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ActiveReports for .NET by GrapeCity

URLs: activereports-net, activereports net, activereportsnet, grapecity

Generate a wide variety of reports from your .NET applications (Now includes Visual Studio 2008 Support). ActiveReports for .NET is written in managed C# and provides integration with the Visual Studio .NET IDE. This allows Visual Studio .NET programmers to leverage their current programming language (C# or Visual Basic .NET) when programming for ActiveReports for .NET. ActiveReports for .NET is based on a per-developer licensing scheme, and it is royalty-free to distribute. ActiveReports for .NET comes with a report wizard and a Microsoft Access report conversion wizard so you can start creating reports quickly.

ActiveReports for .NET includes export filters for Adobe PDF, Microsoft Excel, RTF, HTML, Text and TIFF formats. ActiveReports for .NET can be used in both Windows-based and Web-based applications.

ActiveReports for .NET also includes a Windows Viewer control that supports split and multi-page views, has a Table of Contents pane with a new Thumbnail view tab, and can perform text searches of reports. It also allows you to customize the viewer's toolbar.

The Professional Edition of ActiveReports for .NET features an End-User Report Designer control that allows you to host the report designer in your own applications to provide end users with the ability to create and modify reports. It also includes a server-side Web Viewer control that takes advantage of ASP.NET's HTTP Handlers to allow you to display reports without having to write custom code for export to popular formats such as HTML and PDF.

New features to ActiveReports for .NET include a brand new chart control, updated memory management features, a RichText control that is capable of rendering HTML and RTF tables, and an integrated script window with syntax highlighting. ActiveReports for .NET additionally allows you to bind data to custom classes based on the iList interface in addition to the other data types already supported in previous versions, and includes enhanced connection timeout capabilities.

ActiveReports for .NET Standard Edition

Provides an integrated report designer

Supports OleDB, SQL Server, and XML Datasources, along with ADO.NET (Data Readers, Data Tables, DataViews, and DataSets)

Includes a customizable Windows Viewer control

Provides Crystal and Microsoft Access Import utilities

Provides HTML, PDF, Excel, RTF, TIFF, and Text exports

ActiveReports for .NET Professional Edition

Includes all of the Standard Edition features

Includes an End-User Report Designer control

Includes an ASP.NET Server Web Viewer control

ActiveReports for .NET Product Features

Fully integrated Chart control

RichText control with support for RTF tables and HTML tags

Support for databinding to classes that implement the iList interface

Streamlined PDF exports with WMF Files processed as metafiles

Enhanced RichText control with the ability to render RTF Tables and HTML formatted text

Enhanced script editor window with syntax highlighting

New CacheToDisk memory performance enhancement

Binding to custom classes that implement the iList interface

Enhancements to the PDF export to allow for smaller filesizes when using windows metafiles

Thumbnail View tab in the Table of Contents pane of the Viewer control

Enhanced OutputFormat

New Version Switcher tool

ActiveReports for .NET Designer: Easy to Learn

Full integration with the Visual Studio .NET 2003 environment

Familiar user interface

C# and Visual Basic .NET support

The ability to compile reports into the application for speed and security or to keep them separate for ease of updating

Report Wizard and Microsoft Access Report Import Wizard

Designer hosting of .NET 3rd party controls and user controls

Fully exposed Object Model

Dynamic report building or modification

Report Creation API with complete run-time access to report objects and members

ActiveReports for .NET Data Access: Easy to Connect

OLEDB and SqlClient report data sources

Flexible XML datasource

Binds to Dataset, DataView, DataTable, any RowCollection, and any class that implements the iList interface

DataSource property can be modified at run time to create ad hoc (dynamic) reports

Flexible unbound data

ActiveReports for .NET: Easy to View

Created with managed C# code

Supports small deployment assembly, suitable for use on the Internet

Provides TOC/Bookmarks and thumbnail views

Allows hyperlinking

Provides export filters for RTF, PDF, EXCEL, HTML, TIFF, and text

ActiveReports for .NET End-User Report Designer

Allows you to host the designer in your application and distribute it royalty-free

Provides end-user report editing capabilities

Provides easy access for saving and loading report layouts

Allows you to monitor and control the design environment

Allows you to customize the look and feel to the needs of end users

ActiveReports for .NET: ASP.NET Integration

Allows quick viewing of ActiveReports on the web with the Web Viewer control

Provides printing capability with the ActiveX viewer and Acrobat Reader viewerType properties with the Web Viewer control

Provides an RPX files HTTP Handler to allow you to place a report on your web server and make it available via hyperlink to your internet users in HTML or PDF

Provides a Compiled Report HTTP Handler to allow direct access via hyperlink to an ActiveReport compiled in an assembly on your server

ActiveReports for .NET: Easy to Deploy

Reporting Engine is a single managed strongnamed assembly

Assemblies can be distributed using XCopy or the global assembly cache (GAC)

Royalty-free distribution

What's new in ActiveReports for .NET V3.0?

ActiveReports for .NET Designer

Design-time preview tab

Component tray for design-time work with .NET data providers

Enhanced Report Explorer

Design-time support for custom parameters

Design-time unbound fields

ActiveReports for .NET Viewer

Annotations in the Viewer Control

Multiple tab pages for linked items

Web links open within the Viewer Control

ActiveReports for .NET Engine

Chart control expanded with seven new chart types

ReportInfo Control for page N of M or report run date

Generate a wide variety of reports from your .NET applications (Now includes Visual Studio 2008 Support).

Pricing: ActiveReports for .NET Professional Edition V3.0 SP2 (Build 5.2.1331) (for VS2003, VS2005 and VS2008) 1 Developer License, ActiveReports for .NET Professional Edition V3.0 SP2 (Build 5.2.1331) (for VS2003, VS2005 and VS2008) 1 Site Wide License (Allows Unlimited Developers at a Single Physical Address), ActiveReports for .NET Professional Edition V3.0 SP2 (Build 5.2.1331) (for VS2003, VS2005 and VS2008) - Upgrade from Standard 1 Developer License Upgrade from V3.x .NET Standard Edition, ActiveReports for .NET Professional Edition V3.0 SP2 (Build 5.2.1331) (for VS2003, VS2005 and VS2008) - Upgrade from Standard 1 Site Wide License (Allows Unlimited Developers at a Single Physical Address) - Upgrade from V3.x .NET Standard Edition Site License, ActiveReports for .NET Professional Edition (for VS2003, VS2005 and VS2008) Source Code Escrow Annual Subscription - (An Escrow Agreement will be sent to you for signature - please read Licensing section below), ActiveReports for .NET Standard Edition V3.0 SP2 (Build 5.2.1331) (for VS2003, VS2005 and VS2008) 1 Developer License, ActiveReports for .NET Standard Edition V3.0 SP2 (Build 5.2.1331) (for VS2003, VS2005 and VS2008) 1 Site Wide License (Allows Unlimited Developers at a Single Physical Address)

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Operating System for Deployment: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT 4.0

Architecture of Product: 32Bit, 64Bit

Product Type: Component

Component Type: ASP.NET WebForms, .NET WinForms, 100% Managed Code

Built Using: Visual C# .NET

Compatible Containers: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual Basic 2008, Microsoft Visual Basic 2005, Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual C++ 2008, Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003, Microsoft Visual C# 2008, Microsoft Visual C# 2005, Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2003, .NET Framework 3.5, .NET Framework 3.0, .NET Framework 2.0, .NET Framework 1.1

Product Class: Business Components

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