RE: Reporting Tools

2004-05-18 Thread Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX)
Upgrade to SQL2K and download/get SQL Reporting Tools - very very good and
free.


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From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 18 May 2004 12:56
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Reporting Tools

I have a need to produce some simple reports using Cold Fusion.

They are simple, text only reports, but I must have control over page 
layout, the ability to put row headers and the like on every page,etc.

Currently, we have a VB app that generates these reports using Crystal 
on an Access database, but I'd like to generate the reports on the web 
server using a web service, and produce a link to the generated report.

I'm looking at one open source tool called jasper reports 
(http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net) that looks like it has potential. 
I wondered if anyone has successfully integrated this particular solution?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

Rick Root 
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Re: Reporting Tools

2004-05-18 Thread Jas Panesar
Is there any reason you couldn't use the crystal java report viewer to open  run the report off the server?It works quite well, and could save you some time and headache if you have reports already made.

-J

Upgrade to SQL2K and download/get SQL Reporting Tools - very very good and
free.
 
 


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From: Rick Root [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: 18 May 2004 12:56
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Reporting Tools


I have a need to produce some simple reports using Cold Fusion.

They are simple, text only reports, but I must have control over page 
layout, the ability to put row headers and the like on every page,etc.

Currently, we have a VB app that generates these reports using Crystal 
on an Access database, but I'd like to generate the reports on the web 
server using a web service, and produce a link to the generated report.

I'm looking at one open source tool called jasper reports 
(http://jasperreports.sourceforge.net) that looks like it has potential. 
I wondered if anyone has successfully integrated this particular solution?

Any other suggestions?

Thanks.

Rick Root 
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Re: Reporting Tools

2004-05-18 Thread Rick Root
Jas Panesar wrote:

 Is there any reason you couldn't use the crystal java report viewer to 
 open  run the report off the server?It works quite well, and could 
 save you some time and headache if you have reports already made.

Are you referring to the built in CFREPORT functionality?That may 
work, but there's ZERO documentation on it in the CFMX Developer's 
Guide, and the Language Reference isn't much help either.

Rick
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Re: Reporting Tools

2004-05-18 Thread Jas Panesar
CFREPORT could concievably work very well too -- it would only generate the report and drop it to a specified file.Have you tried the examples provided from CF 4.5+ documentation to use cfreport?

if all else fails, google +cfreport +example without the quotes.I was referring to a activex/java based report viewer that embeds into th web browser that allows u to run and view reports right in the browser.You can find more info about on the devzone at:

http://www.businessobjects.com/services/support/default.asp

Gluck,
Jas

Are you referring to the built in CFREPORT functionality?That may 
work, but there's ZERO documentation on it in the CFMX Developer's 
Guide, and the Language Reference isn't much help either.

Rick
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