Samples and Walkthroughs

The walkthroughs and samples in this section will help you get started using reporting features and ReportViewer controls in Visual Studio 2012.

In This Section

• Walkthrough: Installing the AdventureWorks Database
  Shows you how to download, install, and configure the AdventureWorks2008 sample database.

• Walkthrough: Creating a ReportViewer Report
  Shows you how to create a tablix report quickly with grouped data using the Report Wizard, including instructions on how to apply simple formatting.

• Walkthrough: Using a Database Data Source with the ReportViewer Windows Forms Control in Local Processing Mode
  Shows you how to add a report and a ReportViewer control to a Microsoft Windows Forms application and bind to a data table. In this walkthrough, you create a simple report so that you have a report definition to use with the control.

• Walkthrough: Using a Database Data Source with the ReportViewer Web Server Control in Local Processing Mode
  Shows you how to add a report and a ReportViewer control to an ASP.NET Web site and bind to a data table. In this walkthrough, you create a simple report so that you have a report definition to use with the control.

• Walkthrough: Using a Business Object Data Source with the ReportViewer Windows Forms Control in Local Processing Mode
  Shows you how to add a report and a ReportViewer control to a Microsoft Windows Forms application and bind to a Business objects data source. In this walkthrough, you create a simple report so that you have a report definition to use with the control.

• Walkthrough: Using a Business Object Data Source with the ReportViewer Web Server Control in Local Processing Mode
  Shows you how to add a report and a ReportViewer control to an ASP.NET Web site and bind to a Business objects data source. In this walkthrough, you create a simple report so that you have a report definition to use with the control.

• Walkthrough: Using the ReportViewer Control in Remote Mode
  Developer walkthrough that shows you how to access a report that runs on a SQL Server 2008 or later instance of Reporting Services report server.

• Walkthrough: Printing a Local Report without Preview
  Developer walkthrough that shows you how to print a report programmatically using the CreateStreamCallback callback function without preview.

• Sample Data and Report for Print Walkthrough
  Provides sample data and a sample report definition that you can save to external files for use in the printing walkthrough.

See Also

Concepts

ReportViewer Controls (Visual Studio)
Adding and Configuring the ReportViewer Controls
Deploying Reports and ReportViewer Controls

Other Resources

Creating Client Report Definition (.rdlc) Files

Build Date:

2012-07-05