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After you have successfully installed the ASP Report Wizard, do the following steps get your first database online and start running your reports.

  1. Create a folder in from your Internet Services Manager (or IIS) and grant this folder read/write permissions
  2. Create a blank text file and rename it default.asp. Copy the following lines of ASP code into your default.asp file
    <%

    Dim objReport, strConnectionString
    Set objReport = Server.CreateObject("AspWebSolution.ReportWizard")

    'TODO: Change the following connection string to reflect your 'database location
    strConnectionString = "PROVIDER=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;DATA SOURCE = " & _
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VB98\nwind.mdb;"

    'NOTE:
    'You must call the Init procedure before adding any HTML Tags/Text into your page

    objReport.Init(strConnectionString)

    objReport.DisplayReports
    Set objReport = Nothing

    %>


    save this file
  3. Create another blank text file and rename it reports.xml. Copy the following line of XML code into your report.xml file
    <reports/>

    save this file
  4. Launch your web browser and navigate to the folder which you created.
..happy reporting...