Building Report-enabled Applications with the New ReportViewer Controls (Part 1 of 2)

Reporting is an integral part of every complete application. The Report Viewer controls greatly reduce the development effort required to report-enable .NET applications. Part one of this two-part article shows you how you can leverage the Windows Forms ReportViewer to integrate your Windows Forms .NET applications with Reporting Services 2005.

by Teo Lachev

January 31, 2006

icrosoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services (SSRS) provides open protocols for integrating reporting clients regardless of the targeted programming language and platform. A noticeable missing piece in its integration strategy was a presentation layer to deliver the generated reports to the end users. The RS 2005 Windows Forms and Web Report Viewer controls fill in this gap.

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Building Report-enabled Applications with the New ReportViewer Controls (Part 1 of 2)

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