"Marcel Saucier" <MarcelSauc***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:4CC3EEF4-013C-41B6-AC24-8ECAD5FD461D@microsoft.com...
> Is that possible to create the body of a static (or fix) report using
> Word,
> saving that report as a RTF file and then loading that file into a
> RichText
> Box:
>
> Example, with Word, I create the following report (using fonts size and
> others minimum font features):
> PRODUCT: +++++++++++++++++
> SALES.................########.##
> Provincial taxes....########.##
> Federal taxes.......########.##
> TOTAL.................########.##
>
> Then, my application will take care of calculations & replaces ####.## by
> numbers and +++++++++ by text, etc (I know how to do that).
>
> ***
>
> Any GENERAL considerations about this approach ? Crystal Reports seems
> huge
> & complex. I am looking for a simple solution for designing & maintenance
> of
> fix-static reports in a window environment.
>
> --
> Super Basic programmer under DOS since 1983. Absolutely dummy VB.NET
> programmer under Windows !

"CMM" wrote:

> Crystal Reports is one of the most unintuitive, bloated-for-what-it-does,
> and bug-ridden product of software development ever. It was true 8 years ago
> and it's still true today. Avoid it like the plague. Look into the
> ReportViewer control that's part of VS2005. It has nothing to do with
> Crystal.
>
> If you really want to create your own manual simple flat "reports," I
> wouldn't go the RTF route. Seems it would be easier to just construct HTML
> using a stringbuilder, save it as a file, and display it in a Webbrowser
> control.
>
> --
> -C. Moya
> www.cmoya.com
> "Marcel Saucier" <MarcelSauc***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:4CC3EEF4-013C-41B6-AC24-8ECAD5FD461D@microsoft.com...
> > Is that possible to create the body of a static (or fix) report using
> > Word,
> > saving that report as a RTF file and then loading that file into a
> > RichText
> > Box:
> >
> > Example, with Word, I create the following report (using fonts size and
> > others minimum font features):
> > PRODUCT: +++++++++++++++++
> > SALES.................########.##
> > Provincial taxes....########.##
> > Federal taxes.......########.##
> > TOTAL.................########.##
> >
> > Then, my application will take care of calculations & replaces ####.## by
> > numbers and +++++++++ by text, etc (I know how to do that).
> >
> > ***
> >
> > Any GENERAL considerations about this approach ? Crystal Reports seems
> > huge
> > & complex. I am looking for a simple solution for designing & maintenance
> > of
> > fix-static reports in a window environment.
> >
> > --
> > Super Basic programmer under DOS since 1983. Absolutely dummy VB.NET
> > programmer under Windows !
>
>
>

"Marcel Saucier" wrote:

> Is that possible to create the body of a static (or fix) report using Word,
> saving that report as a RTF file and then loading that file into a RichText
> Box:
>
> Example, with Word, I create the following report (using fonts size and
> others minimum font features):
> PRODUCT: +++++++++++++++++
> SALES.................########.##
> Provincial taxes....########.##
> Federal taxes.......########.##
> TOTAL.................########.##
>
> Then, my application will take care of calculations & replaces ####.## by
> numbers and +++++++++ by text, etc (I know how to do that).
>
> ***
>
> Any GENERAL considerations about this approach ? Crystal Reports seems huge
> & complex. I am looking for a simple solution for designing & maintenance of
> fix-static reports in a window environment.
> 
> --
> Super Basic programmer under DOS since 1983. Absolutely dummy VB.NET
> programmer under Windows !

"Dennis" wrote:

> Yes it's possible to do this.  However, you need to know some VBA for Word
> documents which you can incorporate into your .net program with some minor
> modifications.  Just curious but why don't you create the report directly
> into a RichText box?
> --
> Dennis in Houston
>
>
> "Marcel Saucier" wrote:
>
> > Is that possible to create the body of a static (or fix) report using Word,
> > saving that report as a RTF file and then loading that file into a RichText
> > Box:
> >
> > Example, with Word, I create the following report (using fonts size and
> > others minimum font features):
> > PRODUCT: +++++++++++++++++
> > SALES.................########.##
> > Provincial taxes....########.##
> > Federal taxes.......########.##
> > TOTAL.................########.##
> >
> > Then, my application will take care of calculations & replaces ####.## by
> > numbers and +++++++++ by text, etc (I know how to do that).
> >
> > ***
> >
> > Any GENERAL considerations about this approach ? Crystal Reports seems huge
> > & complex. I am looking for a simple solution for designing & maintenance of
> > fix-static reports in a window environment.
> > 
> > --
> > Super Basic programmer under DOS since 1983. Absolutely dummy VB.NET
> > programmer under Windows !