Run Access report from a VB .Net app

[Tony A.]

I'm using Access 2003 as the database for an app I'm developing in VB .Net.
I've developed a couple on reports in Access and I'd like to run them from
the VB .Net app. Any suggestions on how this can be done?

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

I'm using Access 2003 as the database for an app I'm developing in VB
.Net.
I've developed a couple on reports in Access and I'd like to run them from
the VB .Net app. Any suggestions on how this can be done?

I haven't tried it, but it should be possible to do it by automating Access
using .NET interop. However, this would require the user to have Access
installed.

I remember Microsoft release primary interop assemblies for Office a couple
years back, can't remember for sure which version of Office and .NET they
were for. But that might be a possible starting point for you. You could try
googling for "microsoft office primary interop", that might turn up some
resources.

 

[xiaojun]

I haven't tried it, but it should be possible to do it by automating
Access using .NET interop. However, this would require the user to have
Access installed.

I remember Microsoft release primary interop assemblies for Office a
couple years back, can't remember for sure which version of Office and
.NET they were for. But that might be a possible starting point for you.
You could try googling for "microsoft office primary interop", that might
turn up some resources.