Combining reports into a single PDF

My company has spent the last few months developing a set of complex
financial reports using RS. The goal has always been to package them
into a single PDF, with different users receiving customized versions
of each report (eg, everyone in NY gets #s for the NY office).
We've just learned that if we combine the reports as subreports, we
lose the page headers and footers, and landscape and portrait reports
cannot be combined.
But we still have to deliver the package somehow. Does anyone have an
recommendations? We're looking at:
-Putting the page footers and headers in the report body some way.
-Writing an app to automate Adobe distiller and build the packages
ourselves (but we lose the RS delivery functionality)
-Leaving the reports as separate PDFs, and writing an app that will
print them all, creating the appearance of a single package at least
when printed.
Thanks,
BurtBurt
I had a similar problem but I could not resolve it via RS. Here is how I
solved it.
In my c# app I use the Render method for each report and save off its byte
array that is returns into a member variable pdfStream. When the report
generation was complete I then created a pdf with the byte array. Somethign
like this:
// Render Method
private byte[] m_bytResult;
m_bytResult = oRpts.Render(m_sName, GetReportFormat(false), showHideToggle,
m_sDevice, m_oParms, credentials, showHideToggle, out encoding, out mimeType,
out reportHistoryParameters, out warnings, out streamIDs);
// Generate Single PDF From Results of RS Render
string sOut = "myNewReports.pdf";
FileStream stream = File.Create( sOut, bytResult.Length );
stream.Write( bytResult, 0, bytResult.Length );
stream.close;
I hope this helps some.
Tom
"Burt" wrote:
> My company has spent the last few months developing a set of complex
> financial reports using RS. The goal has always been to package them
> into a single PDF, with different users receiving customized versions
> of each report (eg, everyone in NY gets #s for the NY office).
> We've just learned that if we combine the reports as subreports, we
> lose the page headers and footers, and landscape and portrait reports
> cannot be combined.
> But we still have to deliver the package somehow. Does anyone have an
> recommendations? We're looking at:
> -Putting the page footers and headers in the report body some way.
> -Writing an app to automate Adobe distiller and build the packages
> ourselves (but we lose the RS delivery functionality)
> -Leaving the reports as separate PDFs, and writing an app that will
> print them all, creating the appearance of a single package at least
> when printed.
> Thanks,
> Burt
>|||Thanks, Tom.
Looks like I'm going to have to resort to this- write all combinations
of the customized reports to a file structure, combine them per below,
then write a process to email them. Ug.
Burt
Tom Walls <TomWalls@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<E674D836-A609-4FC2-8B4C-46222FC11C1D@.microsoft.com>...
> Burt
> I had a similar problem but I could not resolve it via RS. Here is how I
> solved it.
> In my c# app I use the Render method for each report and save off its byte
> array that is returns into a member variable pdfStream. When the report
> generation was complete I then created a pdf with the byte array. Somethign
> like this:
> // Render Method
> private byte[] m_bytResult;
> m_bytResult = oRpts.Render(m_sName, GetReportFormat(false), showHideToggle,
> m_sDevice, m_oParms, credentials, showHideToggle, out encoding, out mimeType,
> out reportHistoryParameters, out warnings, out streamIDs);
> // Generate Single PDF From Results of RS Render
> string sOut = "myNewReports.pdf";
> FileStream stream = File.Create( sOut, bytResult.Length );
> stream.Write( bytResult, 0, bytResult.Length );
> stream.close;
>
> I hope this helps some.
> Tom
> "Burt" wrote:
> > My company has spent the last few months developing a set of complex
> > financial reports using RS. The goal has always been to package them
> > into a single PDF, with different users receiving customized versions
> > of each report (eg, everyone in NY gets #s for the NY office).
> >
> > We've just learned that if we combine the reports as subreports, we
> > lose the page headers and footers, and landscape and portrait reports
> > cannot be combined.
> >
> > But we still have to deliver the package somehow. Does anyone have an
> > recommendations? We're looking at:
> >
> > -Putting the page footers and headers in the report body some way.
> > -Writing an app to automate Adobe distiller and build the packages
> > ourselves (but we lose the RS delivery functionality)
> > -Leaving the reports as separate PDFs, and writing an app that will
> > print them all, creating the appearance of a single package at least
> > when printed.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Burt
> >|||Did anyone come up with a better way to do this? Seems like something a lot
of people would want to do, if you actually want to be able to log in to
Reports Manager and get a nice clean report every so often (with cover page,
TOC, et al). Otherwise it means RS is really only good for us IT guys. Anyone
from MSFT know if this kind of feature is on the horizon?
"Burt" wrote:
> Thanks, Tom.
> Looks like I'm going to have to resort to this- write all combinations
> of the customized reports to a file structure, combine them per below,
> then write a process to email them. Ug.
> Burt
>
> Tom Walls <TomWalls@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<E674D836-A609-4FC2-8B4C-46222FC11C1D@.microsoft.com>...
> > Burt
> >
> > I had a similar problem but I could not resolve it via RS. Here is how I
> > solved it.
> >
> > In my c# app I use the Render method for each report and save off its byte
> > array that is returns into a member variable pdfStream. When the report
> > generation was complete I then created a pdf with the byte array. Somethign
> > like this:
> >
> > // Render Method
> > private byte[] m_bytResult;
> >
> > m_bytResult = oRpts.Render(m_sName, GetReportFormat(false), showHideToggle,
> > m_sDevice, m_oParms, credentials, showHideToggle, out encoding, out mimeType,
> > out reportHistoryParameters, out warnings, out streamIDs);
> >
> > // Generate Single PDF From Results of RS Render
> > string sOut = "myNewReports.pdf";
> > FileStream stream = File.Create( sOut, bytResult.Length );
> > stream.Write( bytResult, 0, bytResult.Length );
> > stream.close;
> >
> >
> > I hope this helps some.
> >
> > Tom
> >
> > "Burt" wrote:
> >
> > > My company has spent the last few months developing a set of complex
> > > financial reports using RS. The goal has always been to package them
> > > into a single PDF, with different users receiving customized versions
> > > of each report (eg, everyone in NY gets #s for the NY office).
> > >
> > > We've just learned that if we combine the reports as subreports, we
> > > lose the page headers and footers, and landscape and portrait reports
> > > cannot be combined.
> > >
> > > But we still have to deliver the package somehow. Does anyone have an
> > > recommendations? We're looking at:
> > >
> > > -Putting the page footers and headers in the report body some way.
> > > -Writing an app to automate Adobe distiller and build the packages
> > > ourselves (but we lose the RS delivery functionality)
> > > -Leaving the reports as separate PDFs, and writing an app that will
> > > print them all, creating the appearance of a single package at least
> > > when printed.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Burt
> > >
>

combine pdf with reporting services pdfs

Through another software package, I generate pdfs which I save. I now want to combine those pdf with pdf output from reporting services. how can i do this?

thks

ken

Hi Ken-

You'd need to create your own delivery extension to do that. I imagine you could add the PDF to the RS rendered PDFs in the Deliver method of your custom delivery provider. Check out the PrinterDeliverySample in the Samples folder where you installed RS. This example can give you an idea of what you need to do to set this up.

Scott

COM object with CLSID {10020200-EB1C-11CF-AE6E-00AA004A34D5} is either not valid or not re

Hello,

I have a asp.net application that calls a DTS package. This application is running fine on my machine (where SQL Server and Web Server are running). When I moved the application to a Web Server (where SQL Server is not installed), I am getting the following error due to the DTS package.

COM object with CLSID {10020200-EB1C-11CF-AE6E-00AA004A34D5} is either not valid or not registered.

I tried every thing I could find on the web but with no luck.

Can someone please help me?
Many thanks in advance for your help.

A COM error means that something was not registered, so I am guessing the product SQL 2005 or DTS part was not installed in that computer, did you try to reinstall SQL 2005?|||

Your error is explained in the link below and I know the plain way to deploy DTS so if you decide to change your means of deployment post again so I can help. Hope this helps.

http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t93159-com-object-with-clsid-10020200eb1c11cfae6e00aa004a34d5-is-either-not-valid-or-not-registered.html

|||

Hiya guys.

Sorry for the late update!!!

Special thanks to Caddre!

Just want to give an update on this issue.
Basically, I have never been able to manage to sort this one out, despite viewing many articles on the net.

However, I just want to share one option to overcome this problem.

You can invoke your DTS package through a JOB using SP_START_JOB stored proc. This SP Instructs SQL Server Agent to execute a job immediately. This would do the job of executing the package!!! Of course, you will need the right to run the job (or use impersonation).

Hope this helps.

ColumnNamesInFirstDataRow Expression

I have a SSIS package I am trying to create that will accept two types of files. They are the same exact file except for one contains a header and one does not. So I setup a conneciton manager to the csv file. I then set a variable of bool type, and then assigned that to the ColumNamesInFirstDataRow expressions property of the conneciton manager.

So the pacakge runs. Loops a directory, runs a script that sets the Header variable to true/false based on the file name. But when it gets to the data flow it always ignores the property and never bypasses the header row. The variable is being set. I tried datarowstoskip and set it to 1 instead of the above mentioned property, and that does not work either.

How can I accomplish this?

There is a known bug in evaluation of flat file connection properties that might be causing this. IT is scheduled to be fixed for the next release. Unfortunately, I do not see an easy workaround...

-Bob

|||Is there any know work around to this with .net code or anything else?|||

You could set up two connection managers (one with headers, one without) and two dataflows to match, and use a script task to check the file for a header row. Then use precedence constraints to pick the data flow to execute.

Or you could parse the whole file in a script source, but that could be a lot of work, depending on the complexity of your file.

ColumnNamesInFirstDataRow Expression

I have a SSIS package I am trying to create that will accept two types of files. They are the same exact file except for one contains a header and one does not. So I setup a conneciton manager to the csv file. I then set a variable of bool type, and then assigned that to the ColumNamesInFirstDataRow expressions property of the conneciton manager.

So the pacakge runs. Loops a directory, runs a script that sets the Header variable to true/false based on the file name. But when it gets to the data flow it always ignores the property and never bypasses the header row. The variable is being set. I tried datarowstoskip and set it to 1 instead of the above mentioned property, and that does not work either.

How can I accomplish this?

There is a known bug in evaluation of flat file connection properties that might be causing this. IT is scheduled to be fixed for the next release. Unfortunately, I do not see an easy workaround...

-Bob

|||Is there any know work around to this with .net code or anything else?|||

You could set up two connection managers (one with headers, one without) and two dataflows to match, and use a script task to check the file for a header row. Then use precedence constraints to pick the data flow to execute.

Or you could parse the whole file in a script source, but that could be a lot of work, depending on the complexity of your file.