"ralph sanchez" <Xrsanchez@texupport.netX> wrote in message
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> My Windows Forms application reads its data from XML files into a number
> of datatables which are related as defined by the schema (in an XSD).
> Using Visual Studio 2005 Standard, I'd like to build some reports to
> display the data that my application calculates. I've never used the
> ReportViewer control and RDLC controls, but it would seem to lend itself
> to my situation. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be very much
> documentation on the capabilities of this feature. Can subreports
> contain nested subreports? The online documentation doesn't even address
> this. Furthermore, I'm having trouble getting subreports to work when
> just going "one deep" in a relationship, and the errors which are
> displayed on the form aren't thorough enough to point me in the right
> direction (such as "Error: subreport could not be shown").
>
> Keeping in mind that my dataset contains numerous related datatables
> which only exist in memory while the application is running, can anyone
> recommend a book or website that gives thorough examples of using the
> ReportViewer control with RDLC reports (and subreports)?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ralph Sanchez
> www.texupport.net
>

"RobinS" <RobinS@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote in message
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>I have only seen this in *one* VB book -- Tim Patrick's "Start-To-Finish
>VB2005". He gives a few examples of how to use it.
>
> I think it is derived from SQLServer2005 Reporting Services, though, so
> maybe that would help as well.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Robin S.
> Ts'i mahnu uterna ot twan ot geifur hingts uto.

"ralph sanchez" <Xrsanchez@texupport.netX> wrote in message
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> Thanks for the info, Robin. I picked up the book that you suggested and
> it's mostly got me on the right track.
>
>
> "RobinS" <RobinS@NoSpam.yah.none> wrote in message
> news:CtydnVYZV80stFnYnZ2dnUVZ_qqrnZ2d@comcast.com...
>>I have only seen this in *one* VB book -- Tim Patrick's "Start-To-Finish
>>VB2005". He gives a few examples of how to use it.
>>
>> I think it is derived from SQLServer2005 Reporting Services, though, so
>> maybe that would help as well.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> Robin S.
>> Ts'i mahnu uterna ot twan ot geifur hingts uto.
>
>