Download - Active reports Training Session
Active Reports
28 July 2015
Prepare & Presented By Gandhi V
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AT A GLANCE
Introduction
Layout Sections
Controls & Properties
Data Source
Scripting & Coding
Demo Project
Compare with crystal report
Limitation
Q&A
Thank You
1 Introduction
Introduction of Active Reports Active Reports is a .NET reporting tool used by developers of Windows
application and ASP.NET applications.
It was originally developed by Data Dynamics, which was then acquired by
Grape City.
It will support C# and Vb.Net language.
Active Reports Released Versions 3,6,7,7sp1,8,9.
Export Options for PDF (with advanced security support), Excel, Word, RTF,
HTML, Text, XML, and TIFF.
File Format: .rpx (Retrieval Raw Pixel) denotes a active reports layout file.
Active reports 3.0 working in visual studio 2008 (Framework3.5 and less).
Introduction of Active Reports
1 Layout Sections
Layout Section in Active Reports
Active Report
•Report Start•Report End•Page Start•Page End•Data Initialize•Fetch Data•No Data
Report Header
•Format•After Print•Before Print
Report Footer
•Format•After Print•Before Print
Page Header
•Format•After Print•Before Print
Page Footer
•Format•After Print•Before Print
Group Header (Optional)
•Format•After Print•Before Print
Group Footer (Optional)
•Format•After Print•Before Print
Detail
•Format•After Print•Before Print
1 Controls & Properties
Controls & Properties in Active Reports
1 Data Source
Data Source in Active Reports
1 Scripting & Coding
Scripting & Coding in Active Reports
There are two types of way write code active reports.
Scripting
VB Coding
DEMO
1 Compare with Crystal Reports
Compare with Crystal ReportsFeatures Active Reports Crystal Reports
Dynamic Scripting Yes No
File Format XML (.RPX)Editable with Notepad
Binary (.RPT) Uses SDKs to access objects.
Sub-reports 20 levels deepObject based reporting improves on sub-report
One level deep
Designer Interface Object based Banded
Extensibility Open architecture Closed architecture
CSS Minimal support Supported
Formula Library 13 financial functions6 date functions
50+ financial functions48 date functions
Data Connectivity Shared data sources Single point of entryCR Server - Shared data source
Latest Version v.9 v.14.1
Environment Microsoft Visual Studio Users can also access Crystal Reports from outside of Microsoft environments. Java developers to build applications with Crystal Reports components.
1 Limitation of Active Reports
Limitation of Active Reports Border Height Problem in details section.
Cannot call business object in sub report.
The size of Dot and Dash (the Line Style property) is not exactly the same.
The z-index is not correctly imported.
The HorizontalAlignment property is always set as “Left”.
The CanGrow, CharacterSpacing, TextRotationAngle and HyperlinkText pro
perties are not imported
Q&A
THANK YOU