Quickly begin using ActiveReports by following the steps below.

1. Install ActiveReports.     

2. In Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 (version 17.0 or above), select ActiveReports 16 JS Viewer Core MVC Application template.
   

3. Type a name for your project and click Create.
   

4. Set the Target framework to .NET 6.0.
   

5. Open the default 'RdlReport1.rdlx' report from the 'Reports' folder and design. You can also add other report types - Page Report or Section report from the templates.
   
   • For information on adding a report to a project, see Basic Concepts.
   • For information on designing a report, see ActiveReports Designer.
     
6. Make sure to set the Build Action property of the report to 'Embedded Resource'.

7. Modify index.html to provide the name of the report you want to preview in viewer.openReport() method:
   viewer.openReport("RdlReport1.rdlx");

8. Modify Startup.cs to include the path of the folder where the report is kept, for example, if the 'Reports' folder in your application’s root contains the report:
   

   settings.UseFileStore(new System.IO.DirectoryInfo(env.ContentRootPath + @"\Reports\"));
   

9. Run the application. The report opens in the JSViewer.