Reports without Using VS ?

Can I create reports for Report Services without having Visual Studio? If
so.. how?
Thanks,
RichYou cannot not avoid having some component of Visual Studio installed if you
want to use Report Designer.
You might want to review what tools are offered by our partners:
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/partners/default.asp
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Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
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"Richard Morey" <rwmorey71@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Can I create reports for Report Services without having Visual Studio? If
> so.. how?
> Thanks,
> Rich
>|||Hi,
Is there any kind of freely downloadable thing that I can use? It seems a
little strange to me that Report Services would ship free with SQL Server
2000 but not include something to actually build reports with.. :-(
Rich
"Bruce Johnson [MSFT]" <brucejoh@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> You cannot not avoid having some component of Visual Studio installed if
> you
> want to use Report Designer.
> You might want to review what tools are offered by our partners:
> http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/partners/default.asp
> --
> Bruce Johnson [MSFT]
> Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Richard Morey" <rwmorey71@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uZIYfN$nEHA.628@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> Can I create reports for Report Services without having Visual Studio? If
>> so.. how?
>> Thanks,
>> Rich
>>
>|||That is the intention with Yukon. For now all you need is some sort of
version of VS. The least expensive would be around $100 (VB.Net).
Bruce L-C
"Richard Morey" <rwmorey71@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> Is there any kind of freely downloadable thing that I can use? It seems a
> little strange to me that Report Services would ship free with SQL Server
> 2000 but not include something to actually build reports with.. :-(
> Rich
> "Bruce Johnson [MSFT]" <brucejoh@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:exwu%23l$nEHA.2300@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > You cannot not avoid having some component of Visual Studio installed if
> > you
> > want to use Report Designer.
> > You might want to review what tools are offered by our partners:
> > http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/partners/default.asp
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Johnson [MSFT]
> > Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights.
> >
> >
> > "Richard Morey" <rwmorey71@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:uZIYfN$nEHA.628@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> Can I create reports for Report Services without having Visual Studio?
If
> >> so.. how?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Rich
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>|||Would one of the "Express" version of VB, etc.. work?
Also, I would be developing reports on my machine, not on the server running
Report Services. What do I need to install on my machine to get Report
Writer to run?
I also hae Delphi.Net on my computer -- is this enough to install Report
Writer?
Rich
"Bruce Loehle-Conger" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> That is the intention with Yukon. For now all you need is some sort of
> version of VS. The least expensive would be around $100 (VB.Net).
> Bruce L-C
> "Richard Morey" <rwmorey71@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e3xoyvAoEHA.3224@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Hi,
>> Is there any kind of freely downloadable thing that I can use? It seems a
>> little strange to me that Report Services would ship free with SQL Server
>> 2000 but not include something to actually build reports with.. :-(
>> Rich
>> "Bruce Johnson [MSFT]" <brucejoh@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:exwu%23l$nEHA.2300@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> > You cannot not avoid having some component of Visual Studio installed
>> > if
>> > you
>> > want to use Report Designer.
>> > You might want to review what tools are offered by our partners:
>> > http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/partners/default.asp
>> >
>> > --
>> > Bruce Johnson [MSFT]
>> > Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
>> >
>> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> > rights.
>> >
>> >
>> > "Richard Morey" <rwmorey71@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> > news:uZIYfN$nEHA.628@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >> Can I create reports for Report Services without having Visual Studio?
> If
>> >> so.. how?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Rich
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>|||The express version is a beta of the next release of VB. The report designer
will not work with that version of Visual Studio. The report writer is
separate from the server. You can install both but you do not have to.
Indeed, it will be common to not have the designer on the same machine as
the server. The server install makes it seem like you have both together but
you can just ignore the message about VS when installing the server.
I doubt the Report Writer would install with Delphi.Net. Think of the report
writer as an add-on to VS.
At a minimum you need VS 2003 (any version) and dotnet 1.1, some version of
MDAC 2.6 or higher.If you have a version of VS 2003 the rest of the
requirements will be checked for during the install and installed if they
are not there.
Bruce L-C
"Richard Morey" <rwmorey71@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Would one of the "Express" version of VB, etc.. work?
> Also, I would be developing reports on my machine, not on the server
running
> Report Services. What do I need to install on my machine to get Report
> Writer to run?
> I also hae Delphi.Net on my computer -- is this enough to install Report
> Writer?
> Rich
> "Bruce Loehle-Conger" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uDDLfABoEHA.3464@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > That is the intention with Yukon. For now all you need is some sort of
> > version of VS. The least expensive would be around $100 (VB.Net).
> >
> > Bruce L-C
> >
> > "Richard Morey" <rwmorey71@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:e3xoyvAoEHA.3224@.tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> Is there any kind of freely downloadable thing that I can use? It seems
a
> >> little strange to me that Report Services would ship free with SQL
Server
> >> 2000 but not include something to actually build reports with.. :-(
> >>
> >> Rich
> >>
> >> "Bruce Johnson [MSFT]" <brucejoh@.online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:exwu%23l$nEHA.2300@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> > You cannot not avoid having some component of Visual Studio installed
> >> > if
> >> > you
> >> > want to use Report Designer.
> >> > You might want to review what tools are offered by our partners:
> >> > http://www.microsoft.com/sql/reporting/partners/default.asp
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Bruce Johnson [MSFT]
> >> > Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services
> >> >
> >> > This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> >> > rights.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Richard Morey" <rwmorey71@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:uZIYfN$nEHA.628@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> >> Can I create reports for Report Services without having Visual
Studio?
> > If
> >> >> so.. how?
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >>
> >> >> Rich
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>