Creating reports

[make me rain]

With VS 2008 EXPRESS + MySQL 5.0

i am struck at developing reports,
please show some light on the tools available for reporting please

note:- i can not bear any paid one like Crystal reports, i am looking for free tools

[make me rain]

i have got one link here http://dbautotrack.net/
but i would like to know is this can be used for development + distribution ?

some place it was said that it is a shareware , but it is also said that it is royalty free for distribution

[akhileshbc]

I think, there's a standard "Reporting" feature in VB(I'm using VB2010) apart from preinstalled Crystal Report. And I'm planning to try it in my current project.
Here's a tutorial that I found while googling: http://www.vbmysql.com/articles/vbne...eating-reports

[akhileshbc]

This site seems to be entirely dedicated to it: http://www.gotreportviewer.com/

[make me rain]

is it VB2010 express !

i am using 2008 express , in which i am unable to trace the report viewer,report designer

[akhileshbc]

is it VB2010 express !

i am using 2008 express , in which i am unable to trace the report viewer,report designer

I'm using VB2010 Ultimate. Unfortunately, it seems to be available only in other editions (ie. other than Express)

[.paul.]

@make me rain

i don't know of any alternatives for vb2008
you could download vb2010?

[make me rain]

thanks paul

you could download vb2010?

is 2010 express will solve my issue

[akhileshbc]

ReportViewer is only included in Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010.

ReportViewer is included in Standard and up. (i.e., all editions except Express.)

[make me rain]

Ok
akhilesh is there any way ahead, for report building

this shouldn't have happened yar

[Ram2Curious]

For that reason i shifted to the professional one. You can use the 3rd party tools but still you need to spend money on it.

I had seen one in here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRnydmVwmto that uses the WebBrowser. But flexibility is still an issue.

[akhileshbc]

If you are a student, then you could get the Pro edition of Visual Studio and other softwares for free : http://www.dreamspark.com/

[Ram2Curious]

Yes, i almost forgot dreamspark. Once the college gets verified, its almost done.

[make me rain]

how the colleage or student will be verified

[akhileshbc]

how the colleage or student will be verified

3 options:

• If you have Internation Student Identification Card(ISIC), you can use it.
• If you got an Activation code from an institution or a representative of Microsoft, you could use that.
• Get verified through school, as Microsoft will mail you the details to your school's email account.

[Aash]

I installed Ultimate edition and when installation completed i got error that some files didn't install on my system. I tried re-installing it but still same problem. Did such happen with you guys??

[make me rain]

ash i think you need to make it a new thread, because the subject is different here

[Aash]

ash i think you need to make it a new thread, because the subject is different here

ok
i was just wanted to know about it.