ActiveReports includes a Report Wizard that steps you through creating simple reports without writing any code. The wizard is integrated into the Visual Basic environment as an add-in module.

ActiveReports is based on the Active Designer specification, which allows a component to be integrated into the hosting design environment, and allows it to make full use of the environment's services.

The designer is a fully compliant ActiveX control and object host. You can insert any control or OLE object, such as a graph or document, into your reports. OLE objects can be bound to BLOB fields in your database.

Requirements

• Design Time
  • Visual Basic 5.0 with Service Pack 3 or higher is required before installation
  • Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, and Windows Vista
  • Disk Space Required: 7MB Memory Required: 32MB
• Run Time
  • Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, and Windows Vista

Supported Languages

• Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0 SP3, 6.0

Data Access
	Supports DAO, RDO, ADO Supports XML data sources and XPath, and XSL expressions Supports unbound data from arrays, collections, and other data providers Binds to recordsets and resultsets for maximum flexibility and connection efficiency

Design Environment

Provides easy-to-use Office-like designer environment Provides Access Reports import wizard Provides Crystal Reports import wizard Supports VBScript and JScript events and expressions and a built-in syntax-highlighting script editor Provides ActiveReports 1.0 upsizer Includes data bound text, checkbox, image, OLE objects, rich text and subreports Allows ActiveX control hosting. Use 3rd party controls or your own custom controls in your reports Provides Barcode control Allows report bookmarks and Internet hyperlinks Provides controls Style property editor based on standard CSS syntax Pro! Provides royalty-free end-user designer control

Architecture
	Provides full run-time access to objects, data sources and binding, ability to add controls/sections dynamically at run time to modify the report behavior Provides full control over printer jobs, properties, and output devices Hosts ActiveX components and OLE objects

Deployment

Allows reports to be compiled for maximum security and speed Allows report layouts to be distributed as XML-based report layouts (RPX files)--(application host independent) Provides an enhanced Java viewer based on JDK 1.3 with printing support Provides TIFF export in addition to Text, RTF, Excel, PDF, and HTML export filters Supports PDF exporting of the Table of Contents bookmarks and embedded fonts

ActiveX Viewer
	Allows multi-page thumbnails Supports split views Provides a ruler Allows text searching