"JPA" <mail@mail.public.com> wrote in message
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> I'd like to use the render webservice method to render HTML for a report.
> Using DeviceInfo, I can jump from page to page (section to section). I
> can't figure out how to get the maximum number of sections. What am I
> missing?

"Oleg Yevteyev" wrote:

> I wasn't able to find any API to get the amount of pages also. The only way
> I could achieve it - was to
> pass device info like that
> <DeviceInfo><Section>1</Section><Toolbar>True</Toolbar></DeviceInfo>
> grab the sessionID like
> session_id=rs.SessionHeaderValue.SessionId;
> but in mean time parse the content of the HTML returned, looking for "var
> rep = new Report" string and get page count like
>
> SessionHeader sh = new SessionHeader();
> rs.SessionHeaderValue = sh;
> byte[] bytes=null;
> try
> {
> bytes=rs.Render(reportPath, format, historyID, devInfo, parameters,
> credentials,
> showHideToggle, out encoding, out mimeType, out reportHistoryParameters, out
> warnings,
> out streamIDs);
> }
> catch (SoapException e)
> {
> throw e;
> }
> string response=new
> string(System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(1252).GetChars(bytes));
> string val=string.Empty;
> int pos=response.IndexOf("var rep = new Report(");
> if(pos>0)
> {
> pos+=21;
> }
> int pos2=response.IndexOf(',',pos);
> val=response.Substring(pos,pos2-pos);
> session_id=rs.SessionHeaderValue.SessionId;
> PageCount=int.Parse(val.Trim());
>
> That gives you a session_id you can refer later to avoid requiring your data
> and the maximum amount of pages .
>
> I'd love to see, if someone has found a more simple, API based solution to
> get a page count.
>
>
> "JPA" <mail@mail.public.com> wrote in message
> news:Xns96E79696951D4mailmailcom@207.46.248.16...
> > I'd like to use the render webservice method to render HTML for a report.
> > Using DeviceInfo, I can jump from page to page (section to section). I
> > can't figure out how to get the maximum number of sections. What am I
> > missing?
>
>