We are migrating from VB6 and COM to .Net. We currently use ActiveReports 2.0 (not .Net). There are some things we use with AR that I'm not sure that I see in Telerik Reporting.
1) To create some forms that our customers want, we draw shapes directly onto the canvas. Our customers want rounded page frames, for instance, so we draw circles, overlay them with rectangles to display only the appropriate quadrant, and then tangent lines across the top and sides. I see you support drawing shapes. Can we draw directly onto the page? Do you support arcs in addition to full circles.
2) We are a GIS company, so our reports often have embedded maps. We place an ActiveX map control onto the form, draw onto it, and AR renders it quite nicely. Is there an option to embed .Net or COM "user controls" onto your reports? (and I don't know if AR .Net supports this either). If not, I assume we can embed an image from a file in the Temp folder, and proceed that way?
3) We don't use a database connection. We pass in collections of business objects, and in the AR data load event, we iterate to the next object in the collection and manually load the data fields. We'll be able to do something like that with Telerik? And, if we choose to use disconnected Datasets, we can create views and bind the report to the views?
Thanks. I would really like to find an alternative to AR. I hate that application, but it utltimately does get the job done.
1) To create some forms that our customers want, we draw shapes directly onto the canvas. Our customers want rounded page frames, for instance, so we draw circles, overlay them with rectangles to display only the appropriate quadrant, and then tangent lines across the top and sides. I see you support drawing shapes. Can we draw directly onto the page? Do you support arcs in addition to full circles.
2) We are a GIS company, so our reports often have embedded maps. We place an ActiveX map control onto the form, draw onto it, and AR renders it quite nicely. Is there an option to embed .Net or COM "user controls" onto your reports? (and I don't know if AR .Net supports this either). If not, I assume we can embed an image from a file in the Temp folder, and proceed that way?
3) We don't use a database connection. We pass in collections of business objects, and in the AR data load event, we iterate to the next object in the collection and manually load the data fields. We'll be able to do something like that with Telerik? And, if we choose to use disconnected Datasets, we can create views and bind the report to the views?
Thanks. I would really like to find an alternative to AR. I hate that application, but it utltimately does get the job done.
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Hi Macy,
Thank you for your questions.
Regards,
Svetoslav
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Thank you for your questions.
- Telerik Reporting offers different shapes: line, rectangle, circle, star, arrow and cross. All of these shapes are customizable. You can also make different combinations of these to fit your needs. To create a rounded page frame, you can simply use a background image.
- We cannot process any other components except the Telerik Report items. If you can render your maps as images you can use them in our tool through the Telerik Reporting PictureBox item.
- Yes, you can bind a Telerik Report to any list of custom objects, data sets or data view according to your needs.
Please let us know if you have other questions. I will also suggest downloading the reporting tool and reviewing the examples - they will give you some additional details on the tool, which are not available at www.telerik.com/reporting. The examples will be live on our site next week.
Regards,
Svetoslav
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