Thank you for your suggestion, but unfortunately I'm stuck with VS2003 for
at least six more months. Also, I didn't see where the report viewer can
display pre-existing PDFs. I just saw that it can export a report to a PDF
file. All the PDFs we'll be dealing with are already existing. We're not
"Manish Bafna" <ManishBafna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> i would
> advice best thing would be to use free in-built report viewer control
> available with VS 2005.
> ReportViewer is a freely redistributable control that enables embedding
> reports in applications developed using the .NET Framework. Reports are
> designed with drag-and-drop simplicity using Report Designer included in
> Visual Studio 2005 (Standard editon and above.)
> The ReportViewer control offers the following benefits:
>
> Processes data efficiently. The reporting engine built into ReportViewer
> can
> perform operations such as filtering, sorting, grouping and aggregation.
> Supports a variety of ways in which to present data. You can present data
> as
> lists, tables, charts and matrices (also known as crosstabs.)
> Adds visual appeal. You can specify fonts, colors, border styles,
> background
> images etc to make your report visually appealing.
> Enables interactivity in reports. You can have collapsible sections,
> document map, bookmarks, interactive sorting etc in your report.
> Supports conditional formatting. You can embed expressions in the report
> to
> change display style dynamically based on data values.
> Supports printing and print preview.
> Supports export to Excel and PDF.
> For more details refer below link:
>
http://www.gotreportviewer.com/ >
> --
> Hope this helps.
> Thanks and Regards.
> Manish Bafna.
> MCP and MCTS.
>
>
>
> "George Shubin" wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have a recommendation for a PDF viewer component or control?
>> Preferrably low or no cost.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> GS
>>
