PDF renders group incorrectly

I have a report which is rendered to PDF. When the report was run recently, the PDF showed the grouping incorrectly. When the report was run again, the grouping was correct.
Is there any way to avoid having the PDF render the groups incorrectly?

Here's an example of what I'm seeing in the PDF - in the first run, 2 items which should be displayed with id002 are displayed under id001 instead, but the total of items is shown correctly.

Run #1 - wrong

id001 name1 item 1a$1.00 item 1b$1.00 item 2b$1.00 item 2c$1.00$2.00

id002 name2 item 2a$1.00$3.00

Run #2 - right

id001 name1 item 1a$1.00


item 1b$1.00$2.00

id002 name2 item 2a$1.00

item

2b$1.00

item

2c$1.00$3.00

Is this only happening in the PDF output? What about HTML?

PDF rendering problem if it is called from a modal page (fdf)

Hi,
I am having this problem with rendering PDF. My modal is calling this report
page which renders the PDF by posting the parameter.
From a modal page.
//I have the parameters in the Form
var strReportPage = "frmReportModal.aspx";
formReport.action = strReportPage;
formReport.method = "post";
formReport.target = "blank";
formReport.submit();
The reportModal.aspx comes up with this error:
Adobe Reader could not open 'pa02528XX.fdf' because it is either not a
supported file type ... or because the file has been corrupted.
It will work fine if I try from a non-modal pagestrutt,
Unfortunately not at the moment. I don't if it is adobe problem.
"strutt" <strutt@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6326B311-9604-434F-A92F-51618D7C38F8@.microsoft.com...
> Did you ever figure this out? I am having the same problem. It appears to
be
> something in Adobe, but I still don't have it fixed. Thanks for any help.
> "Hara" wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am having this problem with rendering PDF. My modal is calling this
report
> > page which renders the PDF by posting the parameter.
> >
> > From a modal page.
> > //I have the parameters in the Form
> > var strReportPage = "frmReportModal.aspx";
> > formReport.action = strReportPage;
> > formReport.method = "post";
> > formReport.target = "blank";
> > formReport.submit();
> >
> > The reportModal.aspx comes up with this error:
> >
> > Adobe Reader could not open 'pa02528XX.fdf' because it is either not a
> > supported file type ... or because the file has been corrupted.
> >
> > It will work fine if I try from a non-modal page
> >
> >|||Hara,
I did not figure out what was causing the problem either. I did come up with
a workaround though, If you change the content-disposition to
'attachment;filename=xxxxxx.pdf', then IE will prompt with a file open/save
dialog. If the user selects 'open'. the file opens properly in adobe reader.
Dave
"Hara Vilaythong" wrote:
> strutt,
> Unfortunately not at the moment. I don't if it is adobe problem.
>
> "strutt" <strutt@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6326B311-9604-434F-A92F-51618D7C38F8@.microsoft.com...
> > Did you ever figure this out? I am having the same problem. It appears to
> be
> > something in Adobe, but I still don't have it fixed. Thanks for any help.
> >
> > "Hara" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am having this problem with rendering PDF. My modal is calling this
> report
> > > page which renders the PDF by posting the parameter.
> > >
> > > From a modal page.
> > > //I have the parameters in the Form
> > > var strReportPage = "frmReportModal.aspx";
> > > formReport.action = strReportPage;
> > > formReport.method = "post";
> > > formReport.target = "blank";
> > > formReport.submit();
> > >
> > > The reportModal.aspx comes up with this error:
> > >
> > > Adobe Reader could not open 'pa02528XX.fdf' because it is either not a
> > > supported file type ... or because the file has been corrupted.
> > >
> > > It will work fine if I try from a non-modal page
> > >
> > >
>
>

PDF rendering extension not working on SQL RS 2K sp2

I am in the process of migrating apps from SSRS 2K sp1 to SP2 and one of the
application renders to PDF and it is not working.
I thought pdf rendering was missed out from rsserver.config file and added
the line below
<Extension Name="PDF"
type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.ImageRenderer.PdfReport,Microsoft.ReportingServices.ImageRendering"/>
...thinking it might help, but still not.
THis is the error msg we are getting whenever we run the report from the
application.
An attempt has been made to use a rendering extension that is not registered
for this report server. --> An attempt has been made to use a rendering
extension that is not registered for this report server. --> An attempt has
been made to use a rendering extension that is not registered for this report
server
When we run the report from reporting service it works...
Can some one help me or point me in how to fix ...
Env: Win2k3 - SQL 2k - SSRS Sp2.
Thanks
- SaravanaAnyone can you reply about this, as I am in a time crunch
regards
- Saravana
"SK" wrote:
> I am in the process of migrating apps from SSRS 2K sp1 to SP2 and one of the
> application renders to PDF and it is not working.
> I thought pdf rendering was missed out from rsserver.config file and added
> the line below
> <Extension Name="PDF"
> type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.ImageRenderer.PdfReport,Microsoft.ReportingServices.ImageRendering"/>
> ...thinking it might help, but still not.
> THis is the error msg we are getting whenever we run the report from the
> application.
> An attempt has been made to use a rendering extension that is not registered
> for this report server. --> An attempt has been made to use a rendering
> extension that is not registered for this report server. --> An attempt has
> been made to use a rendering extension that is not registered for this report
> server
> When we run the report from reporting service it works...
> Can some one help me or point me in how to fix ...
> Env: Win2k3 - SQL 2k - SSRS Sp2.
> Thanks
> - Saravana

PDF export and invisible columns

I have a report with some columns that are visible\invisible based on a
parameter value. The report renders fine in HTML and when exported to Excel.
But when its exported to PDF the report shows blank white space for some of
the columns that are invisible, e.g. the report is 3 pages wide when the
collumns are all visible, it is 1 page wide when some are invisible, but if
you export the 1 page wide report to PDF it still comes out as 3 pages wide,
with the last 2 pages just alll blank space.
ANything I can do?Did you find any solutions? I had teh same problem.
I am setting the visibility for the Rows through the expression. They are
not showing in HTML mode. However, If I export to PDF it shows some white
spaces.
"NH" wrote:
> I have a report with some columns that are visible\invisible based on a
> parameter value. The report renders fine in HTML and when exported to Excel.
> But when its exported to PDF the report shows blank white space for some of
> the columns that are invisible, e.g. the report is 3 pages wide when the
> collumns are all visible, it is 1 page wide when some are invisible, but if
> you export the 1 page wide report to PDF it still comes out as 3 pages wide,
> with the last 2 pages just alll blank space.
> ANything I can do?|||Hi,
No, never found a solution. I am afraid that you dont get many replies to
your queries in this forum.
"GC" wrote:
> Did you find any solutions? I had teh same problem.
> I am setting the visibility for the Rows through the expression. They are
> not showing in HTML mode. However, If I export to PDF it shows some white
> spaces.
>
> "NH" wrote:
> > I have a report with some columns that are visible\invisible based on a
> > parameter value. The report renders fine in HTML and when exported to Excel.
> > But when its exported to PDF the report shows blank white space for some of
> > the columns that are invisible, e.g. the report is 3 pages wide when the
> > collumns are all visible, it is 1 page wide when some are invisible, but if
> > you export the 1 page wide report to PDF it still comes out as 3 pages wide,
> > with the last 2 pages just alll blank space.
> >
> > ANything I can do?|||I have experienced something like this before...the problem is that in
order to shrink up the hidden columns then you will need to set the
visibility property on each column, not just the tablerow. Very
tedious but I believe that this may be what your report needs...
Matt A|||i have a similar problem. html & xls work fine, but when you export to
csv, the columns are hidden no matter what you do...
reportdude wrote:
> I have experienced something like this before...the problem is that in
> order to shrink up the hidden columns then you will need to set the
> visibility property on each column, not just the tablerow. Very
> tedious but I believe that this may be what your report needs...
> Matt A|||Thanks for the Update. I have tried the option of applying the Expression for
the Visibiliy of every cell in that Row. Still it doesn't make any difference.
This is creating space at the end of the Report. ( I have few Sub Reports).
If I set the hidden false then the white spaces are disappearing. However
this works well in HTML Viewer.
"reportdude" wrote:
> I have experienced something like this before...the problem is that in
> order to shrink up the hidden columns then you will need to set the
> visibility property on each column, not just the tablerow. Very
> tedious but I believe that this may be what your report needs...
> Matt A
>