Custom Dataset Data Extension Tutorial

I posted an excerpt from my book "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action" on
the TheServerSide.net
(http://www.theserverside.net/books/manning/ReportingServices/index.tss).
The article discusses how developers can implement a custom dataset data
extension to report off ADO.NET datasets.
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Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
---This book has a great section on Advanced reporting that covers reporting
off of an ADO.NET dataset and a custom security log on for Windows Forms.
Teo also gave a great presentation at the .NET user group and the SQL Server
user group in Atlanta, I could only find the slides and code on the SQL
Server group: http://www.atlantamdf.com/Presentations/AtlantaMDF_101104.zip
. This book has helped me thousands of times and it is one of the better
books on drilling down into Reporting Services.
Brendon Schwartz
http://weblogs.cerkit.com/regularguys
"Teo Lachev [MVP]" <teo.lachev@.nospam.prologika.com> wrote in message
news:uBp9Wga2EHA.4028@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>I posted an excerpt from my book "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
>on
> the TheServerSide.net
> (http://www.theserverside.net/books/manning/ReportingServices/index.tss).
> The article discusses how developers can implement a custom dataset data
> extension to report off ADO.NET datasets.
>
> ---
> Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
> Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
> Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
> Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
> Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
> ---
>|||Thanks for liking my book, Brendon.
To use this occasion, I would really appreciate it if I could get some
feedback from the RS technical community as far what could be improved in my
book moving forward to RS 2005. I actually posted a blog to solicit some
input(http://prologika.com/blog/archive/2004/11/21/185.aspx), but so far
it's been a voice in the desert. Not even a curse! There must be something
wrong here... Don't you guys read my blog or what? :-)
Seriously, everyone that cares about my writings, please take moment to drop
me an e-mail or add a feedback to the blog link and let me know your
thoughts around the questions I listed in the Road Ahead blog.
Thank you in advance,
---
Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
---
"Brendon Schwartz" <nomail@.workinghard.com> wrote in message
news:OBKLtqa2EHA.3000@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> This book has a great section on Advanced reporting that covers reporting
> off of an ADO.NET dataset and a custom security log on for Windows Forms.
> Teo also gave a great presentation at the .NET user group and the SQL
Server
> user group in Atlanta, I could only find the slides and code on the SQL
> Server group:
http://www.atlantamdf.com/Presentations/AtlantaMDF_101104.zip
> . This book has helped me thousands of times and it is one of the better
> books on drilling down into Reporting Services.
> Brendon Schwartz
> http://weblogs.cerkit.com/regularguys
>
> "Teo Lachev [MVP]" <teo.lachev@.nospam.prologika.com> wrote in message
> news:uBp9Wga2EHA.4028@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >I posted an excerpt from my book "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
> >on
> > the TheServerSide.net
> >
(http://www.theserverside.net/books/manning/ReportingServices/index.tss).
> > The article discusses how developers can implement a custom dataset data
> > extension to report off ADO.NET datasets.
> >
> >
> > ---
> > Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
> > Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
> > Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
> > Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
> > Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
> > ---
> >
> >
>|||Teo,
I am currently trying to implement your dataset data extension and have
encountered several issues, most of which I have gotten worked out. However,
when I try to preview the report inside of VS.Net 2003, I get an error.
The error states: An error has occurred during report processing. Object
reference not set to an instance of an object.
Any ideas?
"Teo Lachev [MVP]" <teo.lachev@.nospam.prologika.com> wrote in message
news:OrynjDb2EHA.1076@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for liking my book, Brendon.
> To use this occasion, I would really appreciate it if I could get some
> feedback from the RS technical community as far what could be improved in
> my
> book moving forward to RS 2005. I actually posted a blog to solicit some
> input(http://prologika.com/blog/archive/2004/11/21/185.aspx), but so far
> it's been a voice in the desert. Not even a curse! There must be something
> wrong here... Don't you guys read my blog or what? :-)
> Seriously, everyone that cares about my writings, please take moment to
> drop
> me an e-mail or add a feedback to the blog link and let me know your
> thoughts around the questions I listed in the Road Ahead blog.
> Thank you in advance,
> ---
> Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
> Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
> Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
> Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
> Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
> ---
> "Brendon Schwartz" <nomail@.workinghard.com> wrote in message
> news:OBKLtqa2EHA.3000@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> This book has a great section on Advanced reporting that covers reporting
>> off of an ADO.NET dataset and a custom security log on for Windows Forms.
>> Teo also gave a great presentation at the .NET user group and the SQL
> Server
>> user group in Atlanta, I could only find the slides and code on the SQL
>> Server group:
> http://www.atlantamdf.com/Presentations/AtlantaMDF_101104.zip
>> . This book has helped me thousands of times and it is one of the better
>> books on drilling down into Reporting Services.
>> Brendon Schwartz
>> http://weblogs.cerkit.com/regularguys
>>
>> "Teo Lachev [MVP]" <teo.lachev@.nospam.prologika.com> wrote in message
>> news:uBp9Wga2EHA.4028@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> >I posted an excerpt from my book "Microsoft Reporting Services in
>> >Action"
>> >on
>> > the TheServerSide.net
>> >
> (http://www.theserverside.net/books/manning/ReportingServices/index.tss).
>> > The article discusses how developers can implement a custom dataset
>> > data
>> > extension to report off ADO.NET datasets.
>> >
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
>> > Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
>> > Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
>> > Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
>> > Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
>> > ---
>> >
>> >
>>
>|||Does clicking on the Refresh Fields button help? You could get more
troubleshooting tips from the log on GotDotNet.com
(http://www.gotdotnet.com/Community/UserSamples/Details.aspx?SampleGuid=B8468707-56EF-4864-AC51-D83FC3273FE5)
--
Hope this helps.
---
Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
---
"Tarik Peterson" <tarikp@.investigo.net> wrote in message
news:udixGjA9EHA.368@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Teo,
> I am currently trying to implement your dataset data extension and have
> encountered several issues, most of which I have gotten worked out.
> However, when I try to preview the report inside of VS.Net 2003, I get an
> error.
> The error states: An error has occurred during report processing. Object
> reference not set to an instance of an object.
> Any ideas?
> "Teo Lachev [MVP]" <teo.lachev@.nospam.prologika.com> wrote in message
> news:OrynjDb2EHA.1076@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for liking my book, Brendon.
>> To use this occasion, I would really appreciate it if I could get some
>> feedback from the RS technical community as far what could be improved in
>> my
>> book moving forward to RS 2005. I actually posted a blog to solicit some
>> input(http://prologika.com/blog/archive/2004/11/21/185.aspx), but so far
>> it's been a voice in the desert. Not even a curse! There must be
>> something
>> wrong here... Don't you guys read my blog or what? :-)
>> Seriously, everyone that cares about my writings, please take moment to
>> drop
>> me an e-mail or add a feedback to the blog link and let me know your
>> thoughts around the questions I listed in the Road Ahead blog.
>> Thank you in advance,
>> ---
>> Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
>> Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
>> Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
>> Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
>> Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
>> ---
>> "Brendon Schwartz" <nomail@.workinghard.com> wrote in message
>> news:OBKLtqa2EHA.3000@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> This book has a great section on Advanced reporting that covers
>> reporting
>> off of an ADO.NET dataset and a custom security log on for Windows
>> Forms.
>> Teo also gave a great presentation at the .NET user group and the SQL
>> Server
>> user group in Atlanta, I could only find the slides and code on the SQL
>> Server group:
>> http://www.atlantamdf.com/Presentations/AtlantaMDF_101104.zip
>> . This book has helped me thousands of times and it is one of the
>> better
>> books on drilling down into Reporting Services.
>> Brendon Schwartz
>> http://weblogs.cerkit.com/regularguys
>>
>> "Teo Lachev [MVP]" <teo.lachev@.nospam.prologika.com> wrote in message
>> news:uBp9Wga2EHA.4028@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> >I posted an excerpt from my book "Microsoft Reporting Services in
>> >Action"
>> >on
>> > the TheServerSide.net
>> >
>> (http://www.theserverside.net/books/manning/ReportingServices/index.tss).
>> > The article discusses how developers can implement a custom dataset
>> > data
>> > extension to report off ADO.NET datasets.
>> >
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
>> > Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
>> > Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
>> > Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
>> > Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
>> > ---
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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