A newbie to Reporting Services seeking advice

I have been a long time Crystal Reports user but now due to a new
application, I want to switch over to SQL Server Reporting Services.
My question is whether I can do what I want with Reporting services.
My app is a 2 tier winforms app. The client will query the database through
a VPN. The database is a SQL Server 2005 database. Can my app call reports
located in a directory on the server and display them in a viewer in my app
and then the client either prints to their local machine or saves to file
ex. pdf file? The client does have an IIS server running on the same
machine as the database.
BillIf I understand your question correctly, yes, you can host a server-
based report inside of a client app and also output them to PDF by
using the ReportViewer control.
Start here: http://www.gotreportviewer.com/
On Apr 14, 12:44 am, "BillG" <billgo...@.charter.net> wrote:
> I have been a long time Crystal Reports user but now due to a new
> application, I want to switch over to SQL Server Reporting Services.
> My question is whether I can do what I want with Reporting services.
> My app is a 2 tier winforms app. The client will query the database through
> a VPN. The database is a SQL Server 2005 database. Can my app call reports
> located in a directory on the server and display them in a viewer in my app
> and then the client either prints to their local machine or saves to file
> ex. pdf file? The client does have an IIS server running on the same
> machine as the database.
> Bill