Architecture and Concepts

This topic introduces you to the basic structure and concepts of ActiveReports for .NET 2.0 to enable efficient report creation.

Charts: Learn about the available chart types, data, and customizing the appearance of charts.
Events: Learn how section events work in ActiveReports.
Firing Sequence of Events: Learn how processing events work in ActiveReports.
Hyperlinks: Learn how hyperlinks can be used in ActiveReports.
Inheritance: Learn how to create a base class from an ActiveReport to set up a template report from which other reports can inherit.
Layout Files: Learn about layout files.
Localization: Learn how to localize the viewer control.
OutputFormat Strings: Learn about OutputFormat strings.
Parameters: Learn how parameters function for simple reports and subreports.
Report and Page Settings: Learn how to access report and page settings in ActiveReports.
Report Execution: Learn about report execution in ActiveReports.
Report Structure: Learn about the structure of ActiveReports.
RichText: Learn about the new RichText features, and which HTML tags are supported in the control.
Scripting: Learn how to use scripting with ActiveReports.