PDF always prompts

I'm publishing reports in PDF, providing users with URLs like
http://<server>/reportserver?/<reportname>&rs:Format=PDF&rs:Command=Render
In some circumstances, I'd like the PDF to open directly in the browser
without a prompt, but these always ask if I want to Open or Save the file,
directly in Acrobat Reader 8. How can I make this happen?
Static PDF files on my server open directly in the browser as expected.I had some fun trying to track that down too. I eventually found this, which
worked for me. I'm no expert so I'm not sure just what the critical bit is.
I'm using the Render method to get the report as a byte[] from Reporting
Services. Good luck:
private void DoOutput(byte[] result)
{
Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf";
Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Public);
Response.BufferOutput = false;
int count = result.Length;
if (count > 0)
{
Response.OutputStream.Write(result, 0, count);
}
Response.End();
}
"Rocks" wrote:
> I'm publishing reports in PDF, providing users with URLs like
> http://<server>/reportserver?/<reportname>&rs:Format=PDF&rs:Command=Render
> In some circumstances, I'd like the PDF to open directly in the browser
> without a prompt, but these always ask if I want to Open or Save the file,
> directly in Acrobat Reader 8. How can I make this happen?
> Static PDF files on my server open directly in the browser as expected.|||So, I have to use ASP.NET? I'm still running classic ASP.
"jgwilliams" wrote:
> I had some fun trying to track that down too. I eventually found this, which
> worked for me. I'm no expert so I'm not sure just what the critical bit is.
> I'm using the Render method to get the report as a byte[] from Reporting
> Services. Good luck:
> private void DoOutput(byte[] result)
> {
> Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf";
> Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Public);
> Response.BufferOutput = false;
> int count = result.Length;
> if (count > 0)
> {
> Response.OutputStream.Write(result, 0, count);
> }
> Response.End();
> }
> "Rocks" wrote:
> > I'm publishing reports in PDF, providing users with URLs like
> > http://<server>/reportserver?/<reportname>&rs:Format=PDF&rs:Command=Render
> >
> > In some circumstances, I'd like the PDF to open directly in the browser
> > without a prompt, but these always ask if I want to Open or Save the file,
> > directly in Acrobat Reader 8. How can I make this happen?
> >
> > Static PDF files on my server open directly in the browser as expected.|||Aah, right. Sorry, I can't help you there - I never really used classic ASP
in earnest.
"Rocks" wrote:
> So, I have to use ASP.NET? I'm still running classic ASP.
> "jgwilliams" wrote:
> > I had some fun trying to track that down too. I eventually found this, which
> > worked for me. I'm no expert so I'm not sure just what the critical bit is.
> > I'm using the Render method to get the report as a byte[] from Reporting
> > Services. Good luck:
> >
> > private void DoOutput(byte[] result)
> > {
> > Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf";
> > Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Public);
> > Response.BufferOutput = false;
> > int count = result.Length;
> > if (count > 0)
> > {
> > Response.OutputStream.Write(result, 0, count);
> > }
> > Response.End();
> > }
> >
> > "Rocks" wrote:
> >
> > > I'm publishing reports in PDF, providing users with URLs like
> > > http://<server>/reportserver?/<reportname>&rs:Format=PDF&rs:Command=Render
> > >
> > > In some circumstances, I'd like the PDF to open directly in the browser
> > > without a prompt, but these always ask if I want to Open or Save the file,
> > > directly in Acrobat Reader 8. How can I make this happen?
> > >
> > > Static PDF files on my server open directly in the browser as expected.|||I found a solution that works for my situation, and even works in classic
ASP: just setup a server proxy:
Response.ContentType = "application/pdf"
reportSource = "reportserver?reportname&rs:Format=PDF"
set objReport = Server.CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
objReport.open "GET", reportSource, false
objReport.send
Response.BinaryWrite(objReport.ResponseBody)
set objReport = nothing
"jgwilliams" wrote:
> Aah, right. Sorry, I can't help you there - I never really used classic ASP
> in earnest.
> "Rocks" wrote:
> > So, I have to use ASP.NET? I'm still running classic ASP.
> >
> > "jgwilliams" wrote:
> >
> > > I had some fun trying to track that down too. I eventually found this, which
> > > worked for me. I'm no expert so I'm not sure just what the critical bit is.
> > > I'm using the Render method to get the report as a byte[] from Reporting
> > > Services. Good luck:
> > >
> > > private void DoOutput(byte[] result)
> > > {
> > > Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf";
> > > Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Public);
> > > Response.BufferOutput = false;
> > > int count = result.Length;
> > > if (count > 0)
> > > {
> > > Response.OutputStream.Write(result, 0, count);
> > > }
> > > Response.End();
> > > }
> > >
> > > "Rocks" wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm publishing reports in PDF, providing users with URLs like
> > > > http://<server>/reportserver?/<reportname>&rs:Format=PDF&rs:Command=Render
> > > >
> > > > In some circumstances, I'd like the PDF to open directly in the browser
> > > > without a prompt, but these always ask if I want to Open or Save the file,
> > > > directly in Acrobat Reader 8. How can I make this happen?
> > > >
> > > > Static PDF files on my server open directly in the browser as expected.|||I'm facing the same iissue, and would like to know how to use this method
"private void DoOutput(byte[] result)" the param result where i'm going to
fill it ?
thnx a lot
"jgwilliams" wrote:
> I had some fun trying to track that down too. I eventually found this, which
> worked for me. I'm no expert so I'm not sure just what the critical bit is.
> I'm using the Render method to get the report as a byte[] from Reporting
> Services. Good luck:
> private void DoOutput(byte[] result)
> {
> Response.ContentType = "Application/pdf";
> Response.Cache.SetCacheability(HttpCacheability.Public);
> Response.BufferOutput = false;
> int count = result.Length;
> if (count > 0)
> {
> Response.OutputStream.Write(result, 0, count);
> }
> Response.End();
> }
> "Rocks" wrote:
> > I'm publishing reports in PDF, providing users with URLs like
> > http://<server>/reportserver?/<reportname>&rs:Format=PDF&rs:Command=Render
> >
> > In some circumstances, I'd like the PDF to open directly in the browser
> > without a prompt, but these always ask if I want to Open or Save the file,
> > directly in Acrobat Reader 8. How can I make this happen?
> >
> > Static PDF files on my server open directly in the browser as expected.