Using the HTML5 Report Viewer in an ASP.NET Core application in .NET 6, .NET 7, and .NET 8
This article guides you on how to add an HTML5 Report Viewer in an ASP.NET Core in .NET 6 web application.
Prerequisites
The report viewer requires a reference to a running Reports Web Service. The report viewer can consume reports generated and served by any of the following Reports Web Service implementations:
- A service that runs in another application.
- A service that runs in a Telerik Report Server instance.
- A service that is hosted locally in the same application.
In case you need to host it locally, follow the article How to Host Reports Service in ASP.NET Core in .NET.
Adding the HTML5 Report Viewer component using an item template
The HTML5 Report Viewer item template allows you to quickly and easily add the HTML5 Report Viewer to your application.
If you wish to connect the Report Viewer to a REST service, you can follow the steps outlined in the How to Use HTML5 Report Viewer with REST Service documentation article.
If you wish to connect the Report Viewer to a Report Server instance, refer to the article section Configuring the HTML5 Report Viewer to work with Report Server using Item Templates.
Adding the HTML5 Report Viewer component manually
- This tutorial uses the
Barcodes Report.trdpreport definitions file that must be located in aReportsfolder inside the project. -
Make sure that the app configuration inside the
Configuremethod of theStartup.cscan serve static files:app.UseStaticFiles(); -
Add an HTML Page for the HTML5 Report Viewer by right-clicking on wwwroot and Add > New Item... > HTML Page. Name the file index.html and add the HTML5 Report Viewer's initialization. For a detailed explanation, check the HTML5 Report Viewer Manual Setup help article. The required references to jQuery and Telerik Kendo UI CSS and JS files are listed in the example below. By default, the necessary Report Viewer scripts and styles are served by the REST Service. The complete report viewer page should look like this:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Telerik HTML5 Report Viewer Demo in ASP.NET Core in .NET 6</title> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1" /> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"> </script> <link href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2022.3.913/styles/kendo.common.min.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <link href="https://kendo.cdn.telerik.com/2022.3.913/styles/kendo.blueopal.min.css" rel="stylesheet" /> <script src="/api/reports/resources/js/telerikReportViewer"> </script> <style> #reportViewer1 { position: absolute; left: 5px; right: 5px; top: 50px; bottom: 5px; overflow: hidden; font-family: Verdana, Arial; } </style> </head> <body> <div id="reportViewer1"> loading... </div> <script> $(document).ready(function () { $("#reportViewer1") .telerik_ReportViewer({ serviceUrl: "api/reports/", reportSource: { report: "Barcodes Report.trdp", parameters: {} }, viewMode: telerikReportViewer.ViewModes.INTERACTIVE, scaleMode: telerikReportViewer.ScaleModes.SPECIFIC, scale: 1.0, enableAccessibility: false, sendEmail: { enabled: true } }); }); </script> </body> </html> Set the launchSettings.json
launchUrlto the new HTML page.- Finally, run the project to see the report.
Demo project
A full example can be found in the installation folder of Telerik Reporting, by default: C:\Program Files (x86)\Progress\Telerik Reporting 2024 Q3\Examples\CSharp\.NET 6\Html5IntegrationDemo. Examples are available also for .NET 7 and .NET 8 in the corresponding subfolders.