"Daniel Bello" <dburizarri@yahoo.es> wrote in message
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> Hi:
>
> Is there any way to avoid the blank browser window we see when exporting a
> report to pdf?
> I'll prefer to download the pdf on the same window to save it to the disk,
> or to open it on another browser window using the acrobat reader plugin,
> but what reporting services is doing is sending a request to download the
> report on a new window, so after finishing the download, the user has to
> close this window.
>
> Any solutions?
> Thanks,
> Daniel Bello Urizarri
>

"Norman Yuan" <NotReal@NotReal.not> wrote in message
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>I do not know what happens to you, here is what happend with my browser
>(IE7.0, but it behaved the same when I used IE6):
>
> 1. In report viewer, choose export to PDF (or any other exporting format)
> and click "Export";
> 2. A blank Browser window pops up followed by "File Download" dialog box
> with button "Open", "Save", and "Cancel";
> 3.
> a. If you choose "Open", the report is opened inside the new browser
> window;
> b. If you choose "Save" or "Cancel", the newly opened browser CLOSES
> automatically. Of course, when you choose "Save", "Save File" dialog box
> pops up while the blank browser window closes.
>
> It must be something wrong with your browser/or setting being changes,
> such as certain type of client-side script were disabled..., if it does
> not close the blank window automatically.
>
> "Daniel Bello" <dburizarri@yahoo.es> wrote in message
> news:eZ0bdYioHHA.5052@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Hi:
>>
>> Is there any way to avoid the blank browser window we see when exporting
>> a report to pdf?
>> I'll prefer to download the pdf on the same window to save it to the
>> disk, or to open it on another browser window using the acrobat reader
>> plugin, but what reporting services is doing is sending a request to
>> download the report on a new window, so after finishing the download, the
>> user has to close this window.
>>
>> Any solutions?
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel Bello Urizarri
>>
>
>