"kvr901" <kvr***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm at the beginning stages of building a VB.NET ASP.NET web application
> using VS.NET 2003. I need to create reports that the users can print.
These
> reports will each be based on one record, so there is no need for
datagrids
> or grouping. Imagine a Word document with boxes on it that people either
type
> or hand write the person's name, address, zip code, etc. into.  This
> application will insert data from a SQL Server 2k database rather than the
> user doing it manually.
>
> The number of possible concurrent users is unknown at this time.... 10 to
> maybe 100.
>
> I don't care if the printed report is a Word document, PDF file, HTML web
> page, webform, or something else. What is important to me is that the user
> cannot change the formatting (font type and size, box sizes, colors,
> landscape layout, etc) when the report is printed.
>
> Excluding expensive multi-user Crystal Decisions like stuff.....  What are
> my options?
>
> Thank you.
>

"Veign" wrote:

> Almost everybody in this newsgroup is using VB6 or lower. While you may get
> a stray answer to VB.NET / VB2003 / VB2005 questions here, you should ask
> them in newsgroups
> devoted exclusively to .NET programming. Look for newsgroups with either the
> word "dotnet" or "vsnet" in their name.
>
> For the microsoft news server, try these newsgroups...
>
> microsoft.public.dotnet.general
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>
> "kvr901" <kvr***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:48CC2726-B1EF-43AC-ADBE-FCC3656C3D91@microsoft.com...
> > I'm at the beginning stages of building a VB.NET ASP.NET web application
> > using VS.NET 2003. I need to create reports that the users can print.
> These
> > reports will each be based on one record, so there is no need for
> datagrids
> > or grouping. Imagine a Word document with boxes on it that people either
> type
> > or hand write the person's name, address, zip code, etc. into.  This
> > application will insert data from a SQL Server 2k database rather than the
> > user doing it manually.
> >
> > The number of possible concurrent users is unknown at this time.... 10 to
> > maybe 100.
> >
> > I don't care if the printed report is a Word document, PDF file, HTML web
> > page, webform, or something else. What is important to me is that the user
> > cannot change the formatting (font type and size, box sizes, colors,
> > landscape layout, etc) when the report is printed.
> >
> > Excluding expensive multi-user Crystal Decisions like stuff.....  What are
> > my options?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
>
>
>