VSReport8 Control

The VSReport8 control is an invisible control that reads report definitions stored in XML files, combines them with data from ADO recordsets and generates reports that can be previewed, printed or saved to files. The control can export reports in HTML, DHTML, PDF and Text file formats, and in a form usable by the VSPrinter8 control. The control can be distributed royalty-free with your applications.

The control uses an object model largely based on Microsoft Access reports, and it supports most features found in Access reports, including:

A Microsoft Access-style banded-report model based on Groups, Sections, and Fields. (These objects are fully exposed by the object model, so you can write your own report designers.)
Fields may be bound to simple and binary (object) database fields.
Fields may contain VBScript expressions, including extensions for aggregate expressions (Sum, Max, Average, etc.), and have access to the control's object model.
Reports may contain event handlers, making them independent of the host application.
Reports may contain Subreports.
Reports may contain parameterized queries, allowing the user to constrain the data that should be included in the report.
Report definitions may be saved within the control at design time, or loaded at run time from XML report definition files.