation groups in Jasper Reports?

First, a sample of what I am trying to accomplish (Evaluation time - Auto): Group 1                 Amt      %   - Group 2 item       4      33.3%     - Group 3 item     1      25.0%     - Group 3 item     3      75.0%   - Group 2 item       8      66.7%     - Group 3 item     5      62.5%     - Group 3 item     3      37.5% Total      ...