Professional Edition Features

ActiveReports for .NET 2.0 is an enhancement of the popular ActiveReports for .NET engine and report viewer. It includes the same power and flexibility of ActiveReports for .NET and the same integration with the Visual Studio® .NET 2003 Environment and adds integration with the Visual Studio .NET 2005 Environment. ActiveReports for .NET 2.0 Professional Edition includes all of the features of the Standard Edition and supports the following additional features:

End-User Report Designer

The control is a run-time designer that may be distributed royalty-free. It allows the ActiveReports designer to be hosted in an application and provides end-user report editing capabilities. The control's methods and properties provide easy access for saving and loading report layouts, monitoring and controlling the design environment, and customizing the look and feel to the needs of end users.

ASP.NET Integration

The Web server control provides convenience for running and exporting reports in ASP.NET.
HTTP Handler extensions allow report files (RPX) or compiled assemblies containing reports to be dropped on the server and hyper linked.

Web Viewer Control

The Web Viewer control allows quick viewing of ActiveReports on the web as well as printing capability with the ActiveXViewer and AcrobatReader ViewerType enumerations.

HTTP Handlers

The RPX HTTP Handler allows the developer to hyper link ActiveReports on a web page to return HTML format or PDF format reports for viewing and/or printing.
The Compiled Report HTTPHandler allows the developer to hyper link ActiveReports compiled in an assembly on a web page to return HTML format or PDF format reports for viewing and/or printing.