29th September 2009

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In this article, Vince walks the user through the process of creating a Crystal Report as a web service and then creating a web site to consume the service. After providing a short introduction, he examines the relevant steps which includes the creation of a web service, adding crystal reports file, and establishing database connectivity using Visual Studio 2008. Towards the end of the article, he examines the creation of a web site with the help of relevant source code and screenshots.

http://aspalliance.com/1883_Building_Reports_using_ASPNET_and_Crystal_Reports__Part_5__Creating_Reports_as_a_Web_Service

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Microsoft has started another program aimed at helping cut the costs of small businesses. BizSpark has been around for a while and helps new businesses get on their feet by supplying licensing for Microsoft software for a few years. DreamSpark is the program focused on getting Microsoft's technology into the hands of students.

The new program is called WebsiteSpark and is for companies focused on web design and development. It offers licenses for standard web development tools from Microsoft as well as some production server software licenses.

Eligibility Requirements: An eligible Web design and development company must have the following characteristics at the time of joining:

• A professional service firm whose primary business is providing Web development and design services for its clients, with
• no more than 10 members (including owners and employees).

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Sometimes you need to create reports quickly. You might not always have time to format fancy reports containing graphs. Or maybe you have to create reports that do not need graphs. Reusing one ASP.NET web page you can display many reports.

In this article the author presents a comprehensive solution to build a GridView with template fields generated at run time with in-place Insert, Delete and Edit operations with a full description of an effective implementation and usage of ITemplate interface.

In this fourth part of the series, Vince Varallo examines the creation of an employee report and demonstrates the usage of Crystal Reports object model to change the grouping fields and manipulate the properties of the group at runtime to show or hide sections, reset the page number, or insert a page break using Visual Studio 2008. He provides a step-by-step analysis of each procedure with the help of relevant screen shots and source code.

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In this article, Vince walks the user through the process of creating a Crystal Report as a web service and then creating a web site to consume the service. After providing a short introduction, he examines the relevant steps which includes the creation of a web service, adding crystal reports file, and establishing database connectivity using Visual Studio 2008. Towards the end of the article, he examines the creation of a web site with the help of relevant source code and screenshots.

In this fourth part of the series, Vince Varallo examines the creation of an employee report and demonstrates the usage of Crystal Reports object model to change the grouping fields and manipulate the properties of the group at runtime to show or hide sections, reset the page number, or insert a page break using Visual Studio 2008. He provides a step-by-step analysis of each procedure with the help of relevant screen shots and source code.

In this third part of the series, Varallo shows how to rebuild the Invoice created in Part 1 using disconnected datasets instead of connecting directly to the database. This gives the user the flexibility to manipulate the data and implement rules in a c# business class rather than in the report. He provides a detailed overview of each concept in a step-by-step manner supported with screen shots and source code.

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In this second part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create a burndown chart using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of burndown reports with the help of relevant SQL statements and screen shots.

In this first part of the series, Eric shows the reader how to create two reports using Reporting Services, Visual Studio 2008, and Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2008 for an agile project. After giving a short introduction and the requirements, he examines the creation of scenario story report with the help of relevant SQL and screen shots.

This article examines the steps the author took to make the local reports work using Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services in ASP.NET.

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