RS from VBScript/ASP web-app

I have been playing a round with RepServices for some time, creating some
nice, dynamic reports.
Now our pointy-haired boss would like for me to incorporate a few of these
reports into an old internet application, which was developed using VBS/ASP.
This would be a temporary solution, the application will be rewritten using
.NET sometime next fall.
Which options are open to me if I want to satisfy our boss now?
And - how about security?
Do anybody out there have any experience with a scenario like this?You have two options:
1. Generate your reports on the server side of your ASP app using the SOAP
Tookit. You will loose the report toolbar and interactive features.
2. Use URL addressability with custom security extension.
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Hope this helps.
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Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
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"Leif" <leif.audun.hagen@.officeteam.no> wrote in message
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> I have been playing a round with RepServices for some time, creating some
> nice, dynamic reports.
> Now our pointy-haired boss would like for me to incorporate a few of these
> reports into an old internet application, which was developed using
VBS/ASP.
> This would be a temporary solution, the application will be rewritten
using
> .NET sometime next fall.
> Which options are open to me if I want to satisfy our boss now?
> And - how about security?
> Do anybody out there have any experience with a scenario like this?
>|||Thanks, Teo. I guess it will please you to know that I have ordered your
book. Unfortunately I have not received it yet.
The reason for asking about classic ASP/VBS is that all examples I have seen
to date are written using .NET, which I unfortunately know practically
nothing about.(Time to wake up and smell the coffee...)
I would like to present the user with a list of reports available to the
user group he is mapped to. This relationship I could probably store in DB.
When he has chosen report, I would like to call RS to get a parameter list
in order to display only the relevant parameter fields. In addition I would
like to give the user a few rendering options.
Upon completion, I would like to display the report in an IFRAME or a new
window. (other suggestions)
Could I use a combination of your suggestions to achieve my goal?
SOAP and classic ASP - is it cumbersome, compared to ASP.NET?
"Teo Lachev [MVP]" <teo.lachev@.nospam.prologika.com> skrev i melding
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> You have two options:
> 1. Generate your reports on the server side of your ASP app using the SOAP
> Tookit. You will loose the report toolbar and interactive features.
> 2. Use URL addressability with custom security extension.
> --
> Hope this helps.
> ---
> Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
> Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
> Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
> Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
> Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
> ---
>|||Leif,
Thanks for ordering my book.
The requirements you describe can be implemented with either approach.
What you need to decide on is how important are the report interactive
features (drilldown, document maps, toggled visibility) and report toolbar
for you. If there are a must, you have no other choice but to use URL
addressability with custom security (that is at least before RS 2005 comes
along). The added bonus of using URL addressability is that you can handle
the role-membership checks in your custom extension. This approach decouples
your application design from RS security since the only thing you have to
change on the application side is calling the LogonUser SOAP API.
If report interactivity is something you can live without, you can consider
SOAP access using the SOAP toolkit. It is not much difficult to implement
than with ASP.NET. In this case, your application has to handle user
authentication and authorization, filter and display reports. Another
advantage (or disadvantage depending on your perspective :-) of this
approach is that you don't have to exit your lethargic state yet since you
don't have learn .NET.
--
Hope this helps.
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Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
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"Leif" <leif.audun.hagen@.officeteam.no> wrote in message
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> Thanks, Teo. I guess it will please you to know that I have ordered your
> book. Unfortunately I have not received it yet.
> The reason for asking about classic ASP/VBS is that all examples I have
seen
> to date are written using .NET, which I unfortunately know practically
> nothing about.(Time to wake up and smell the coffee...)
> I would like to present the user with a list of reports available to the
> user group he is mapped to. This relationship I could probably store in
DB.
> When he has chosen report, I would like to call RS to get a parameter list
> in order to display only the relevant parameter fields. In addition I
would
> like to give the user a few rendering options.
> Upon completion, I would like to display the report in an IFRAME or a new
> window. (other suggestions)
> Could I use a combination of your suggestions to achieve my goal?
> SOAP and classic ASP - is it cumbersome, compared to ASP.NET?
> "Teo Lachev [MVP]" <teo.lachev@.nospam.prologika.com> skrev i melding
> news:Ok6nQ2EzEHA.2012@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > You have two options:
> >
> > 1. Generate your reports on the server side of your ASP app using the
SOAP
> > Tookit. You will loose the report toolbar and interactive features.
> > 2. Use URL addressability with custom security extension.
> >
> > --
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > ---
> > Teo Lachev, MVP [SQL Server], MCSD, MCT
> > Author: "Microsoft Reporting Services in Action"
> > Publisher website: http://www.manning.com/lachev
> > Buy it from Amazon.com: http://shrinkster.com/eq
> > Home page and blog: http://www.prologika.com/
> > ---
> >
>