ReportViewer 2010 - print without showing it and allow users to edit report design

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I've been "playing" with ReportViewer 2010 and I need to know how to do the following things:

* Print report without creating a ReportViewer. Why? I don't want to show it, just print. ReportViewer is too slow.

* Allow users to edit report design. The idea is to allow users to drag and drop TextBoxes to fit a pre-printed form. For example: to print invoices in a pre-printed form.

Thanks in advance.

Posted 18-Aug-11 9:41am

fgoldenstein

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luisnike19 · Answer 1 · 2011-08-18T09:47:00

Solution 1

Check this

Generating PDF reports programmatically using SQL Server Reporting Services 2005, in C#[^]

Posted 18-Aug-11 9:47am

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fgoldenstein 18-Aug-11 16:39pm

Thanks for your answer but it's not what i'm looking for. I need something simple so users can move a TextBox or add and image using a free tool. Something like ReportViewer but with a tool to edit report design and that doesn't require Visual Studio.
Imagine that your application is going to print invoices and each customer has a different pre-printed invoice. You have to options:
1) Configuration where the user enters coordinates. It's what I have today but it's not easy for customers.
2) Tool to drag and drop data and fit the pre-printed form.

luisnike19 18-Aug-11 18:01pm

Use "Report Builder" to open your reports