.NET Reporting - an Overview of What's on Tap for v2010 vol 2

With this post, I wanted to summarize the key features we'll be introducing into our .NET Reporting Controls in DXperience v2010 vol 2 - across the major platforms we support: WinForms, ASP.NET, Silverlight and WPF.

1. WinForms MDI End-User Report Designer

Relevant Blog Posts:
http://community.devexpress.com/blogs/theprogressbar/archive/2010/08/11/mdi-end-user-reports-designer-for-xtrareports-coming-in-v2010-vol-2.aspx
http://community.devexpress.com/blogs/theprogressbar/archive/2010/08/12/how-to-build-a-new-mdi-reports-designer-or-upgrade-an-existing-one-xtrareports-coming-in-v2010-vol-2.aspx
http://community.devexpress.com/blogs/theprogressbar/archive/2010/08/19/how-to-create-a-ribbon-mdi-end-user-report-designer-coming-in-v2010-vol-2.aspx
 
Videos:
http://tv.devexpress.com/XtraReportsMDIEndUserDesigner.movie
http://tv.devexpress.com/XtraReportsCreateUpdateMDIDesigner.movie
http://tv.devexpress.com/#XtraReportsMDIRibbonEUDesigner.movie
 
2. WinForms End-User Designer Enhancements

Support for editing sub-reports and a new layer to store master reports & sub-reports.

This feature allows you to specify the manner in which reports and sub-reports are stored - as separate files or as a stream to persist in a database. More information on this feature will be posted on our blogs shortly.

 
3. Script Editor Improvements

http://community.devexpress.com/blogs/theprogressbar/archive/2010/08/04/script-editor-enhancements-in-xtrareports-v2010-vol-2.aspx
http://tv.devexpress.com/#XtraReportsNewScriptEditor.movie
 
4. Reporting and Azure

We addressed key issues when using our .NET Reports Controls with Azure. More information on Azure will be posted on our blogs shortly.
 
5. Sort Groups by Summaries

This feature is available witin all DevExpress Grid controls...and we are now in the process of porting it to the XtraReports Suite.
 
6. Silverlight Report Preview Improvements

The DevExpress Silverlight Report Viewer is now much more power and includes key features such as Document Map, Parameters Pane, and Export Options (such as export to Excel) 

7. Native Printing Support in Silverlight

XtraReports 10.2 will use native Silverlight printing to print documents. More information to be posted here shortly.

If you've not yet had the opportunity to review the XtraReports Suite along with our WPF Report Viewer and our Silverlight Report Viewer, feel free to point your browsers to:

http://www.devexpress.com/Products/NET/Reporting/

Considering moving to Silverlight and WPF...

• The WPF Report Viewer Control
• The Silverlight Report Viewer Control

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