Run jasper reports from C#

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Download DotNetJasper:

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You will also need another library which comes with Web Services Enhancements 2 (WSE 2). You can download this add-on from here, or you can download only the needed component (Download dependencies) for the sake of simplicity.

Step-by-step how-to-use guide

First step is to add JasperDotNet.dll and Microsoft.Web.Services2.dll as references to your project.
We assume that you have a running instance of JasperReports Server on localhost, port 8080. If you are not so sure about it you can check by typing the following address in your browser's address bar:
localhost:8080/jasperserver/services/repository?wsdl
If you see a XML file containing Web Service Description Language definitions then everything is OK and you can proceed to the next step, which involves writing few lines of code:

using DotNetJasper;

namespace TestDotNetJasper
{
    static class Program
    {
        /// 

        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// 
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

            // create a JasperServer instance.
            // change the JasperServiceUrl parameter according to your local setup 
            JasperServer js = new DotNetJasper.JasperServer("http://localhost:8080/jasperserver/services/repository");

            // JasperServer does not (currently) have Integrated Windows Authentication 
            // so you must provide a user-name and a password
            js.Username = "jasperadmin";
            js.Password = "jasperadmin";

            //create a simple report
            JasperReport report = new JasperReport()
            {
                //setting this property is optional
                Name = "Sample report", 

                //setting this property is mandatory. We'll use the path of one of the sample reports.
                Path = "/reports/samples/AllAccounts",

                //this report does not require any parameters to be passed
                Parameters = null
            };
            
            string path = null;
            try
            {
                // run the report that we created earlier.
                // we specify that the output format is PDF and the output path is "C:\"
                // the RunReport method will return the path to the generated file
                path = js.RunReport(report, JasperReportFormat.PDF, @"C:\");

                // open the file (if there is an associated program with the PDF format) 
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(path);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                //handle errors here
            }
        }
    }
}

You can also use the asyncronous method RunReportAsync that will be more suitable for "big" reports.
As you will see, the RunReport/RunReportAsync method call can fail in some situations so the best practice is to enclose it in a try block.
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