Should I use office open xml or rdlc reports?

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Published on 2010-05-21T14:26:06Z Indexed on 2010/05/21 14:30 UTC
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I need to provide the facility for a user to download Word and Excel reports from my web site.

I was intending to use the Office Open Xml SDK but have just stumbled across RDLC.

My question is should I consider RDLC? Does it give me the same flexability that the Office Open Xml SDK does? What are the pro's and cons?

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