.NET Reporting Software

DevExpress

Software Synopsis (reprinted courtesy of Wikipedia):

XtraReports Suite, a .NET Reporting product is from Developer Express. This product works both in Windows Forms and ASP.NET platforms. XtraReports features an End User Report Designer to support the development of custom reports for end users.

XtraReports competes with Crystal Reports, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and other business intelligence tools, and it works within the Express, Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise editions of Microsoft Visual Studio. XtraReports was first released in 2003.

In XtraReports, report classes persist the same way as Windows .NET classes. Reports defined by XtraReports can be exported to a variety of formats including Excel, PDF, CSV, TXT, MHT, RTF, BMP, TIFF (and other image formats), and HTML Web Archive. It uses the same code editor (C#, VB.NET or J#), as well as the same Property Grid, component Toolbox, alignment toolbar, and all available Visual Studio IDE resources. Full source code is available.

Uses

Developer Express Reporting can be used to create LOB reports, such as monthly sales, inventory, orders, and invoices. The product supports charts, sub-reports, parameters, grouping and summaries for better data presentation and analysis. The tool can also be used to create labels, mailing lists and company letter templates.

Supported Data Sources

The reports can be databound to:

• Any ADO.NET datasource. Most of the common databases, such as Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft Access, OLE DB, etc.
• XML (IList or IListSource)
• Business Objects
• Web Services

Supported Export Formats

• Adobe Portable Document Format (*.pdf)
• HTML Web Page (*.html)
• MHTML Single-File Web Page (*.mht)
• Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
• Microsoft Excel Workbook (*.xls)
• Plain Text (*.txt)
• Comma-Separated Values (*.csv)
• Multiple Image formats: (*.bmp, *.jpeg, *.gif, *.tiff, *.png, *.emf, *.wmf)

Supported Report Items

• Subreports
• Charts (based on DevExpress XtraCharts)
• Labels
• Lines
• Picture Box
• Check Box
• Page Break
• Page Information
• Rich Text Box (partial support of RichText formatted data; tables are not supported)
• Tables
• Shapes
• Charts
• Bar Codes
• ZIP Codes
• Any 3rd part controls (charts, grids, calendars, etc.)

About Dev Express

Developer Express Corporation was founded in 1998. One of the first 3rd party vendors for Microsoft tools, they have tools Borland Delphi, ActiveX, and .NET framework. Mission statement lists the following goals:

• Research and Development
• Technical Support
• Commitment to Innovation
• Customer Success

Visit the official DevExpress company website.