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    Question Going to replace Crystal Reports with SQL Reports?

    Morning all

    We've had enough of crystal reports on our application and are considering replacing it with SQL Reports. Dont know too much about SQL Reports but we do the following with Crystal:

    - Sub reports which work from filters derived from Detail records on parent report.
    - Use the same report fiiles used in the windows enviroment in a web environemnt.
    - Use stored procedures as well as tables.
    - Have conditional code to control the presentation of the report.
    - Embed reports into a Windows VB.net application using a report Viewer.
    - Display reports inside a windows app.
    - Report Save to PDF
    - Report Save to CSV
    - Report Save to Excel
    - Report Save to RTF
    - Auto generate the report so that we can email a file (in the formats listed above).

    Will SQL Reports Provide the same functionality?

    Thanks in advance

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    Re: Going to replace Crystal Reports with SQL Reports?

    Yes -reports can have subreports and images and whatnot

    Yes - reports can be rendered as XML, PDF, CSV, Excel

    In fact I think you can do all your requirements and more with SQL Server Reporting Service.

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    Re: Going to replace Crystal Reports with SQL Reports?

    Thanks Merrion, Those links are super!
    Cheers
    Bud

    is page breaking available eg
    for every customer page break>?
    Last edited by ragstta; Mar 1st, 2009 at 10:30 AM.

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