New to VB.Net

[Rahul Chatterjee]

Hello All

I am trying to create an app where in I will be able to hook onto a database
and select a table and be able to drop in fields from that table onto a
form/Report. i.e. this is going to be a custom reporting tool where the
users can create their own reports using the available fields and
parameters

Can anyone suggest any place I can go to see how something like this done. I
am very new to dot net and am using VB.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

[Tom Shelton]

On Jul 23, 2:16 pm, "Rahul Chatterjee" <[e-mail]:

Hello All

I am trying to create an app where in I will be able to hook onto a database
and select a table and be able to drop in fields from that table onto a
form/Report. i.e. this is going to be a custom reporting tool where the
users can create their own reports using the available fields and
parameters

Can anyone suggest any place I can go to see how something like this done. I
am very new to dot net and am using VB.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

I would look at a 3rd party tool for this. At my last job, we use
Active Reports, because it allowed us to embed/customize the report
desinger surface in our own applications. It will saved us a ton of
development time.

--
Tom Shelton

[Chris]

Yes, 3rd party tools are your friend.

I use DevExpress.com which contains a slightly less robust report toolset
than ActiveReports at less than 1/2 the price. I've used their DXperience
for a couple ofyears and it's definately paid for itself in time as well as
helped me deliver professional UIs. Try their free trial.

Good Luck!

"Tom Shelton" <to*********@comcast.netwrote in message
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On Jul 23, 2:16 pm, "Rahul Chatterjee" <[e-mail]:

>Hello All

I am trying to create an app where in I will be able to hook onto a
database
and select a table and be able to drop in fields from that table onto a
form/Report. i.e. this is going to be a custom reporting tool where the
users can create their own reports using the available fields and
parameters

Can anyone suggest any place I can go to see how something like this
done. I
am very new to dot net and am using VB.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

I would look at a 3rd party tool for this. At my last job, we use
Active Reports, because it allowed us to embed/customize the report
desinger surface in our own applications. It will saved us a ton of
development time.

--
Tom Shelton

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"Chris" <ch*********@sbcgloal.netwrote in
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>
I use DevExpress.com which contains a slightly less robust report
toolset than ActiveReports at less than 1/2 the price. I've used their
DXperience for a couple ofyears and it's definately paid for itself in
time as well as helped me deliver professional UIs. Try their free
trial.

We're looking for a new reporting tool as well - do these tools support
reporting off a dataset rather than a direct ADO.NET connection?

[Rahul Chatterjee]

Thank you all for your replies. We do use DevExpress in house and I will
check if we have the DXperience tool.

Thanks again
"Chris" <ch*********@sbcgloal.netwrote in message
news:fR*******************@newssvr23.news.prodigy. net...

Yes, 3rd party tools are your friend.

I use DevExpress.com which contains a slightly less robust report toolset
than ActiveReports at less than 1/2 the price. I've used their DXperience
for a couple ofyears and it's definately paid for itself in time as well
as helped me deliver professional UIs. Try their free trial.

Good Luck!

"Tom Shelton" <to*********@comcast.netwrote in message
news:11**********************@g12g2000prg.googlegr oups.com...

>On Jul 23, 2:16 pm, "Rahul Chatterjee" <[e-mail]:

>>Hello All

I am trying to create an app where in I will be able to hook onto a
database
and select a table and be able to drop in fields from that table onto a
form/Report. i.e. this is going to be a custom reporting tool where the
users can create their own reports using the available fields and
parameters

Can anyone suggest any place I can go to see how something like this
done. I
am very new to dot net and am using VB.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

I would look at a 3rd party tool for this. At my last job, we use
Active Reports, because it allowed us to embed/customize the report
desinger surface in our own applications. It will saved us a ton of
development time.

--
Tom Shelton