"Sanjay" <Sanjay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:23B5C014-89AB-41AA-8A33-C9CA8381D0AB@microsoft.com...
>I can't copy the image to a directory on the external web site because I
> don't have access to the report server from the external web site machine
> as
> a result of which I have an intermediate ReportsGeneratorService sitting
> in
> the intranet which generates the reports. In addition I don't have access
> to
> create image files on the external web site machine from the
> intranet-sitting
> ReportsGeneratorService. For Security Reasons. Any suggestions?
> Can I manipulate the HTML on the external web-site to pick up the images
> from a location in the external web-site?
>
> "Brian Welcker [MS]" wrote:
>
>> All images in the reports are effectively "internal". URL only means that
>> the Report Server retrieves the image from a URL. We need to actually
>> store
>> the image for consistency (caching, snapshots, etc.). We don't have a
>> 'late
>> bound' image.
>>
>> I don't understand why you can't copy the image to a directory on the
>> external web site.
>>
>> --
>> Brian Welcker
>> Group Program Manager
>> Microsoft SQL Server
>>
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>> "Sanjay" <Sanjay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:FEC10F8E-F9C2-4938-9F16-3E3565EA723C@microsoft.com...
>> > That works for me for the intranet users but not for the internet users
>> > because the location where I can generate the image with RenderStream
>> > is
>> > not
>> > available on internet.
>> > Including an External Web image could work for me because I'm including
>> > the
>> > same banner image in my reports, but when I tried to include an
>> > External
>> > Web
>> > Image like
>> > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/toolbar/3.0/images/banners/msdn_masthead_ltr.gif
>> > in my report in report designer, I got message 'Invalid Image'. Is that
>> > expected or is it because of some restrictions in my environment?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> > Sanjay
>> > "Brian Welcker [MS]" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Yes, although it is not simple. You need to use the RenderStream
>> >> method
>> >> to
>> >> get the image and put it in a place where it is available to the
>> >> Internet
>> >> users. You need to pass this path into the initial Render() call using
>> >> the
>> >> <StreamRoot> deviceInfo.
>> >>
>> >> For what it is worth, this will be much easier in SQL 2005 RS.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Brian Welcker
>> >> Group Program Manager
>> >> Microsoft SQL Server
>> >>
>> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> >> rights.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Sanjay" <Sanjay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:1A5971D1-5DB8-4B28-8AB1-38DFC1E1C25D@microsoft.com...
>> >> > How to render image in HTML reports?
>> >> > I have a webapp which invokes Reporting Services web service to
>> >> > generate
>> >> > reports in HTML format. The reports are for internet users - the
>> >> > image
>> >> > is
>> >> > not
>> >> > accessible to these internet users because they cannot access the
>> >> > report
>> >> > server directly which is in the intranet. Is there a solution to
>> >> > this
>> >> > problem
>> >> > at all?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> > Sanjay
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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