Exporting in SSRS 2005

Hi,

I'm developing a web app in .NET 2.0 using SSRS 2000 and 2005. Some of the reports need to be exported directly to PDF when clicked, but the problem is in the fact that the user must select the parameters from the report manager window.

Is there any way to allow the direct export to PDF when generate is clicked, or to limit the options the user has to export to in the report manager.

P.S. If it is possible, I DO NOT want to accomplish this using code.

Thanks,

Hello,

Here's how to get rid of the other export options:

Navigate to {System Root}:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.{RS_Instance_ID}\Reporting Services\ReportServer

Open rsreportserver.config in your favorite text editor

Search for <Render>

You should see the available rendering extensions here

<Extension Name="XML" ... />

<Extension Name="EXCEL" ... />

...

In order to just have PDF available, comment out all but the line for PDF

<!-- <Extension Name="XML" ... /> -->

<!-- <Extension Name="EXCEL" ... /> -->

...

Save the file and close it

Please note, that if you do this, these options won't be available to anyone in Report Manager.

Hope this helps.

Jarret

|||Jarrett. I also had need to do this and it worked. However, I now need to restore one of the ones I had removed. I uncommented out the one I want back, saved the file, and started up Report Manager. The options under export didn't change. The uncommented one didn't reappear. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jim.|||Restart your SQL Server service and ReportServer service completely. Otherwise, check if you did not accidentally make a spelling mistake or something in the Config file. Eduard