Friday, February 24, 2012

Converting Visual FoxPro reports to RDL

I need to convert Microsoft Visual FoxPro reports (FRX files) to RDL format.
FoxPro report has groups.
I think I must create nested List elements to simulate grouping and add
report fields to those list elements.
I have analyzed some possibilities:
1. Generate RDL XML from VFP FRX file using XmlDocument or XML stream.
2. Using dynamic RDL generation class from http://www.gotreportviewer.com
3. Transform XML report defintion generated by FoxPro XMLListener
(http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994713(VS.80).aspx) to RDL
4. Use intermediate format like described in
http://www.vfpconversion.com/Blog.aspx?blogid=1b208937-2232-4b48-9a12-8c89f98ce08f&blog=us:Mike&messageid=b842330d-c2e2-4b5e-9d04-3415c8c0a4ad
Any idea or sample of FRX to RDL conversion ?
Andrus.Hi Andrus,
I see there is a VFP to RDL conversion tool at
http://www.vfpconversion.com/Vfp2NetReports.aspx .
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Cindy Winegarden
cindy@.cindywinegarden.com
VFP OLE DB: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vfoxpro/bb190232.aspx
VFP ODBC: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vfoxpro/bb190233.aspx
"Andrus" <kobruleht2@.hot.ee> wrote in message
news:%23SyWacFVHHA.3948@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I need to convert Microsoft Visual FoxPro reports (FRX files) to RDL
>format.
> FoxPro report has groups.
> I think I must create nested List elements to simulate grouping and add
> report fields to those list elements.
> I have analyzed some possibilities:
> 1. Generate RDL XML from VFP FRX file using XmlDocument or XML stream.
> 2. Using dynamic RDL generation class from http://www.gotreportviewer.com
> 3. Transform XML report defintion generated by FoxPro XMLListener
> (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994713(VS.80).aspx) to RDL
> 4. Use intermediate format like described in
> http://www.vfpconversion.com/Blog.aspx?blogid=1b208937-2232-4b48-9a12-8c89f98ce08f&blog=us:Mike&messageid=b842330d-c2e2-4b5e-9d04-3415c8c0a4ad
>
> Any idea or sample of FRX to RDL conversion ?
>
> Andrus.
>
>

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