Automatically generating PDF with ReportViewer

Hi, I've been using the Report viewer control for a bit, and was wondering how I can automatically run the report as a PDF. I can run it and prompt the user to open or save the PDF, but I'm not sure how to auto generate it. This is the code which prompts the user:

ProtectedSub Page_SaveStateComplete(ByVal senderAsObject,ByVal eAs System.EventArgs)HandlesMe.SaveStateComplete

Dim pdfContentAsByte() =Me.ReportViewer1.LocalReport.Render("pdf",Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing,Nothing)

Me.Response.Clear()

Me.Response.ContentType ="application/pdf"

Dim modCodeAsString = Request.QueryString("modCode")

Me.Response.AddHeader("Content-disposition","attachment; filename=ModuleCode-" & modCode &".pdf")

Me.Response.BinaryWrite(pdfContent)

Me.Response.End()

EndSub

Has anybody done this?

Thanks

Hi,

Do you want to save the PDF file which generates by the reporting service automatically, right?

Based on my understanding, I think when you have generate the byte[] content for your PDF file, what you should do is to use FileStream class and FileInfo class to create the corresponding file, and write the content into files, save it onto your hard disk.

If you want the method be called automatically, you can invoke the method when page loads.
For more reference on FileStream and FileInfo, see:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.fileinfo.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.io.filestream.aspx

Thanks.

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Thanks for that, I'll have a look. Also, when I ask the user to save as .xls or .pdf for example, how can I specify that the file will be saved on the D drive, rather than the C drive as the C drive is full?

Thanks

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Hi,

When you are creating and storing the file, you can specify the actual disk drive where to store the file. Also, you can import the "System.Runtime.InteropServices" namespace to check the free disk volume, so that you can determine which disk drive to store the file.

Thanks.