MonoReport FREE Edition

If you’ve been looking for a proficient report generation solution since long, then MonoReport FREE Edition 1.3 could prove to be an apt solution for you. It’s a useful report generator tool that supports creating spreadsheet reports with tremendous ease. It helps saving your efforts and precious time by lessening the work required to be carried out for generating an ideal spreadsheet report. MonoReport also supports generating other forms of report such as csv, html, pdf, etc, which could be created from a spreadsheet report utilizing a spreadsheet editor. The report generator has been developed on .Net platform; can be used within any environment that uses .NET Framework libraries; and supports working with spreadsheets generated using MS Excel 2003 and 2007.

With MonoReport FREE Edition you can easily create reports within fewer steps. While creating a report, the beginning step would be to prepare SQL query for report, and check for the data returned with the request. While creating a report the data appears in the same sequence as in request result. The second step then is to prepare the templates for reports; which either can be created or you can even use the existing form. With the third step MonoReport would present C# codes generated for report creation. While creating report templates, method process initiates the report generation with 3 parameters; path to template, report, and dataset. Execute MonoReport and the report template is ready. Even, for preparing a report template, it requires no specific intermediate report format for creating a template, as you simply have to get report form and change its real values to template markup. The report generation becomes easier with MonoReport due to its effective functioning.

Using MonoReport, it becomes easier for you to generate spreadsheet reports for various purposes. MonoReport for its remarkable features, easy-going report creation process, and impact-laying performance is given 3.5 rating points.

What is MonoReport?
MonoReport is a handy report generator that allows creating spreadsheet reports, using the easiest possible way. There is no need for special intermediate report format to create a template. You just need a) get the report form; b) change the real values in it to the template markup (placeholders). The report template is ready.
When to use MonoReport and when do not?
Using MonoReport greatly reduces the work needed to get an ideal report if you need spreadsheet report ...or other type of report that could be made from spreadsheet report using spreadsheet editor (e.g. csv, html, pdf). If you need to get other format of the report (e.g. image) perhaps using MonoReport is not the best solution.
What spreadsheet editors does MonoReport support?
Currently MonoReport supports Microsoft Excel 2003, 2007. We are working on OpenOffice support and are going to add this feature to all MonoReport editions soon. All our clients will get the update for free. Please, let us know if you need MonoReport to support other spreadsheet editors.
How MonoReport could be used in the real application?
1. Create spreadsheet in your favorite spreadsheet editor.
2. Put template markup in the appropriate cells of the spreadsheet. Now you have the template done.
3. In the code call MonoReport with the specific data and the template. That is all: you have the report.
What is MonoReport technically?
MonoReport is a report generator developed on .NET platform (C#). There are two versions of MonoReport: for .Net Framework 2.0 and 3.5 (Mono framework will be supported soon). MonoReport redistributable run-time is royalty-free libraries. So MonoReport could be used in any environments that can use .NET Framework libraries.
Could you add "specific feature" to MonoReport?
Definitely yes, if this feature would be acknowledged as a highly-valuable for the product. We try to save MonoReport simplicity and restrict it from unmotivated features.