Would the MSFT Report Viewer (rdlc) Work with MVC

Question

I am interested in learning MVC, and have experimented with a couple of the sample apps. As a project, I\'d like to move part or all of my own office app to MVC. An import

Answer 1

Assume controls don't work until you can prove otherwise.

In MVC, there is no server-side form, no post back, no view state. If the control relies on any of these things -- and most do -- then it won't work properly in MVC.

Answer 2

Yes it will

Running ASP.NET Webforms and ASP.NET MVC side by side

http://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2010/05/11/running-asp-net-webforms-and-asp-net-mvc-side-by-side.aspx

Answer 3

"ASP.NET ViewState has been disabled. The Report Viewer control requires that ViewState be enabled." if you run the report viewer from a view.

But you can run a webforms page in the same project. Ugly, but it works.

And you could try this too: http://weblogs.asp.net/rajbk/archive/2006/03/02/How-to-render-client-report-definition-files-_28002E00_rdlc_2900_-directly-to-the-Response-stream-without-preview.aspx

Answer 4

It should run just fine. ASP.NET MVC and webform apps can live alongside each other.

http://www.chadmyers.com/Blog/archive/2007/11/30/asp.net-webforms-and-mvc-in-the-same-project.aspx http://talk.robertmao.com/2008/01/13/co-exist-of-aspnet-mvc-and-web-forms/

Answer 5

Take a look at using the SRS web services to render your report if you're bent on exclusively using MVC in your project.

Answer 6

I don't see any reason why is won't work. ASP.Net work the same way is it you were using Web Forms. The only thing you don't get is the Postback, which I don't think is necessary if you are just rendering a report in your page.