DataSet & Crystal Reports

[Dougie]

I am obtaining a DataSet from an XML web service. It contains a number of
ten pin bowling scores from 4 different players. I want to provide a means
of graphing the performance of the round and comparing each player against
the rest. I've looked into Crystal Reports, but I'm not well up on how they
work. Can anyone suggest a way of analysing these scores?

Doug.

[William Ryan eMVP]

Create a dummy file that matches the data returned from your dataset and
write it to XML. You can create a crystal report and point it to that XML
file. When the data gets back from the WS, serialize it with the same name
as the file that you built the report with. Then just call the report. It
will use the new data then.

Or you could walk through the dataset if you don't want to use crystal and
create the graphics yourself, but Crystal or a third party component will
probably pay for themselves in development time (CR is free for most
scenarios).

HTH,

Bill
"Dougie" <no*******@nks.com> wrote in message
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I am obtaining a DataSet from an XML web service. It contains a number of
ten pin bowling scores from 4 different players. I want to provide a means of graphing the performance of the round and comparing each player against
the rest. I've looked into Crystal Reports, but I'm not well up on how they work. Can anyone suggest a way of analysing these scores?

Doug.

[Dougie]

Thanks William, you wouldn't know of any examples of this anywhere?

Much appreciated,
Dougie.

"William Ryan eMVP" <do********@comcast.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:Oi**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

Create a dummy file that matches the data returned from your dataset and
write it to XML. You can create a crystal report and point it to that XML
file. When the data gets back from the WS, serialize it with the same name as the file that you built the report with. Then just call the report. It will use the new data then.

Or you could walk through the dataset if you don't want to use crystal and
create the graphics yourself, but Crystal or a third party component will
probably pay for themselves in development time (CR is free for most
scenarios).

HTH,

Bill
"Dougie" <no*******@nks.com> wrote in message
news:O8**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...

I am obtaining a DataSet from an XML web service. It contains a number of ten pin bowling scores from 4 different players. I want to provide a

means

of graphing the performance of the round and comparing each player against the rest. I've looked into Crystal Reports, but I'm not well up on how

they

work. Can anyone suggest a way of analysing these scores?

Doug.