running and exporting report using visual basic 6.0 (not using .net)

Hello,
I saw the post below that it is possible if we develop programs with C# or
VB.NET.
My question is
Is it possible to develop the program using visual basic 6.0?
If so, which reporting services dll should be referenced in visual basic 6.0
project?
Could you explain in detail what to do in visual studio IDE environment?
Thanks in advance,
StpnK
<<copied from the previous posts>>
>Yes, Reporting Services provide a set of Web Services API that you can call
>to generate report. Form your client app project (Win Form App), set web
>reference to the reporting services and look into its Render() methods. You
>can also learn more aboubt this from SQL Server2005 Book on Line.
>
"Smugliy" <Smugliy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:184E2D63-E618-4C35-A0C5-5F3A647B3803@.microsoft.com...
> Hello ,All
> I am new to the reporting services and my question maybe stupid .
>
> I created some report and published it on the server.
> Now my question is : does it possible at all to run this report from my
> client (in C# )and to export the result to CSV format also from client
> Is there any web service that I can use which is calling for my report
> ?
> Please ,help me to understand this .
> Thanks a lot.
> Smugliy
>
>
>You would have to use the soap toolkit and do lots and lots of roll your own
coding. And even then there might be some incompatibilities.
Your best bet is to use URL integration. This is very straight forward and
easy to implement. Generate the URL string, embed the IE browser control (if
all you want to do is show the report) and set the url for the control.
There are lots of examples on the web of how to embed the browser control
and set the URL.
Books online has lots of examples of URL integration.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"stpnK" <ssdfatepano917@.optonline.net> wrote in message
news:47f3122d$0$15166$607ed4bc@.cv.net...
> Hello,
> I saw the post below that it is possible if we develop programs with C# or
> VB.NET.
> My question is
> Is it possible to develop the program using visual basic 6.0?
> If so, which reporting services dll should be referenced in visual basic
> 6.0 project?
> Could you explain in detail what to do in visual studio IDE environment?
> Thanks in advance,
> StpnK
> <<copied from the previous posts>>
>>Yes, Reporting Services provide a set of Web Services API that you can
>>call
>>to generate report. Form your client app project (Win Form App), set web
>>reference to the reporting services and look into its Render() methods.
>>You
>>can also learn more aboubt this from SQL Server2005 Book on Line.
> "Smugliy" <Smugliy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:184E2D63-E618-4C35-A0C5-5F3A647B3803@.microsoft.com...
>> Hello ,All
>> I am new to the reporting services and my question maybe stupid .
>> I created some report and published it on the server.
>> Now my question is : does it possible at all to run this report from my
>> client (in C# )and to export the result to CSV format also from client
>> Is there any web service that I can use which is calling for my report
>> ?
>> Please ,help me to understand this .
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Smugliy
>>
>
>|||Thanks for your reply. Bruce.
Let me explain details.
I have a VB6 program (A.EXE) keeping running on the server. This program
should do lots of things such as monitoring the incoming files, reading the
files and do various kinds of tasks depending on the file type and other
conditions on the file...
With certain type of files, this program needs to call report-generator
(dll) (this is the program I want to write) of SSRS 2005 (passing
parameters) so that the report-generator saves the output file as PDF format
on the network folder. After that this program picks up this PDF file and
send emails to the customer with PDF reports attachments.
So to speak, there is no user interaction, no report viewer required...
(1) Is it doable with vb6.0 projects (possibly connecting to SSRS without
user interaction)?
If so, can you tell me the sample URL site? or attach the sample?
(2) I think it is doable with C#.NET or VB.NET...
Can you introduce the URL of samples? Or attach the sample if you have any?
Best Regards,
stpnK
"Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:ul0WYuNlIHA.1184@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> You would have to use the soap toolkit and do lots and lots of roll your
> own coding. And even then there might be some incompatibilities.
> Your best bet is to use URL integration. This is very straight forward and
> easy to implement. Generate the URL string, embed the IE browser control
> (if all you want to do is show the report) and set the url for the
> control. There are lots of examples on the web of how to embed the browser
> control and set the URL.
> Books online has lots of examples of URL integration.
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> "stpnK" <ssdfatepano917@.optonline.net> wrote in message
> news:47f3122d$0$15166$607ed4bc@.cv.net...
>> Hello,
>> I saw the post below that it is possible if we develop programs with C#
>> or VB.NET.
>> My question is
>> Is it possible to develop the program using visual basic 6.0?
>> If so, which reporting services dll should be referenced in visual basic
>> 6.0 project?
>> Could you explain in detail what to do in visual studio IDE environment?
>> Thanks in advance,
>> StpnK
>> <<copied from the previous posts>>
>>Yes, Reporting Services provide a set of Web Services API that you can
>>call
>>to generate report. Form your client app project (Win Form App), set web
>>reference to the reporting services and look into its Render() methods.
>>You
>>can also learn more aboubt this from SQL Server2005 Book on Line.
>>
>> "Smugliy" <Smugliy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:184E2D63-E618-4C35-A0C5-5F3A647B3803@.microsoft.com...
>> Hello ,All
>> I am new to the reporting services and my question maybe stupid .
>> I created some report and published it on the server.
>> Now my question is : does it possible at all to run this report from my
>> client (in C# )and to export the result to CSV format also from client
>> Is there any web service that I can use which is calling for my report
>> ?
>> Please ,help me to understand this .
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Smugliy
>>
>>
>>
>|||I use the URL method in two ways. One, I have used it for integrating in old
type of programs. For instance, we use In-Touch a real time MMI (in the real
time control world the environment that interacts with the user is called
MMI, man machine interface). For that I embed a browser control. However, in
your case you have no GUI and so you would need to go to a lower level,
getting some dll that will go to a website and then get the stream back and
do with it as you will. Personally I think this is going to be a mess.
I think a vb.net or c# program using web services would be a much better way
to go that using URL and VB6.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"stpnK" <ssdfatepano917@.optonline.net> wrote in message
news:47f6b3df$0$15199$607ed4bc@.cv.net...
> Thanks for your reply. Bruce.
> Let me explain details.
> I have a VB6 program (A.EXE) keeping running on the server. This program
> should do lots of things such as monitoring the incoming files, reading
> the
> files and do various kinds of tasks depending on the file type and other
> conditions on the file...
> With certain type of files, this program needs to call report-generator
> (dll) (this is the program I want to write) of SSRS 2005 (passing
> parameters) so that the report-generator saves the output file as PDF
> format
> on the network folder. After that this program picks up this PDF file and
> send emails to the customer with PDF reports attachments.
> So to speak, there is no user interaction, no report viewer required...
> (1) Is it doable with vb6.0 projects (possibly connecting to SSRS without
> user interaction)?
> If so, can you tell me the sample URL site? or attach the sample?
> (2) I think it is doable with C#.NET or VB.NET...
> Can you introduce the URL of samples? Or attach the sample if you have
> any?
> Best Regards,
> stpnK
>
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ul0WYuNlIHA.1184@.TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> You would have to use the soap toolkit and do lots and lots of roll your
>> own coding. And even then there might be some incompatibilities.
>> Your best bet is to use URL integration. This is very straight forward
>> and easy to implement. Generate the URL string, embed the IE browser
>> control (if all you want to do is show the report) and set the url for
>> the control. There are lots of examples on the web of how to embed the
>> browser control and set the URL.
>> Books online has lots of examples of URL integration.
>>
>> --
>> Bruce Loehle-Conger
>> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
>> "stpnK" <ssdfatepano917@.optonline.net> wrote in message
>> news:47f3122d$0$15166$607ed4bc@.cv.net...
>> Hello,
>> I saw the post below that it is possible if we develop programs with C#
>> or VB.NET.
>> My question is
>> Is it possible to develop the program using visual basic 6.0?
>> If so, which reporting services dll should be referenced in visual basic
>> 6.0 project?
>> Could you explain in detail what to do in visual studio IDE environment?
>> Thanks in advance,
>> StpnK
>> <<copied from the previous posts>>
>>Yes, Reporting Services provide a set of Web Services API that you can
>>call
>>to generate report. Form your client app project (Win Form App), set web
>>reference to the reporting services and look into its Render() methods.
>>You
>>can also learn more aboubt this from SQL Server2005 Book on Line.
>>
>> "Smugliy" <Smugliy@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:184E2D63-E618-4C35-A0C5-5F3A647B3803@.microsoft.com...
>> Hello ,All
>> I am new to the reporting services and my question maybe stupid .
>> I created some report and published it on the server.
>> Now my question is : does it possible at all to run this report from my
>> client (in C# )and to export the result to CSV format also from client
>> Is there any web service that I can use which is calling for my
>> report
>> ?
>> Please ,help me to understand this .
>> Thanks a lot.
>> Smugliy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>