If your developers use ActiveReports, you can upload your existing ActiveReports code-based files that are compiled into a .NET assembly to take advantage of the ActiveReports 8 Server scheduling, security, and scalability features. Note that if you also use the Designer Addon, these developer reports cannot be edited by end users.
.NET Assembly Requirements
In order to upload your code-based section reports to ActiveReports 8 Server, first compile them into a .NET assembly. Your compiled report assembly must meet all of the following requirements in order to avoid errors.
- It must be a valid .NET assembly with a strong name signature.
- It must have the target platform set to Any CPU.
- It must be compiled for .NET Framework 3.5.
- All its dependencies must be resolvable on the Server side.
- The version of ActiveReports 8 assemblies that you reference in the compiled report assembly cannot be newer than the version of ActiveReports 8 assemblies installed on the Server.
- It must contain at least one code-based section report.
- All its reports must have a parameterless constructor.
To upload developer ActiveReports code-based files
Developer ActiveReports appear in the list of available reports in the Reporting Portal as well as in the Reports list in the Administrator Dashboard. In the Open page of the Reporting Portal, they have only Preview and Delete buttons, with the Design button omitted.
- From the Administrator Dashboard, select the Reports page.
- Below the list of reports, next to Upload Existing Report, click the Browse button.
- In the Open dialog that appears, navigate to the .NET assembly file (dll or exe) with the code-based section reports that you want to distribute via ActiveReports 8 Server, select it, and click Open.
- Next to the Browse button, click Upload.
- In the Upload reports dialog that appears, select reports in the list by selecting the corresponding check boxes.
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- Click OK to add the reports to the Reports list in both the Administrator Dashboard and the Reporting Portal.
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Note: Developer ActiveReports cannot be edited in the ActiveReports 8 Server designer. To edit such reports, please use ActiveReports in Visual Studio or in an End User Designer application created with the Pro Edition of ActiveReports. |
To schedule developer ActiveReports
As with any report, you can schedule code-based section reports to run at certain times, and have them automatically sent to stakeholders. For details, please see the Scheduling Reports and Schedule Options topics in the User Guide.