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Winforms Using .RDL files

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Apr 2, 2007, 10:07:44 PM4/2/07
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Hello. Has anyone successfully used a .RDL file from MS Reporting services?

Here's what I want to do, but don't know if possible.
1. Use Report services on a development machine to create my RDL files.
2. Create a specific directory to keep all the RDL reports.
3. Use a ttree in Delphi to list all available reports within that specific directory.
4. Allow user to render whatever report they see in the list, including any possible adhoc reports they might have designed on a separate machine and copied to this directory.
5. Render the reports without requiring IIS or Reporting services to be installed.

I could do this with Digital Metaphors' ReportBuilder by creating dlls, each with it's own report and now I want to mimic this behavior for rdl files. Step 5 in my wish list is the most important. My customer is under very strict security requirements and IIS installation is not acceptable on their dedicated single-purpose computer that cannot be connected to any LAN.

Every example I've seen are using C# and Visual Studios and something called a local control Report Viewer. I really need to see some Delphi examples.

Thanks!

Debbie Erickson

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