title: Microsoft.Reporting.* vs XML/XSLT
body: <p>I would like to add reporting capabilities to a .NET application. My data source is just the data model of the application, i.e. a bunch of objects that may have been generated or loaded from anything (not necessarily from a database).</p>
  
  <p>The initial plan was to generate a report data XML file from these objects, and then use XSLT to transform this into an XHTML report file. The report can then be shown in the application with a browser control.</p>
  
  <p>However, I've noticed that there exist Microsoft.Reporting.* namespaces and from what I've tried, it seems that the classes and controls in there can also take care of my reporting. Would it be a good idea to use this instead? Will it save work compared to the XML/XSLT approach? What limitations (if any) of the Microsoft Reporting framework am I likely to run into? </p>