[AccessD] Using Access for Reports w/an ASP app?

Honestly don't know Susan. To be quite frank, I have never used either.
It's very simple to have Access 'export' a report, to a file, which is then
'redirected' through ASP to the user.  The system I built was put in place
due to the 'prompts' that the reports were giving, which were no problem on
the local LAN, where the users had direct access with Access, but for remote
users, those reports took forever, and Terminal Server was getting bogged
down (not too mention they were having printing problems).

Quite frankly, I like snapshot files better then any other format, simply
because I find that it keeps the 'formatting' closer to the actual report
(in my experience).  But I have never used the 'snapshot Viewer control'.

Drew

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:21 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Using Access for Reports w/an ASP app?


Drew -- this really isn't in response to your post, but just a general
question that relates more back to the original problem -- kind of.. 

Does the Snapshot Viewer control solution have some advantage over XML?
Since Access automatically generates web-ready files, I'm curious why
someone might choose the control solution instead. It's easy to pull
together, but so is an XM-based solution. Is there some advantage. 

Susan H. 

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