AsyncRendering and all the Baggage that Comes With It
The AsyncRendering property on the ASP.Net ReportViewer control is one of the most misunderstood properties on the ReportViewer. And that’s our fault. There are a lot of side effects to setting this...
View ArticleExpression Evaluation in Local Mode
RDL and RDLC files contain expressions written in VB.Net. As .Net code, expressions can potentially perform any operations, including accessing the file system or running native code. Code access...
View ArticleWe Need Your Help
The forums, Connect, and direct feedback through this blog and others have always helped shape Reporting Services. We’re grateful for all of the input we’ve received. But if you’re looking to make an...
View ArticleReports Never Stop Loading With VS 2010
I’ve received a number of questions from people who have run into problems after upgrading their web application from VS 2008 to VS 2010. Once upgraded, the report viewer shows the loading indicator...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2010 is Now Available
As many of you know, Visual Studio 2010 was released last week. We’ve done a lot of work to the ReportViewer control in this release: Support for ASP.Net AJAX Support for the SQL 2008 RDLC schema,...
View ArticleUpgrading Web Application Projects to VS 2010
A number of people have posted questions about upgrading their VS 2008 web applications using the ReportViewer control to VS 2010. The upgrade process is not automatic. Before I get into the steps...
View ArticleASP.Net ReportViewer Samples
We have recently posted a number of samples that use the ASP.Net ReportViewer. These sample applications cover a wide range of topics. You’ll see sample code for long standing ReportViewer concepts...
View ArticleNested Objects in Local Mode
As I have mentioned before, the Reporting Services team regularly reviews the bug reports and feature requests that come in via Connect. Shortly after the release of Visual Studio 2010, we started to...
View ArticleThe Invisible ReportViewer
An interesting bug report came in recently regarding toggling the Visible property on the ASP.Net ReportViewer. It’s fairly subtle and I don’t believe many people are running into it. But the...
View ArticleVisual Studio 2010 SP1
Earlier this month, we released Visual Studio 2010 SP1. The service pack is available for download from here and the updated Report Viewer redistributable can be found here. We always prioritize our...
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