Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Wed Jan 4 06:44:19 CST 2012
Hi John If so, I think that somehow the raw data are imported from several log files, then aggregated, and then this "DotNet" builds the report table by table using basic HTML coding and finally saves the HTML file on the server. Pretty easy. The only true reporting tool I've used in Visual Studio is the Report Designer which is a great tool of very high capabilities. We - mostly Shamil and I - used it for the Northwind.net project, you know, and I've used it for other projects as well. It is much different from Access reports but once you have "got it" it is a pleasure to work with. The internal language which you mostly use for expressions is, by the way and much to my surprise, VB style so that will present a zero learning curve for you. The final reports are presented using the ReportViewer controls: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms251671(v=VS.100).aspx There are some browser limitations though which may be prohibitive in your case: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms251673.aspx /gustav >>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 04-01-2012 12:48 >>> > Not quite sure what your question is? Me either. This is the same client as the database from hell. The website and this report were farmed out to a web site development company who has since been dismissed. It looks like I might be able to get the work developing reports such as these. I haven't seen the code that generates the report but I am told by someone without a clue that it is done in "DotNet". So I have no idea whether that is in fact the case but I suspect it is because this person without a clue has been talking to a programmer brought in to tweak (or perhaps finish) the report. The deal is that this programmer has a day job and doesn't sound as if he really wants to be involved with tweaking / finishing this report but is doing so "as time permits" as a favor to his cousin. Since there is a development void, I want to examine stepping in as the developer here. So is there a .Net environment used for this kind of thing? Is that ASP.Net? I see C# Asp.Net projects which perhaps is used for building the web site itself, and maybe the report itself. I will know more today sometime. John W. Colby Colby Consulting Reality is what refuses to go away when you do not believe in it On 1/4/2012 5:27 AM, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi John > > That link times out here, but this: > > http://demos.buyerlogic.com/aleve/admin/ > > shows a report of some kind - looks like clean HTML, not even ASP Classic stuff. > > Not quite sure what your question is? > > /gustav > > >>>> jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com 04-01-2012 04:00>>> > Anyone who understands developing web based reports, if you would go to this url. It apparently > takes them about 20-30 seconds to compute this however they did this. > > http://demos.buyerlogic.com/aleve/admin/report.aspx > > I may have an opportunity to take over developing reports like this for the client. More work is > always good if I can do it.