rsclientPrint.cab Silent Deployment??

Can anyone tell me how to deploy this client side ActiveX component to
install silently.
We obviously secure our PC's on our site and do not want the users to see a
pop up for installation (also there then could be issues with users
installation rights).
Have at least 500+ PCs to install upon
Regards
Ric PullenThis is the answer i got that worked for us. Hope you find it usefull
I guess it depends on how you locked down IE. If they can not run activeX
controls period then there is not much you can do, if they just can't
download them then you can manually install them as I describe below.
The client print control is just a COM object. You could extract the
contents and run regsvr32 on the rsclientprint.dll. There are a couple of
issues you need to be aware of though:
1) make sure all the additional files are located in the same folder as the
rsclientprint.dll
2) If we ever update the control you will need to make sure to update the
control in your script or the control may not work correctly.
--
-Daniel
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
"Namshub" wrote:
> Can anyone tell me how to deploy this client side ActiveX component to
> install silently.
> We obviously secure our PC's on our site and do not want the users to see a
> pop up for installation (also there then could be issues with users
> installation rights).
> Have at least 500+ PCs to install upon
> Regards
> Ric Pullen
>|||Hi,
I found the link http://www.kodyaz.
com/articles/client-side-printing-silent-deployment-of-rsclientPrint.aspx
when I googled with "silent install client print reporting service"

RSClientPrint in FireFox

Hi,

We are using the RSClientPrint component to print reports from our web application. When we use it from IE all works fine. But on using the FireFox the print method fails. I am using following code to print

Code Snippet

var oRSClientPrint = window.document.getElementById("RSClientPrint");
alert(oRSClientPrint);
if (typeof oRSClientPrint.Print == "undefined")
{
alert("Unable to load client print control.");
return;
}

In FireFox above code fails by raising error message "Unable to load client print control.". As per me FireFox is not able to use the Print method of object, Can you help me on how we can make it to work with FireFox.

Thanks and Regards,
Nav

The control for printing is an ActiveX control and is not supported in non-IE browsers.

There is a plugin for loading ActiveX controls that you may be able to get for firefox or netscape, if you have control over the client pc.

You will probably have to export the report to an html file, redirect to the html file, and use some javascript to popup the print dialog.

cheers,

Andrew

sql

RS2005 and Reuse

Does RS2005 provide the ability to create reusable components? By component
I mean the ability to create graphs or textboxes that are tied to certain
expressions or sql queries and stored for reuse. This would allow an enduser
to simply select the component to put on the report without knowing anything
about the data. All they need to know is they want "Graph X" on the report.
Is this philosphy supported by Report Builder?
ThanksThe tools on the tools list are dot net classes... You can create a dot net
assembly, which subclasses the chart controls, etc, adding your custom stuff
( ie making it data-aware), deploy it to the developers desktop and RS
server. Then the developers can add the new custom controls to their toolbar
and go to work...
The big deal, is that now you must deploy/maintain this new assembly...
--
Wayne Snyder MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
I support the Professional Association for SQL Server ( PASS) and it''s
community of SQL Professionals.
"tcs" wrote:
> Does RS2005 provide the ability to create reusable components? By component
> I mean the ability to create graphs or textboxes that are tied to certain
> expressions or sql queries and stored for reuse. This would allow an enduser
> to simply select the component to put on the report without knowing anything
> about the data. All they need to know is they want "Graph X" on the report.
> Is this philosphy supported by Report Builder?
>
> Thanks|||Thanks for the response Wayne. Its good to see the flexiblity is available
even if you need to maintain the assembly.
"tcs" wrote:
> Does RS2005 provide the ability to create reusable components? By component
> I mean the ability to create graphs or textboxes that are tied to certain
> expressions or sql queries and stored for reuse. This would allow an enduser
> to simply select the component to put on the report without knowing anything
> about the data. All they need to know is they want "Graph X" on the report.
> Is this philosphy supported by Report Builder?
>
> Thankssql

RS SP2 Upgrade

Hi,
We use two IIS machine hosting each an instance of Report Server. The RS
database is located on a SQL2000 SP4 cluster where no component of RS is
installed except the RS and RSTempDB databases.
We upgraded each IIS machine and the setup completed without any errors or
warning. In the release notes for SP2, it is told that the database server
needs also to be upgraded. But there are no RS components installed on the
SQL cluster and by the way nothing to upgrade.
Is this a bug on the release notes ? Is the database upgraded by the update
process on a report server machine ?
Or do I need to do anything else to upgrade the database ? How can I check
if the database was upgraded or not ?
Thanks in advance.
SBIt sounds like you have a web farm. The process of upgrading RS will upgrade
the database.
Note that you will want to upgrade your development (report designer).
Especially if you skipped SP1.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"BENHAMOU Stéphane" <BENHAMOUStphane@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:E26F48E0-155E-41B6-8BCF-69D4605F57BE@.microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> We use two IIS machine hosting each an instance of Report Server. The RS
> database is located on a SQL2000 SP4 cluster where no component of RS is
> installed except the RS and RSTempDB databases.
> We upgraded each IIS machine and the setup completed without any errors or
> warning. In the release notes for SP2, it is told that the database server
> needs also to be upgraded. But there are no RS components installed on the
> SQL cluster and by the way nothing to upgrade.
> Is this a bug on the release notes ? Is the database upgraded by the
> update
> process on a report server machine ?
> Or do I need to do anything else to upgrade the database ? How can I check
> if the database was upgraded or not ?
> Thanks in advance.
> SB|||Thanks for your answer.
Is there a way to check the database structure upgrade ?
I run a "select * from information_schema.columns" on an SP1 and then on the
SP2 database used by my web farm, and the number of columns is exactly the
same (206) for both versions.
Do you know what are the database structure changes ?
"Bruce L-C [MVP]" a écrit :
> It sounds like you have a web farm. The process of upgrading RS will upgrade
> the database.
> Note that you will want to upgrade your development (report designer).
> Especially if you skipped SP1.
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> "BENHAMOU Stéphane" <BENHAMOUStphane@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:E26F48E0-155E-41B6-8BCF-69D4605F57BE@.microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > We use two IIS machine hosting each an instance of Report Server. The RS
> > database is located on a SQL2000 SP4 cluster where no component of RS is
> > installed except the RS and RSTempDB databases.
> >
> > We upgraded each IIS machine and the setup completed without any errors or
> > warning. In the release notes for SP2, it is told that the database server
> > needs also to be upgraded. But there are no RS components installed on the
> > SQL cluster and by the way nothing to upgrade.
> >
> > Is this a bug on the release notes ? Is the database upgraded by the
> > update
> > process on a report server machine ?
> >
> > Or do I need to do anything else to upgrade the database ? How can I check
> > if the database was upgraded or not ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > SB
>
>