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CGW
9/30/2005 12:02:02 PM

sql server reporting services:

We have a .NET web app that, at the click of a button, is supposed to print a
handful of reports for a manager, directly to his/her default printer.

It looks like we can do this with RSClientPrint, but I'm not super
technical, and we're having problems. I'm getting an instance of object not
found when I try RSClientPrint from the server side, after instantiating it.
When I try scripting the same kind of thing on the page, RSClientPrint is not
found.

Previously, I had copied the cab file to the app directory and specified
that directory in the codebase= attribute of the page object. Then I tried
specifying the cab file in the report server tree. I extracted a copy of the
dll and added a reference to the project (c#). I have not trouble building
the solution.

My object code is...

<OBJECT ID="RSClientPrint" VIEWASTEXT>
<CLASSID="CLSID:FA91DF8D-53AB-455D-AB20-F2F023E498D3"
<CODEBASE="http://myserver/mydir/rsclientFolder/?rs:Command=Get&rc:GetImage=8.00.1038.00rsclientprint.cab#Version=2000,080,1038,000"></OBJECT>

Scripting, I tried...

<script>
function Print()
{
RSClientPrint.MarginLeft = .5 * 25.4;
RSClientPrint.MarginTop = .5 * 25.4;
RSClientPrint.MarginRight = .5 * 25.4;
RSClientPrint.MarginBottom = .5 * 25.4;
RSClientPrint.Culture = 1033;
RSClientPrint.UICulture = 1033;
RSClientPrint.PageWidth = 11 * 25.4;
RSClientPrint.PageHeight = 8.5 * 25.4;

RSClientPrint.Authenticate = false;

RSClientPrint.Print('<A class=WNAnc href="http://MyServer/reportserver"
target=winout>http://Myserver/reportserver</A>',
'/DailyReports/Myreportt&AccountManagerID=203',
'MyReport');
}
</script>

and I get that rsClientPrint is undefined.

In the code behind, I tried...

using RSClientPrintLib;

protected RSClientPrint rp;

private void printReports()
{
rp.Print("http://MyServer/reportserver",
"/reportfolderpath/myreport",
"myreport");
}

and I get an object reference not set to an instance of an object error
pointing to the line with the rp.Print.

I'm probably missing something obvious, and I should say that I'm much more
familiar with vb than c# but have no option.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

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Thanks,

Re: newbie RSClientPrint

Daniel Reib [MSFT]
9/30/2005 12:25:17 PM

Your javascript code looks correct, but I don't think you registered the
..dll.

As for adding the code to the server, this is not supported. The control
will only work in IE, it has code which attempts to find the IE window and
will fail if it is not hosted in IE.

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-Daniel
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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Re: newbie RSClientPrint

CGW
9/30/2005 1:10:02 PM

The dll is registered. I made sure. I've tried a couple of different reports,
but the behavior is still the same. RSClientPrint is undefined.

Is there something else you can think of that I should try?
--
Thanks,

CGW

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Re: newbie RSClientPrint

Daniel Reib [MSFT]
9/30/2005 2:26:28 PM

It looks like your object tag is wrong. It should be:

<OBJECT ID="RSClientPrint"
CLASSID="CLSID:FA91DF8D-53AB-455D-AB20-F2F023E498D3" CODEBASE="<cab load
location>" VIEWASTEXT></OBJECT>

I don't believe you can break them into seperate elements.
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-Daniel
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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Re: newbie RSClientPrint

CGW
9/30/2005 2:35:04 PM

Oh wow! Great! It worked... well at least I got a whole new error message...
a PRINTER error message. Thanks!!!!

CGW

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Re: newbie RSClientPrint

CGW
10/3/2005 7:54:03 AM

Daniel,

You seem to be the pro on this, as I look through messages on the site, and
I really appreciate that you took time to answer my question. That's why I
hate to ask another, but, now when I try to open the page from a client side
browser, I get the message that windows has blocked the software because it
is from an unknown publisher. What would my next step be?
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Thanks,

CGW

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