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VB .NET Making Reports / Printing Data
Hi,
My Application generates a lot of data in CSV (& some ASCII text) format. My Goal is to post process this Data & generate printable reports. I would like some suggestions with small samples or links. It would be really good if I could do some graphs also. I am prepared to use Crystal Reports as a solution but I cannot transform my data into Access or SQL server database. The data has to be read & saved always as CSV (I am short on resources and other parts of my application use this data so I cannot change the format)
Thanks,
--Yatharth
My Application generates a lot of data in CSV (& some ASCII text) format. My Goal is to post process this Data & generate printable reports. I would like some suggestions with small samples or links. It would be really good if I could do some graphs also. I am prepared to use Crystal Reports as a solution but I cannot transform my data into Access or SQL server database. The data has to be read & saved always as CSV (I am short on resources and other parts of my application use this data so I cannot change the format)
Thanks,
--Yatharth
If you can import the data into a Dataset from the CSV file, then you can associate the dataset to a Crystal Report. I think this is totally possible.
ASKER
Can you tell me how to do it ?
thanks,
--Yatharth
thanks,
--Yatharth
That would be a lot of steps and code...maybe let me know what you are capable of?
Do you know how to design a dataset?
Do you know how to read a CSV file's contents in code?
Do you know how to fill a dataset?
Do you know how to design a crystal report?
Do you know how to design a dataset?
Do you know how to read a CSV file's contents in code?
Do you know how to fill a dataset?
Do you know how to design a crystal report?
check this link for other types of printing...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/printwinforms.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnwinforms/html/printwinforms.asp
ASKER
natloz
Do you know how to design a dataset? NO
Do you know how to read a CSV file's contents in code? Yes
Do you know how to fill a dataset? Yes but only from a OleDbDataReader and SqlDataReader
Do you know how to design a crystal report? Yes
Thanks,
--Yatharth
Do you know how to design a dataset? NO
Do you know how to read a CSV file's contents in code? Yes
Do you know how to fill a dataset? Yes but only from a OleDbDataReader and SqlDataReader
Do you know how to design a crystal report? Yes
Thanks,
--Yatharth
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