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RDL: A free MS Report Viewer / Editor Solution, working on Net 3.5/4.0 - VS2008 / VS2010
Categories: Reports
Tags: Architects, Developers, C#, 1. Beginner, 2. Intermediate, 3. Advanced, Customization, v6.4 and Later
Revision: 1
Posted: 07/Jan/2010
Updated: 07/Jan/2010
Status: Publish
Types: Walkthrough

Since MS released the Report Builder 2.0, a good and free redistributable Report editing Suite is available:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9f783224-9871-4eea-b1d5-f3140a253db6&displaylang=en

Fine, but Report Viewer 9 cant display SSRS2008 RDL Format!

The Report Viewer 2010, working on Net 3.5 and 4.0, supports the SSRS2008 RDL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a941c6b2-64dd-4d03-9ca7-4017a0d164fd&displaylang=en

Ok - but it will not render due VWG 6.4RC!

The Solution: We can display the SSRS2008 Report within the Browser using Acrobat Reader instead of the MS Viewer.
http://get.adobe.com/reader/
How to run this Solution:
You´ll need to install Report Viewer 2010, Report Builder 2.0 and Acrobat Reader of cause. (Links above)

The Report Viewer 2010 assembly was already copied out of the GAC. (We´ll need it only for an assembly reference using VS2008)

Test it, by pushing the "Edit" button - the RDL File will be send to the Browser (IE gives a Security warning first time, allow it) Report Builder 2.0 will catch the File.
Save your work to a local Folder and upload it back to the Example-Page using the "Upload" Buttton.
Push the "Preview" button again, to see the Report has changed sucessfully.
This Example can also export as PDF, Excel, Word and Tiff Image.

Info Screencast: http://www.screencast.com/t/MWE0ZGZi

Regards,
Marco

- The used Icon is Linkware, so i have to post the Link for this demonstration:
//Icon Created by VisualPharm (Ivan Boyko) / Homepage: http://www.visualpharm.com / License: http://www.iconarchive.com/icons/visualpharm/must-have/License.txt

Note: Codes are submitted as a .zip file to shorten your download time. After downloading it, you will need a program like Winzip to decompress it.

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