ActiveReports 11 Server User Guide
Downloading a Code-Based Section Report
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You can download reports hosted on ActiveReports Server using the Download method and can save it into report definition format. This topic explains how to download an XML-based section report to PDF format.

Note: You can also download a page report or an RDL report using the same steps.
  1. From the Visual Studio File menu, select New Project.
  2. In the New Project dialog that appears, select Visual C# or Visual Basic from the template list, click Windows and select Console Application.
  3. Rename the project to RenderReport and сlick OK.
    Note: The target framework of the project must be set to .NET Framework 4.5 or above.
  4. From the Visual Studio Project menu, select Add Service Reference.
  5. In the Add Service Reference dialog that appears, enter the following address in the Address field.
    Paste in the Address box, replacing 8080 with the site port where you installed ActiveReports Server.
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    http://localhost:8080/ReportService.svc
  6. Click Go, and when the ReportService appears in the Services pane, you can expand it and select the service interface to reveal its available operations in the pane to the right.
  7. Rename the Namespace that you want to use to ReportService and click OK. The reference appears in the Solution Explorer.
  8. Open the app.config file and in the address attribute of endpoint element, check whether the service address set in step 5 is correct. Replace the address if it is not correct. 
    Confirm the value of the address attribute in the endpoint element of the app.config file
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    <client>
        <endpoint address="http://localhost:8080/ReportService.svc"
            binding="wsHttpBinding" bindingConfiguration="WSHttpBinding_IReportService"
            contract="ReportService.IReportService" name="WSHttpBinding_IReportService" />
    </client>
    Note: The service address may not get updated automatically to the server configuration of the installed ActiveReports Server.
  9. In the app.config file, add a maxReceivedMessageSize attribute inside the binding element and set an appropriate value. If you want to send or receive large amounts of data in a WCF service, you need to customize this value. In the following example, the value is set to 10 MB. 
    Add INSIDE the binding element of the app.config file
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    <bindings>
    <wsHttpBinding> 
        <binding name="WSHttpBinding_IReportService" maxReceivedMessageSize="10000000"> 
            <security mode="None" />
                </binding> 
        </wsHttpBinding> 
</bindings>
  10. In Program.cs or Module1.vb, add the following statements to the using/Imports statements at the top of the code.

    Visual Basic

    Visual Basic code (Add to the list of Imports statements at the top of the code.)
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    Imports System.IO
    Imports DownloadReport.ReportService

    C#

    C# code(Add to the list of using statements at the top of the code.)
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    using System.IO;
    using DownloadReport.ReportService;
  11. In Program.cs or Module1.vb, add the following code into the Main method.

    Visual Basic

    Visual Basic code (Paste the following code into the Main method of the Module1 module declaration)
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    Dim serverUserName As String = "USER"
    Dim serverUserPwd As String = "PASS"
    Dim reportService As New ReportServiceClient("WSHttpBinding_IReportService")
    ' Get the security token using Login method
    Dim securityToken As String = reportService.Login(serverUserName, serverUserPwd, Nothing, True)
    ' Get the list information of the uploaded form
    Dim query As New ReportService.Query()
    Dim description As ReportDescription() = reportService.[Select](securityToken, query)

     

    ' Get the report description of the output target
    Dim TargetRepDescription As New ReportDescription

    For Each des As ReportDescription In description
        If des.Name = "Payment Slip" Then
            TargetRepDescription = des
            Exit For
        End If
    Next

    ' Get the encoded form data
    Dim result As DataResult = reportService.Download(securityToken, TargetRepDescription.Id)
    ' Return to byte array
    Dim s As String = result.Data
    Dim bs As Byte() = System.Convert.FromBase64String(s)


    ' Specify the target folder
Dim outFileName As String = "C:\work\PaymentSlip.rpx"
Dim outFile As New System.IO.FileStream(outFileName, System.IO.FileMode.Create, System.IO.FileAccess.Write)
    outFile.Write(bs, 0, bs.Length)
    outFile.Close()

    C#

    C# code (Paste the following code into the Main method of the Program class declaration)
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    var serverUserName = "USER";
    var serverUserPwd = "PASS";
    var reportService = new ReportServiceClient("WSHttpBinding_IReportService");
    var securityToken = reportService.Login(serverUserName, serverUserPwd, null, true);
    // Get the report list from internal storage
    var description = reportService.Select(securityToken, new Query());

    // Get the report description of the output target
    ReportDescription TargetRepDescription = new ReportDescription();
    foreach (var des in description)
    {
        if (des.Name == "Payment Slip")
        {
            TargetRepDescription = des;
            break;
        }
    }

    // Get the encoded form data 
    var result = reportService.Download(securityToken, TargetRepDescription.Id); 
    // Return to byte array 
    string s = result.Data; 
    byte[] bs = System.Convert.FromBase64String(s);                                 

    // Specify the target folder                                      
    string outFileName = @"C:\work\PaymentSlip.rpx";

    System.IO.FileStream outFile = new System.IO.FileStream(outFileName,
    System.IO.FileMode.Create, System.IO.FileAccess.Write);
    outFile.Write(bs, 0, bs.Length);
    outFile.Close();
  12. Run the project.
See Also
Uploading a Code-Based Section Report
Rendering a Code-Based Section Report