Microsoft today published a Visual Studio Partner Solution Brief on the ActiveReports Reporting and Business Intelligence (BI) Suite by GrapeCity that will be available on Microsoft and GrapeCity-Data Dynamics web sites.
It features customer quotes, a historical perspective on .NET reporting and business intelligence (BI) challenges, and how ActiveReports and related tools from GrapeCity have helped customers solve the problems by tightly integrating with Microsoft Visual Studio for the .NET development plaftform.
Download the PDF version of the Solution Brief.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Win a Trip to Microsoft PDC!
INETA is sponsoring the INETA Component Code Challenge, with the winner receiving a scholarship to Microsoft PDC 2009 in Los Angeles, CA. All you need to do is build the best application using one of ActiveReports, Data Dynamics Reports or Analysis product and another component.
The Details:
Build a .NET Application (WinForms, ASP.NET, WPF, Silverlight, Compact Framework, etc.) using at least 2 components from at least 2 different approved vendors (yes, GrapeCity is an approved vendor) then make a 3-5 minute Camtasia video showing your entry and describing what components you used and why your application is cool. The INETA judges will review the submissions and the best two will win a scholarship to Microsoft PDC 2009 in Los Angeles, CA, including air fare, hotel, and conference pass.
The submission deadline is 08/25/2009 at Midnight Eastern and the winners will be announced on 09/14/2009.
Entries will be judged on four criteria:
- Effective use of a component to solve a problem/display data
- Innovative use of components
- Impact using components (i.e. reduction in lines of code written, increased productivity, etc.)
- Most creative use of a component
See the contest page
on the INETA web site for more details and full rules.That’s it. So what are you waiting for? Show them how you are using ActiveReports or other GrapeCity-Data Dynamics products today and possibly win a free trip to PDC. Good luck!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Jeremy Yoder's team totally depends on ActiveReports programmability
“Why do we use ActiveReports? In a word: Flexibility. There is simply no other reporting product on the market that allows so many elements to be altered programmatically. This enables us to make an end-user product that relies almost entirely on GUI interfaces, which we programmatically translate into fast running reports, whether it’s via customized control properties, our own report wizards, or dynamically created subreports, all of which are done by our users with a few mouse clicks.”
He further describes the "slick" development features in their reporting module built using ActiveReports that he is especially proud of:
1. Report Wizards
2. Dynamically created underlying queries (via a stored proc)
3. Control wrappers for use in the property grid (which uses the Tag field for customized properties)
4. Ability to create formulas that can be reused in different reports
5. Generate other labels and summary fields when user places fields on the designer
6. GUI interface for almost everything, including subreports with multiple links
7. Ability to filter each report “on the fly” before it’s run via pre-created filters and/or individual field selection
8. Generate crosstab reports after the user specifies the X, Y, and D fields, and possibly other fields on the designer
9. Customized toolbars: For placing report controls, editing control properties, and a treeview list of views/fields with multiple tabs based on field type
10. The user never writes scripts, but he does it programmatically for various features, such as tying to subreport, make numeric fields red if less than zero, etc.
11. User defined font defaults to apply by section as fields are placed on the designer or generated
12. Export/Import reports in their entirety with all relevant subtables into a single XML file
13. Ability to run reports in a “Void” format to show the report layout without exposing potentially sensitive data
Jeremy Yoder,
Software developer,
Software Unlimited, Inc.
He further describes the "slick" development features in their reporting module built using ActiveReports that he is especially proud of:
1. Report Wizards
2. Dynamically created underlying queries (via a stored proc)
3. Control wrappers for use in the property grid (which uses the Tag field for customized properties)
4. Ability to create formulas that can be reused in different reports
5. Generate other labels and summary fields when user places fields on the designer
6. GUI interface for almost everything, including subreports with multiple links
7. Ability to filter each report “on the fly” before it’s run via pre-created filters and/or individual field selection
8. Generate crosstab reports after the user specifies the X, Y, and D fields, and possibly other fields on the designer
9. Customized toolbars: For placing report controls, editing control properties, and a treeview list of views/fields with multiple tabs based on field type
10. The user never writes scripts, but he does it programmatically for various features, such as tying to subreport, make numeric fields red if less than zero, etc.
11. User defined font defaults to apply by section as fields are placed on the designer or generated
12. Export/Import reports in their entirety with all relevant subtables into a single XML file
13. Ability to run reports in a “Void” format to show the report layout without exposing potentially sensitive data
Jeremy Yoder,
Software developer,
Software Unlimited, Inc.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
ActiveReports 6 Beta Launch!
We are happy to announce that ActiveReports 6 beta is now available for download on the GrapeCity-Data Dynamics web site.
The Standard Edition of this premier .NET reporting tool features new Report Designer enhancements that make it even easier to design reports. New Designer features include Cross-section Controls, Snap Lines, In-line Text Editing, support for repetition patterns, image annotations, and a number of Text and Label enhancements.
It also features new Bar Code Control support for Reduced Space Symbology (RSS) Bar Codes and External Stylesheets for sharing look and feel between reports.
The Professional Edition gets even more powerful and easy to use for end users with:
1. A First-time Flash based Report Viewer
(Click on the image to see full screenshot)
2. Advanced PDF reporting features such as support for Adobe's Digital Signatures and version timestamps
(Click on the image to see full screenshot)
3. Redistributable End User Report Designer help for End Users
4. Nifty toolstrip controls for the End User Report Designer.
Learn more on the Download Page.
The Standard Edition of this premier .NET reporting tool features new Report Designer enhancements that make it even easier to design reports. New Designer features include Cross-section Controls, Snap Lines, In-line Text Editing, support for repetition patterns, image annotations, and a number of Text and Label enhancements.
It also features new Bar Code Control support for Reduced Space Symbology (RSS) Bar Codes and External Stylesheets for sharing look and feel between reports.
The Professional Edition gets even more powerful and easy to use for end users with:
1. A First-time Flash based Report Viewer
(Click on the image to see full screenshot)
2. Advanced PDF reporting features such as support for Adobe's Digital Signatures and version timestamps
(Click on the image to see full screenshot)
3. Redistributable End User Report Designer help for End Users
4. Nifty toolstrip controls for the End User Report Designer.
Learn more on the Download Page.
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