"Jeff_R" <JeffR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> First off I think reporting services shows alot of promise.
>
> I am hoping it is planned that more CSS support can go into the actual
> report. RS right now is creating gigantic HTML pages/page fragments that
> take a good amount of time to download unless you are on the LAN with the
> report server. If you look at the output it is obvious that the inline
style
> attributes are completely responsible for this. It would be nice if we
could
> specify a CSS class on a table element or row or even at table cell level.
> Right now it looks like almost all formatting is done inline at the cell
> level.
>
> Even if CSS is meaningless for PDFs or images or all the other output
> formats it would be nice if we had the option to turn off inline styles
for
> HTML output and use CSS only. If we could just tag the output elements
with
> a CSS class name that would be much more space efficient. To me the report
> doesn't have to look in the designer exactly like it is going to look like
> when output in HTML after CSS is applied. I can imagine what it is going
to
> look like after CSS just like designing web controls with Visual Studio.
>
> I am hoping more CSS support is considered as a future enhancement.
>
> "Bryan Keller [MSFT]" wrote:
>
> > The body of the HTML report is defined when you layout your report in
the
> > Designer. Specifying a stylesheet for the report at runtime is not part
of
> > Reporting Services core functionality. There are stylistic changes you
can
> > make at run time using custom assemblies but it gets complicated and
> > requires jumping through a number of hoops. Some third-party books
coming
> > out this Fall will discuss this more in detail. You can however change
the
> > look and feel of the HTML viewer toolbar that renders with HTML reports
> > using an enhancement in our Service Pack 1. The readme for SP1 has more
> > details. This feature enables you to specify a custom CSS for the
viewer.
> >
> > I hope this helps.
> >
> > --
> > Bryan Keller
> > Developer Documentation
> > SQL Server Reporting Services
> >
> > A friendly reminder that this posting is provided "AS IS" with no
> > warranties, and confers no rights.
> >
> >
> > "MarkMurphy" <murphy@murphysw.com> wrote in message
> > news:e061eb57.0408012115.792fa634@posting.google.com...
> > > This may be a dumb question because I'm just starting out. Is it
> > > possible to specify a stylesheet for the HTML output option of a
> > > report?
> > >
> > > -Mark
> >
> >
> >