Christopher Hawkins
clh at christopherhawkins.com
Fri Mar 19 12:27:42 CST 2004
Mark, If I'm reading this right, it doesn't support reportign on demand - I'd have to save a copy of each report in .snp format in order for the users to view them in the SnapShot viewer. Am I missing something? -C- ---- Original Message ---- From: Mark.Mitsules at ngc.com To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com, Subject: RE: [AccessD] Using Access for Reports w/an ASP app? Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 13:09:18 -0500 >Cheap...sure...Snapshot Viewer. > >http://www.microsoft.com/accessdev/articles/snapshot.htm?gssnb=1 > >See >http://www.microsoft.com/accessdev/articles/snapshot.htm?gssnb=1#WWW > > > >Mark > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Christopher Hawkins [mailto:clh at christopherhawkins.com] >Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 12:03 PM >To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com >Subject: [AccessD] Using Access for Reports w/an ASP app? > > >Greetings! > >Here's my deal - I have a spectacularly cheap client who brought me >on to fix an Access application that was botched by another >programmer (90% of my business falls into this category. :P), but >they've decided that Access is at least partly to blame for the >failure of the project (again, I say :P). > >So they want me to re-write the front-end in ASP. No problem there - >most of the problems are in the UI; the schema is surprisingly good, >considering the UI (it's truly poor). > >The roadblock I'm encountering is this: how do I make sure they can >still access their reports? They have some pretty complex reports in >that Access app, and they won't pay for Crystal. > >I was thinking that I'd leave a copy of their Access mdb on the web >server and then write a dll that would open a report, write it ti >pdf, and then return it to the browser. The only problem is...I have >no idea how to do that. I also don't know if it's a smart thing to >do. I also don't knwo if they'll want to pay for the dev time. > >Barring the above idea, is anyone aware of a cheap or free web >reporting utility/tool/component that I can use to either leverage >their existing reports, or re-create them for web use without having >to go with something expensive like Crystal? > > >-Christopher- > > >-- >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >-- >_______________________________________________ >AccessD mailing list >AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >