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When it comes to reporting Crystal Reports is considered the industry standard. &nbsp;I've never worked with it, but from what I understand there's a free version available:<br />
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<a href="http://www.crystaldecisions.com/x-jump/cr9_03/default.asp?ref=www_home#1" rel="ugc">http://www.crystaldecisions.com/x-jump/cr9_03/default.asp?ref=www_home#1</a>
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When it comes to reporting Crystal Reports is considered the industry standard.  I've never worked with it, but from what I understand there's a free version available:

http://www.crystaldecisions.com/x-jump/cr9_03/default.asp?ref=www_home#1 [http://www.crystaldecisions.com/x-jump/cr9_03/default.asp?ref=www_home#1]

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Oops. &nbsp;The free version's only good for 30 days. &nbsp;After that you've 3 choices:<br />
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Professional &nbsp; &nbsp;$610<br />
Developer &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $705<br />
Advanced &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $2035
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Oops.  The free version's only good for 30 days.  After that you've 3 choices:

Professional    $610
Developer       $705
Advanced       $2035

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Crystal Decisons is great but beware, u need to have a windows machine to run it, there is also a pathced version for Solaris but .......<br />
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also check this thread<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20739752/Reporting-Software.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20739752/Reporting-Software.html</a>
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Crystal Decisons is great but beware, u need to have a windows machine to run it, there is also a pathced version for Solaris but .......

also check this thread
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20739752/Reporting-Software.html [https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20739752/Reporting-Software.html]

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PDF, XML, HTML, RTF?<br />
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<a href="http://www.lowagie.com/iText/" rel="ugc">http://www.lowagie.com/iText/</a><br />
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(Free) ;-)
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PDF, XML, HTML, RTF?

http://www.lowagie.com/iText/ [http://www.lowagie.com/iText/]

(Free) ;-)

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I'm developing a web enabled application in JAVA and need a server side reporting tool<br />
to produce reports that retain formatiting, i.e. like reports generated out of Access.<br />
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Can someone suggest anything?
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I'm developing a web enabled application in JAVA and need a server side reporting tool
to produce reports that retain formatiting, i.e. like reports generated out of Access.

Can someone suggest anything?

Server Site Reporting Tool

Java is a platform-independent, object-oriented programming language and run-time environment, designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible such that developers can write one set of code across all platforms using libraries. Most devices will not run Java natively, and require a run-time component to be installed in order to execute a Java program.