Can someone please tell me how to get started using the CTP? I have installed NetAdvantage 2011 Ultimate - which is supposed to have the NetAdvantage Reporting included - but I can't figure out how to access it. I don't see anything in my toolbox, I don't see any documentation on Infragistics website. How did you all get started?
Hi,
The CTP is not included in the NA Ultimate installer. You can download it from here http://es.infragistics.com/dotnet/netadvantage/reporting.aspx.
Regards,
Andres
Okay. That was helpful. I have the product installed now.
I have scanned through the documentation. The samples show creating reports as a C# class based on a data source. I do not currently know C#. Is this going to be a problem?
My hope was to create a form type report (a single invoice, PO, etc) from within my Visual Basic web application page based on the particular invoice or PO, etc that the user selects. I think I would use the ReportDataSourceProvider object for this?
You don’t have to do anything special in order to open the samples.
Did you try to open the solution instead of the project? Can you give me more details about the error?
Thanks,
Leo
first I tried double clicking on the Reportin Sample Library.sln file and nothing happens. Then I opened Visual Studio 2010 and chose OpenProject and tried to open the ReportingSilverlightApplication.Web.vbproj file. I get the error "One or more proejcts in the solution were not loaded correctly. Pelase see the Output Window for details."
The output window says:
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Infragistics\NetAdvantage 2011.1\Reporting\Samples\Reporting Sample Library\VB\ReportingSilverlightApplication\ReportingSilverlightApplication.vbproj : error : Unable to read the project file 'ReportingSilverlightApplication.vbproj'.
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Infragistics\NetAdvantage 2011.1\Reporting\Samples\Reporting Sample Library\VB\ReportingSilverlightApplication\ReportingSilverlightApplication.vbproj(181,3): The imported project "C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\Silverlight\v4.0\Microsoft.Silverlight.VisualBasic.targets" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.
The problem seems to be that you don’t have Silverlight 4 installed in your machine. The sample application is a Silverlight 4 application.
You will need to install it to see the samples.
Okay. That did it. I can now open the project. Thanks!
I see this sample has a reports library, a silverlight application, and a web app. I already have a web app - should I add a silverlight application to it - or should I create the silverlight app outside my web app and then embed it?
I've been looking at the Walkthroughs and Samples section of the manual. Would the steps be:
1. create the report, 2. integrate it into a Silverlight App, 3. embed the silverlight app in my web app?
Regarding your first question, both approaches are fine. Use the one that best fit your needs.
Usually you create your projects and then you add your report(s) to them.