how to send the reports as an exe file

Hi,

can any one tell me how to send the reports as an exe file. Is there any possibility in ssrs. I have to send all my reports to my client along with the .net application. can any one help me out in this.

Thanks in advanceI doubt this is possible. Why not just deploy the reports on the client's PC?|||

You will probably have to look at building a .net app to run the RDL file, and distributing both the .exe for the .net app and the rdl file.

You may want to check out Project RDL.

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/rdlproject.asp

The RDL Project is an open source (GPL) C# implementation of the Report Definition Language (RDL) for the .NET environment, by fyiReporting Software.

RDL is an XML based language created by Microsoft with the goal of promoting interoperability of reporting products. Microsoft implemented RDL as part of the Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services

cheers,

Andrew

|||I have created all my reports in one application. I have to send this as an exe along with my .net project. so that they can install that in their machines. can u tell me What are the possible solutions for this?|||

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for u r reply, my requirement is how to send this as an exe along with .net project. So that my client will install in his machines. is there any possibility for this.

Thanks

Rahul

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So, your problem is how to deploy your reports to a client?

Your reports need to be published (deployed) to your client's reporting server. Sending the rdl files in an exe (i.e. as an install exe or a zip exe) will not achieve this. I suggest you either make an msi with a custom action to deploy the reports, or you use the report manager on your client's site to upload the reports to the server (the reports can be uploaded from your machine to your customer's reporting server in this way).

Did that make sense?

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Thanks for the reply.

I created MSI setup for deplying the reports. can any one tell me how to change the target server. Here I added a webreference of that. but in my client place target server name may be different. how can I make it dynamic. will there be any possiblity?

Thanks

Rahul