Keep in mind that Report Builder generated RDL files cannot be used directly
with the report viewer controls in Local Mode. They can however be easily
used with the controls in Server Mode.
RDL is a documented and open standard, e.g. for the 2003/10 RDL of RS 2000
please check
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/techinfo/rdlspec.mspx,
the 2005/01 RDL is very similar. You could write your own designer component
that generates RDL. In fact, there are ISVs who have implemented e.g.
web-based report authoring tools. Please check:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/partners/default.mspx -- Robert
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[quoted text, click to view] "Andrew Watt [MVP - InfoPath]" <SVGDeveloper@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Take a look at the information about Report Builder in Reporting
> Services 2005. That is intended to give end users the ability to
> design their own reports.
>
> But it's not a control though. Of course, until recently the Report
> Viewer control didn't exist either. :)
>
> Andrew Watt
> MVP - InfoPath
>
> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 12:19:45 +0200, "Sven Devriese"
> <desfen@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:
>
>>Hi all, our team is really excited about the new ReportViewer control.
>>Heck, it even supports custom data sources, which fits in nicely with our
>>overall application design.
>>
>>The only thing that seems to be missing then is a control that allows our
>>users to design (or at least modify) reports themselves. In our mind,
>>the biggest advantage to working with a report engine and report files
>>is the ability to provide your users with customizable reports.
>>Moreover, we know this functionality exists since we (programmers)
>>use the report designer in VS2005. So it would be up to Microsoft to
>>package it into a control and ship it.
>>
>>I'm sure somebody else has already asked about this by now but repeated
>>google queries have turned up nothing relevant.
>>
>>Thanks for any light anyone can shed on this.
>>
>>Sven
>>
>>PS: I hope my cross-posting does not
>>
>
