want to display our w2's - .NET Framework

rodchar

Hey all

I want to create an asp.net application where our employees can view a read-only screen of their W2s. I want it to have the look and feel of the paper W2s forms they receive now. What's the best way to accomplish this? My first guess, would Sql Server Reporting Services do a good job

Thanks in advance
rodchar

Jul 21 '05 #1

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Jim Douglas

Someone probably has a copy of the W2 in PDF format, get it and the PDF tool
kit, read the data from the
database and populate the form. There is probably more than 10 different
ways of doing this, we used the PDF and it
worked fine for filling out another type of federal form.
"rodchar" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
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Hey all,

I want to create an asp.net application where our employees can view a read-only screen of their W2s. I want it to have the look and feel of the
paper W2s forms they receive now. What's the best way to accomplish this?
My first guess, would Sql Server Reporting Services do a good job?
Thanks in advance,
rodchar

Jul 21 '05 #2

Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]

Yep, there are a bunch of ways to produce PDF from within .NET.
Adobe's kit is one way. but there are many others, Some are commercial and
some free.

In no particular order:

1. XMLPDF, by Visual Programming - http://www.xmlpdf.com/
Generate an XML file that conforms to their schema, then generate a PDF from
that XML file.
Commercial.

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2. a version of Crystal Reports included in Visual Studio .NET does PDF
export.
See
http://www.crystaldecisions.com/prod...comparison.asp

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3. PdfCreator for .NET -
Free.
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/U...8-603ef212d0db

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4. PdfCreator printer driver - (this is different from the above)
see
http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm

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5. itextsharp - http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/
Free, and GPL.
This depends on SharpZiplib -
http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSourc.../Download.aspx

Of itextsharp, What I found... It works as advertised. I only
used the basic features. I did not do page layout or graphics,
just basic text, tables, lists. I did the "XML to PDF"
translation. (something like FOP).

http://itextsharp.sourceforge.net/tu...7.html#xml2pdf

You can see a few simple examples here, with source code, and a few notes I
had about usage:
http://dinoch.dyndns.org:8080/cheeso/itext/

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6. http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdflibrary/

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7. http://www.pdftron.com/net/index.html

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8. http://siberix.com/pdf/

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9. nFop - XSL FO for .NET (open source)
http://nfop.sourceforge.net/

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10. Report.net (open source and GPL)
entirely written in C#
http://report.sourceforge.net

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11. PDFControl by wpCubed GmbH - http://www.wptools.de
is able to convert metafiles into PDF file (high quality text +
vectors)
"Jim Douglas" <ja***********@ genesis-software.com> wrote in message
news:Bxuvc.3472 8$3x.28669@attb i_s54...

Someone probably has a copy of the W2 in PDF format, get it and the PDF tool kit, read the data from the
database and populate the form. There is probably more than 10 different
ways of doing this, we used the PDF and it
worked fine for filling out another type of federal form.
"rodchar" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:16******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
Hey all,

I want to create an asp.net application where our employees can view a

read-only screen of their W2s. I want it to have the look and feel of the
paper W2s forms they receive now. What's the best way to accomplish this?
My first guess, would Sql Server Reporting Services do a good job?

Thanks in advance,
rodchar

Jul 21 '05 #3

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