Designing/Creating new reports from a thin client... possible???
I've just built my first report server, which is an Explorer Database
server storing it's reports in an MSSQL Server database. I then built a
Thin Web Client as an ISAPI dll and finally built a thin windows client
for this (this was just since lunch - I'm impressed at how quickly it
was to get everything going)... In any case, all SEEMS to be working
well - but it's hard to tell, since I don't have any reports in the
Volume yet.
I can't seem to create new folders or reports from the windows thin
client - these buttons are disabled in the explorer... Is that because
it's a thin client (are the design and creation facilities only
available in standard Report Builder apps) or is it likely I've
misconfigured something?
Best Regards,
James Crosswell
Software Engineer
Microforge.net Limited
http://www.microforge.net
server storing it's reports in an MSSQL Server database. I then built a
Thin Web Client as an ISAPI dll and finally built a thin windows client
for this (this was just since lunch - I'm impressed at how quickly it
was to get everything going)... In any case, all SEEMS to be working
well - but it's hard to tell, since I don't have any reports in the
Volume yet.
I can't seem to create new folders or reports from the windows thin
client - these buttons are disabled in the explorer... Is that because
it's a thin client (are the design and creation facilities only
available in standard Report Builder apps) or is it likely I've
misconfigured something?
Best Regards,
James Crosswell
Software Engineer
Microforge.net Limited
http://www.microforge.net
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The Server provides a solution for report publishing. It does not support
report design. Thus, the thin-client components do not have any options for
executing the report designer.
To enable users to create reports, you will need to create an EndUser
Reporting application like those found in RBuilder\Demos\EndUser Databases\.
A Server and an EndUser Reporting application can share a common report
storage repository. This can be the report explorer tables or can be file
templates (.rtm) or database templates. Thus you can create reports that are
stored to an area that a Server ReportVolume manages. The server will
discover those reports dynamically and make them available to the
thin-client components.
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Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com
Best regards,
Nard Moseley
Digital Metaphors
www.digital-metaphors.com
That's OK - that's what I suspected. I might suggest that the new and
design icons don't display when using the TrsClientReportExplorer in
that case.
Well, I'm an old hand at that, so I'm sure I won't have any trouble
converting one of my current RB end user solutions.
That's what I need. Thanks.
Best Regards,
James Crosswell
Software Engineer
Microforge.net Limited
http://www.microforge.net