View SQL Server Reporting Services Reports under Windows 8

In spite Windows 8 is not officially released yet, it attracts more and more Windows Forms developers and some of them even gave it a try. And we here, at Perpetuum Software, believe that it’s a very promising platform considering how passionately Microsoft promotes it. So, we are going to offer a WinRT Viewer for Reporting Services that will make it possible to view and work with SSRS reports under Windows 8. The Windows Runtime library (WinRT) is the principal provider of system services for applications in Windows 8 that will be designed to incorporate the new "Metro" style.

SSRS Reports in “Metro” style

WinRT Viewer for Reporting Services can easily integrate SSRS reports into native Windows 8 XAML & WinRT based applications. It offers the following Windows 8 compatibility features:

• Windows 8 compatible interface
• Support for both mouse and touch-based interface. Multi-touch gestures for navigation and scaling.
• Ability to integrate the viewer with Search, Share and Settings Charms

Unrivalled User Experience

WinRT Viewer for Reporting Services is an ultimate component providing unrivalled user experience as it allows to manipulate, process and further analyze reports by offering the following abilities:

• Native SSRS look and feel report preview with support for scaling, scrolling, panning. The reports are displayed in vector view. This provides high quality appearance of the report which is impossible to achieve with conversion to html.
• Search, interactive sorting, dynamic zooming, navigation through the reports via hyperlinks, input of the report parameters by the user and so on.
• Drilldown.
• Support for styles and skins allow the change of design of any control elements.
• Export to PDF, Excel, Html, Cvs, Xml, Mhtml, TIFF.
• Printing.

Coming Soon!

WinRT Viewer for Reporting Services is coming soon; we are planning to release it shortly after the Microsoft Crop. releases a more stable version of Windows 8 . If you would like to be up to date regarding this product, become a beta tester or an early adopter, subscribe to the latest news about the product development.