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textdecoration property does not work when exported to PDF
Posted by Raj Chidipudi at 3/18/2005 5:28:42 PM
Hi guys, Noticed a strange thing. I have the property "textdecoration" set to "overline" on one of the text boxes in my report. It appears OK in my HTML view of the report. But when export the report into a PDF file it loses the "overline" symbol. And i also obs...more >>

How can I cache just the first page of a report like in Crystal?
Posted by steve.pantazis NO[at]SPAM gmail.com at 3/18/2005 3:53:48 PM
How do you cache just a portion of a dataset in a report? If my query brings back 100,000 records, I don't want Reporting Services to read all 100,000 records into memory and end up with 2000 report pages in cache. Crystal Reports caches just the first page (unless you explicitly request other...more >>

where is instance info stored!?
Posted by Jake Smythe at 3/18/2005 3:52:42 PM
Hello, We have SQL RS installed on a front end webserver. Out instance of SQL that the front end SQL RS connects to is named DBSERVER\INSTANCE. Our instance died and when the network admins recreated the sql box they named it something else like DBSERVER\DBSERVER. Is there somewhere on ...more >>

Number of pages - how to get?
Posted by Christopher Conner at 3/18/2005 2:51:05 PM
Hey gang... I have been working with some reports that return a ridiculously large amount of pages and have decided to introduce a "feature" into my app that would tell the user that the report they are requesting is "greater than ### of pages - are you sure you want this report" kind of scena...more >>

Is EDITING of a field Value possible ???
Posted by pmud at 3/18/2005 12:49:09 PM
Hi, Is there a way in reporting services to allow the user to edit the value in the fields he sees in the table or matrix & his change is reflected in the database? Thanks -- pmud...more >>

Business Intelligence Project Type Not Listed
Posted by Andy Jones at 3/18/2005 12:41:04 PM
I am running SQL Server 2000 with all the latest SP's on a Windows 2000 server with all the latest sp's. After installing Visual Studio .Net Pro 2003 I am trying to create a report for SQL Reporting Services. However, when I goto New Project "Business Intelligence" is not listed as a type. How...more >>

Limit Parameters
Posted by Michael van der Veeke at 3/18/2005 12:16:34 PM
Hello, Is it possible to limit parameters to specific values (other than combo box). For example, I want to have two date fields (called From and To) and I do not want to allow from > to and the number of days different to be greater than 30. Can this be done? Thanks Michael...more >>

Put report description on the report
Posted by Michael van der Veeke at 3/18/2005 12:13:06 PM
Hello, In the properties for a report, you can update the description which is visible in the report manager. I want to place this on the report so that when people look at the report they know what it is, does, doesn't do. My problem is that I have no idea how to get access to this prope...more >>



Analysis Service with Reporting Service
Posted by Nestor at 3/18/2005 11:39:49 AM
I am trying to incorporate Analysis Service with Reporting Service in my report service, can someone point out some tutorials or articles that show how to do that? Thanks. ...more >>

Sybase ODBC Problem
Posted by Dave S at 3/18/2005 8:21:06 AM
In attempting to connect to a Sybase 12.5 DB using ODBC I get the following error when I go to run a report via the Report Manager: An error has occurred during report processing. (rsProcessingAborted) Get Online Help Cannot create a connection to data source 'DataSource1'. (rsErrorOpening...more >>

IAuthenticationExtension VB.Net
Posted by Will at 3/18/2005 7:52:30 AM
Has anyone successfuly converted the AuthenticationExtension class, from the MSDN sample, from C# to VB.Net. I keep recieveing the error "IAuthenticationExtension must implement 'Overridable Function IsValidPrincipalName(principalName As String) As Boolean' for interface" I actually get th...more >>


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