Beginner's guide for creating standalone .

rdlc reports with

ssrs
By Rob Moulis November 16, !!"
#his article describes a simple techni$ue to get you going
creating standalone .rdlc reports with s$l server reporting
services and the report viewer control.
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*ntroduction
#he information in this article was
born out of a need to develop new
standalone ++R+ reports ,to replace
a stac- of .rystal reports/ where it
was not possible for the report
designer to see the data sources
involved due to various account,
security and other restrictions.
#herefore * developed a process
whereby * could set up dummy data
sources ,even on my local pc/ to
provide the 0elds for the report.
1nce the report was 0nished it could
then be tested against the real data
source.
*n this article * demonstrate how to
create a standalone .rdlc report and
how to access it via .2 code only. *
also demonstrate how to set up the
report 0elds for the report designer
using a very simple techni$ue based
on stored procedures. 3dditionally *
also demonstrate how to map a
dataset consisting of two tables
,ds.#ables4!5 and ds.#ables415 6 a ( 7
8 column table respectively/ to the
standalone report. * also cover the
setting up of a simple #est 9arness
.2 pro:ect in ;isual +tudio !!< to
test your standalone .rdlc report.

#his article is deliberately written
with the beginner in mind, hence it is
rather lengthy as * try to e=plain in
detail what to do, so * apologise if
you 0nd it slow6going. *t is also for
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