ASP.NET Reports Web Site vs. ASP.NET Crystal Reports Web Site?

Hello,
Thanks for reviewing my question. I hope this is the correct forum. I have
VS 2008 and noticed that when you create a new website you have two choices:
ASP.NET Reports Web Site or ASP.NET Crystal Reports Web Site. What's the
differences? Is one better than the other?
Many Thanks
PeterFor years MS has bundled in Crystal Reports with Visual Studio. They have
continued to do this even as they allow creating reports with their
reporting tool (Reporting Services). They are two different products with
two totally different lineages. RS started out as a server based reporting
product using a service oriented architecture. Crystal Reports started out
as a client/server reporting tool and moved into a server based reporting.
RS added a local mode using the control that shipped with VS 2005.
Reporting Services ships its own development environment if you are using
the server based product (part of SQL Server).
I gather VS 2008 has improved the ability to use the RS control to create
reports over that in VS 2005.
I have no idea what is meant by an ASP.Net reports web site unless they mean
a web site to use the VS reporting services webform control (they ship with
both a webform and winform control).
Anyway, Crystal Reports and Reporting Services both have their plus and
minuses. If using the complete server based product and you already have SQL
Server then the licensing for Reporting Services is much cheaper (RS is part
of SQL Server). Certain types of reports are easier in RS and others are
harder.
--
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Peter" <Peter@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Thanks for reviewing my question. I hope this is the correct forum. I
> have
> VS 2008 and noticed that when you create a new website you have two
> choices:
> ASP.NET Reports Web Site or ASP.NET Crystal Reports Web Site. What's the
> differences? Is one better than the other?
> Many Thanks
> Peter|||On 6 Dic, 20:48, "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOS...@.hotmail.com>
wrote:
> For years MS has bundled in Crystal Reports with Visual Studio. They have
> continued to do this even as they allow creating reports with their
> reporting tool (Reporting Services). They are two different products with
> two totally different lineages. RS started out as a server based reporting=
> product using a service oriented architecture. Crystal Reports started out=
> as a client/server reporting tool and moved into a server based reporting.=
> RS added a local mode using the control that shipped with VS 2005.
> Reporting Services ships its own development environment if you are using
> the server based product (part of SQL Server).
> I gather VS 2008 has improved the ability to use the RS control to create
> reports over that in VS 2005.
> I have no idea what is meant by an ASP.Net reports web site unless they me=an
> a web site to use the VS reporting services webform control (they ship wit=h
> both a webform and winform control).
> Anyway, Crystal Reports and Reporting Services both have their plus and
> minuses. If using the complete server based product and you already have S=QL
> Server then the licensing for Reporting Services is much cheaper (RS is pa=rt
> of SQL Server). Certain types of reports are easier in RS and others are
> harder.
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> "Peter" <Pe...@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:5EAF8D05-287B-4BF3-A301-83ADC461318C@.microsoft.com...
>
> > Hello,
> > Thanks for reviewing my question. =A0I hope this is the correct forum. ==A0I
> > have
> > VS 2008 and noticed that when you create a new website you have two
> > choices:
> > ASP.NET Reports Web Site or ASP.NET Crystal Reports Web Site. =A0What's =the
> > differences? =A0Is one better than the other?
> > Many Thanks
> > Peter- Nascondi testo tra virgolette -
> - Mostra testo tra virgolette -
See also this Reporting system
http://www.datatime.eu/DataTimeUniversal.htm
Cheers,
-P