Hi,

I was wondering if anyone has created a UI with a toolbox similar to VS where a user could click on a label or text box and drag it onto the form and the manipulate the properties of said tool. I ask this because I am going to be upgrading an application I currently wrote which prints labels and would like the users to be able to create their own labels on the fly using user controls I have created which are tied to database objects in the background. Does this sound possible and if so how daunting of a task is it? In addition, if anyone knows of good examlples of this type of scenario I would love to see them.

Thanks!

It is a lot of work and you'll reinvent a wheel, probably with a flat tire. Use a report generator like Crystal Reports.

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Hans Passant.

It is a lot of work and you'll reinvent a wheel, probably with a flat tire. Use a report generator like Crystal Reports.

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Hans Passant.

After doing some more research would it be possible to use the reporting tools which come with SQL Server and the report view tool to do this job instead of Crystal Reports? Also will any of this work with Express Editions since I haven't gotten a full blown version of VS or SQL Server yet?

Thanks!

Good question to ask in the SQL Server Reporting Services forum.

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Hans Passant.