Thanks for the replies. I had a suggestion from someone on the MSDN newsgroups to try exporting to PDF, which seems to work pretty
well. Maybe I'll just go with that...
> ----------
> From: Paul Czywczynski[SMTP:paul@p...]
> Reply To: ASPX_Professional
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:57 AM
> To: ASPX_Professional
> Subject: [aspx_professional] Re: Good looking reports in the browser?
>
> Welcome to the world of Crystal.NET.
>
> There is no other Crystal.NET version besides what is included in
> VS.NET. The big problem with printing to the web with Crystal.NET as
> opposed to version 8.5 and earlier is Crystal.NET does not use an
> ActiveX or Java web report viewer. The web report is pure HTML/DHTML and
> is at the mercy of the browser to render it to a printer.
>
> Almost everyone using Crystal.NET views this as a major step backwards.
> I really don't expect this problem to be resolved since ActiveX is COM
> based and I don't expect any type of Java app being packaged with a .NET
> application.
>
> -Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad McLeod [mailto:netwatchby2@y...]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 9:03 AM
> To: ASPX_Professional
> Subject: [aspx_professional] Re: Good looking reports in the browser?
>
>
> Lynn -
>
> Sorry to hear that you're having issues with CR. My
> company has developed Internet apps with CR since
> version 7.0 and had remarkable success. My clients
> give rave reviews on the graphical rendering and
> drill-down capabilities that are provided with CR.
>
> Having said that, I realize that the CR packing that
> comes with VS is rather....bland;-) M$ provided this
> 'plug-in' only as en enticement to the full product.
> Have you checked out the developers version?
> What issues/problems are you having??
>
> P.S. I DO NOT work for Seagate:-)
>
> Brad
>
> --- Lynn Curtner <lynn.curtner@p...> wrote:
> > I'm wondering if anyone can suggest any good
> > {resources/3rd party
> > products/coding techniques/etc...} for putting
> > attractive, complex reports
> > (headers, footers, groups, group summaries...) on
> > the web with ASP.NET.
> > I've been trying to use the 'Crystal Reports' that
> > comes with VS, but it
> > seems pretty incompetent at rendering for the
> > browser. Or maybe I just
> > haven't enough experience with the tool. Any
> > success stories with CR?
> > Any alternatives?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Lynn Curtner
>
>
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