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Reports not working on hosted server

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Fri, 04/25/2008 - 15:57 — amaslar

Is there any way to get the reports to work without having reporting services installed? My hosting company is being a pain about this. I tried to copy reporting dlls to my bin directory, but it's just getting weirder. Anyone have any suggestions?

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Sat, 04/26/2008 - 14:54 — admin
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Microsoft Report Viewer

There is an install program that is required for the Microsoft Report Viewer to run on a server. This is something that most ISPs support but as you found is not universal.

You can read more about deploying the report viewer from here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms251723(VS.80).aspx

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Fri, 04/25/2008 - 19:04 — flipscript
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What is getting 'weird'

What is getting 'weird' about putting the reporting DLLs in your \Bin directory?

Does your host not allow that DLL?

Sun, 04/27/2008 - 20:14 — amaslar
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"Weird" was the wrong word. "Whaaa???" is the right word.

I put the dll in bin, then was asked for another. I put that in, and was told I needed to do something with the registry. This being a hosted server, I realized that I was embarking on a mission for which there was no clear exit strategy. This is borne out by the response from the admin (see above).

I'd love to find out why MS makes it a pain to use (some of) their products in a reasonable way. They had a great (unoriginal) idea with their "xcopy" deployment strategy, and it works great most of the time. Then something like this comes along, and I am left with a stupid look on my face.