ActiveReportsJS Designer Can't Import RDLX files correctly

ActiveReportsJS Designer Can't Import RDLX files correctly

Posted by: a.wolf on 5 February 2021, 4:56 am EST

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  a.wolf

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  Posted 5 February 2021, 4:56 am EST

  I’m currently evaluating both ActiveReports .NET and ActiveReportsJS in the hopes that the combination of these products will fit my project’s needs. We need to be able to create a single report in the .NET framework and import it into the JS framework for the purposes of both scheduled task server generation as well as offline (PWA) support without having to construct the same report twice. I tried to test the functionality described here: https://www.grapecity.com/activereportsjs/docs/v1/DeveloperGuide/MigrateReports

  First, I created an RDLX report in the end user ActiveReports 15 (.NET) evaluation edition designer with an embedded JSON data source and was successfully able to preview it.

  Second, I opened the same RDLX report in the end user ActiveReportsJS evaluation edition designer. Unfortunately, at this point I can not complete the subsequent steps described in the article. The data set can not be edited, the file can not be saved as. File → Save As does not open a file save dialog, clicking preview does not preview the report, clicking edit on the data set does nothing. I’ve tried reconfiguring the embedded json data source to get it to work to no avail. At this point I’m very close to moving on to other potential solutions as I am running out of time to make a decision.

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  Posted 9 February 2021, 5:24 pm EST

  Hello,

  We are very sorry for the delay!

  I am not able to reproducible the issue with the attached report. Please check with the attached report and share the result. Also, Could you please share why you are using the ActiveReports.Net and ActiveReportsJS product both? You can also preview the report in the JS Framework with .Net Backend using the ActiveReports. Net only. You don’t have to use the ActiveReportsJS product for this. A
  
  If you share the whole requirement, I will suggest you accordingly so that you don’t have to purchase both products.

  Thanks,
  
  Mohit

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  Posted 9 February 2021, 5:25 pm EST

  test.zip

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  a.wolf

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  Posted 10 February 2021, 1:32 am EST

  I don’t know why you’re linking a test zip or what it is.
  
  Here is the report that I tried to do this with:
  
  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1utkX6y9GWYbTOEjDqAHk3zLQe6cdREs2/view?usp=sharing

  The full requirements were already stated in the original post, I’ll try and organize them better for you:

  1. Reports must be generated in a PWA that is running completely in the browser (no server is available, for example when there is no internet) by the user and reflect the current state of the offline data store (not a cached server-side report).
  2. Reports must be able to be automatically generated on a schedule without any user or browser intervention. I must be able to develop a server-side application that can generate the report that I need with data provided (and transformed into json for cross compatibility, if necessary) from a SQL Server database.
  3. The advantage that I was hoping to get from grapecity was that a report developer would only have to create a report once and be able to open the .NET report and save as and both the server generated and client generated reports would be done for the effort of one report.

  Without the ability to do all of these things with the available grapecity products I’m not convinced that grapecity would be better than using Angular generated HTML client side reports + SSRS reports from the server. If the work has to be done twice anyways why bother learning a new product that can’t even conditionally hide rows in a tablix.

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  Posted 10 February 2021, 3:16 pm EST - Updated 2 October 2022, 11:15 pm EST

  Hello,

  Thanks for the providing the detail requirement.

  I don’t know why you’re linking a test zip or what it is.
  
  It contains the .rdlx and .rdlx-json file.I had created the .rdlx file through the ActiveReports.Net and then open the same in the ActiveReportsJS save it in the .rdlx-json.

  Also, I am not able to replicate the issue with you report. Please refer to the attached video and report(Demo1.Zip and Report.Zip)(Please extract at your end as this Forum only supports Zip and Png File )

  Report_Test.zipDemo1.zip

  Also, ActiveReports.Net supports the hide the Tablix rows on conditional basis as shown in the attached image.
  
  

  

  1028×375 18.5 KB

  Have you tried with the latest installer of ARJS:
  
  https://www.grapecity.com/activereportsnet/downloadjs

  Please feel free to revert if you still facing any issue, I would be more than happy to help you.

  If you need a demo call,.I can also arrange the same for you.

  Thanks,
  
  Mohit

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  Posted 17 February 2021, 3:55 am EST

  Hello, Anthony,
  
  The migration from ActiveReports.NET to ActiveReportsJS is not intended to be a tool that developers use daily. Its sole purpose is to help you migrate from AR.NET to AR.JS at once, adjusting the converted reports templates if any issues arise. AR.NET and AR.JS are not designed to be used simultaneously and share the same report layout with seamless conversion. We don’t support this use case.