Rick_Fla Posted March 19, 2004 Posted March 19, 2004 I'm sure if this is not the correct place it will be moved :) If I was creating an application that needed to print out invoices, would it be better to use VB.NET to draw and print the invoice, or much simplier to use crystal reports and format it that way? I have a small side business and I am going to attempt to create my own application to track sales, inventory, repair tickets and anything in between. I would like to use it to print nice invoices, purchase orders, and any other paper work needed. Any ideas? Sorry if this was put in the wrong place. Quote "Nobody knows what I do until I stop doing it."
Aitmanga Posted March 19, 2004 Posted March 19, 2004 I'll Quote an article found at the MSDN help: "Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET provides a comprehensive reporting solution for .NET developers that is thoroughly integrated with both the Visual Studio .NET IDE and the .NET Framework. Crystal Reports supports ADO.NET, XML Web Services, and ASP.NET server controls and caching. It also integrates seamlessly with the Visual Studio Windows Server 2003 Explorer, toolbox, and design environment. It has a rich programming model and flexible options for customizing and deploying reports." [mshelp]ms-help://MS.VSCC.2003/MS.MSDNQTR.2003FEB.3082/dnmag02/html/Crystal.htm[/mshelp] I've been working with .Net for a short time, but have found CR to be an easy to use and very powerful tool for designing reports. The support for ADO.Net makes it even simpler, as you only need to fill a Dataset and send it to your report to make it have your working data. So I would say go with CR :). But anyway, that's just my opinion Quote
georgepatotk Posted March 20, 2004 Posted March 20, 2004 Yes, CR definately is the best tool for .net reporting. I just couldn't say no on it's simplicities Quote George C.K. Low
Rick_Fla Posted March 22, 2004 Author Posted March 22, 2004 Thanks for all of the replies. I will look into using CR then. Quote "Nobody knows what I do until I stop doing it."
MarkItZero Posted May 10, 2004 Posted May 10, 2004 Is it possible to use CR with the standard version of VB.net? I was under the impression that you needed Professional to get CR functionality. Quote
Rick_Fla Posted May 10, 2004 Author Posted May 10, 2004 I believe this is correct, I do think you need the profession version. Quote "Nobody knows what I do until I stop doing it."
MarkItZero Posted May 10, 2004 Posted May 10, 2004 Damn. I wish there was a way to work around that. I already have a whole bunch of nicely designed Cyrstal Reports and it is a shame not to be able to use them with my program. Quote
MarkItZero Posted May 10, 2004 Posted May 10, 2004 Do you think that the Academic version would work? Quote
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