visual studio professional 2013, report designer

Question

hi,

i want to design reports, but i cant find report designer in visual studio professional 2013. Which program should i use to design reports to use within my programs in visual basic?

Answer 1

Hello,

You can use SSDT = SQL Server Data Tools to design reports; it is a free plugin for Visual Studio, but it's for Server host reports: SSRS = SQL Server Reporting Services.

You can get SSDT here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/tools.aspx

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Answer 2

hi, thanks for your answer.

i want to design reports which are bounded to a database, and then call them from visual basic program with parameters.

Answer 3

For this you can use the ReportViewer Controls (Visual Studio), either with Server base reports or in local Rendering mode.

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Olaf Helper

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