VSView Reporting combines reporting and printing ActiveX components for applications that need rich, data-driven output. It supports Access-style banded reports, custom document creation, print previewing, printing, and export scenarios, making it suitable for projects that need presentation-quality reports for desktop or web-based delivery.
Data-Based Banded Reports
VSView Reporting includes a reporting component for generating data-based banded reports. This allows developers to build structured report layouts that organize data into sections, making it suitable for business reports, grouped output, summaries, and other formatted reporting scenarios.
Access-Style Reporting Model
Its reporting approach is largely based on the Microsoft Access reporting model. Developers familiar with Access-style report design can work with a reporting structure that follows similar concepts for building and formatting report layouts.
Standalone Printing Component
It includes a standalone printing component that provides printing and print previewing services independently of the reporting component. Developers can use this control on its own when an application needs custom document output beyond standard data-driven reports.
Custom Document Generation
The printing component can be used to create custom documents of many types. This supports applications that need programmatic control over output generation for forms, reports, statements, labels, or other formatted printable content.
Rendered Report Output
The reporting component renders its output through the printing component. This connects report generation with preview and printing functionality, giving applications a consistent path from data-driven layout creation to final document presentation and output.
Print Preview Support
The product supports report and document previewing before output is finalized. This helps developers add review workflows so users can inspect layout, pagination, and presentation before sending content to a printer or distributing it electronically.
Printing Services
It provides printing functionality for both reports and custom documents. Applications can generate finished output and send it directly to print, supporting scenarios where hard-copy distribution remains part of the reporting workflow.
Export Capabilities
The product supports exporting reports so generated output can be distributed beyond the application itself. This is useful when reports need to be shared, archived, or delivered in formats suitable for external viewing and reuse.
Presentation-Quality Reporting
It is designed to visualize application data as rich, presentation-quality reports. This makes it suitable for projects that need output that is not only data driven, but also formatted clearly for review, communication, and business presentation.
Desktop And Web Delivery
Reports can be previewed, printed, and exported on a local computer or over the web. This supports applications that need reporting workflows for both desktop use and browser-accessible or web-connected distribution scenarios.
Product Compatibility
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Component Type
ActiveX / COM Component
Windows DLL
ActiveX/COM Platform
ActiveX OCX
ActiveX .NET Ready
How to Buy
ActiveX is no longer fully supported* and has been removed from the ComponentOne Studio Enterprise Subscription. You can still download and license the last version of the ActiveX Edition individually.
MESCIUS have followed the Microsoft "It Just Works" compatibility for their ActiveX controls. Due to changes in the Windows operating system, and end of support from Microsoft, they can no longer fully support and provide maintenance builds of any ActiveX control. *You may still request a meeting with the product manager to discuss support and migration options.
About MESCIUS
MESCIUS, formerly known as GrapeCity, is a leading developer-focused brand established in Japan, with a history spanning over 30 years. It is recognized for its extensive suite of software components, including reporting frameworks, spreadsheet libraries, and Japanese market-oriented input controls. Popular products such as ActiveReports, SPREAD, InputMan, and ComponentOne support both .NET and JavaScript ecosystems and are widely used in business-critical applications. MESCIUS offers distinctive advantages such as proven reliability, comprehensive Japanese localization, and strong technical support, making it a trusted choice for IT professionals and software developers building complex and localized systems.