On Nov 2, 1:27 pm, Cesar <Ce...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> We have our webserver (http://www.mywebserver) and the reporting services
> 2000 running on a different intranet server (http://myrs2000). For some
> time, we have exposed some RS reporting using the ReportViewer object on
> several intranet web applications as well as within Sharepoint portal server
> with no problem at all.
>
> Now, there's a need to expose one RS report over the internet within a
> webapplication hosted on our webserver. The first attempt was to use the
> ReportViewer object that we've used in the past; something like the following:
>
> <cc1:ReportViewer id="rv" runat="server"
> ServerUrl="http://myrs2000/reportserver" ReportPath="/SalesReport
> Width="850px" Height="600px"></cc1:ReportViewer>
>
> We this application (webpage) is accesed via the intranet, everything works
> fine; but it doesn't when accesed over the internet. Instead of displaying
> the report-manager-window in a frame; we get something like "Internet
> explorer cannot open this page".
> Then I found that an additional tag (ReportServerExternalUrl) had to be
> added to the RSWebApplication.config; although probably this has notting to
> do with the ReportViewer object.
>
> Then I added a web reference to the ReportServer webservice
> (http://myrs2000/reportserver/reportservice.asmx) and then added some c# code
> to render the reporting on the web page and everything works fine (even from
> the Internet); it's just that this reports has some complexity (e.g liked
> reports) and thefore it's best to display it with the ReportViewer object.
>
> Apart for having to add some code for the webservice call to work, like
> adding network credentials; why this approach works and the other doesn't?
> Any ideas as to what it's missing from the first approach (ReportViewer) ?
> Why is it not working?
> Is it neccesary to add the ReportServerExternalUrl with a value something
> likehttp://myReportPortal,comfor the ReportViewer object to work? And use
> this value in the ServerUrl of the report viewer property ?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Regards,
> Cesar