I have converted a report from ActiveReports.net 3.0 and I'm disappointed by the results. Essentially all I got was a header and couple of text fields.
I'm using VS2005 and it seems the only way I could convert a report was from a DLL or EXE file that contained the AR.NET report. Does this sound right? I'd have thought a stand-alone converter working from the source would be much easier.
- Simon
I'm using VS2005 and it seems the only way I could convert a report was from a DLL or EXE file that contained the AR.NET report. Does this sound right? I'd have thought a stand-alone converter working from the source would be much easier.
- Simon
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Hello Simon,
Since ActiveReports' reports are .NET classes compiled in an assembly (dll, exe) the converter depends on their object model to create Telerik Reports. Parsing the code is far more complicated since you may use any .NET programming language which makes the task almost impossible.
While converting an ActiveReports' report to Telerik Report - only the report definition is inspected and all events and custom logic is skipped.
All the best,
Svetoslav
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Since ActiveReports' reports are .NET classes compiled in an assembly (dll, exe) the converter depends on their object model to create Telerik Reports. Parsing the code is far more complicated since you may use any .NET programming language which makes the task almost impossible.
While converting an ActiveReports' report to Telerik Report - only the report definition is inspected and all events and custom logic is skipped.
All the best,
Svetoslav
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answered on 25 Apr 2008, 09:58 PM
I can understand the possible complications of code logic and the difficulty in converting that. I'm happy to skip that.
However, my concern was with basic layout only using labels and text fields. The majority of the text fields were not converted.
When I open the .vb file for my report, I can see the properties that define the layout in plain text. It seemed to me that it would be possible to convert this layout to your own format.
- Simon
However, my concern was with basic layout only using labels and text fields. The majority of the text fields were not converted.
When I open the .vb file for my report, I can see the properties that define the layout in plain text. It seemed to me that it would be possible to convert this layout to your own format.
- Simon
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Hello Simon,
The converter is just a helper utility and it does not guarantee a one-to-one complete conversion. Often, there are additional adjustments that need to be carried out by the developer.
We will definitely try to improve the converter for a future version, but have in mind that this is not a trivial task since the object models of Telerik and DataDynamics are not 100% compatible.
In order to help us improve the converter, can you please send us your original ActiveReport and list some of the items that were not properly converted. Also, you can briefly mention how would you expect them to be converted, i.e. what Telerik reporting item should be produced out of the ActiveReport item. Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Ross
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The converter is just a helper utility and it does not guarantee a one-to-one complete conversion. Often, there are additional adjustments that need to be carried out by the developer.
We will definitely try to improve the converter for a future version, but have in mind that this is not a trivial task since the object models of Telerik and DataDynamics are not 100% compatible.
In order to help us improve the converter, can you please send us your original ActiveReport and list some of the items that were not properly converted. Also, you can briefly mention how would you expect them to be converted, i.e. what Telerik reporting item should be produced out of the ActiveReport item. Thank you in advance.
Regards,
Ross
the Telerik team
Instantly find answers to your questions at the new Telerik Support Center