ReportingService2006.GetReportDefinition(String) Method

public:
 cli::array <System::Byte> ^ GetReportDefinition(System::String ^ Report);

public byte[] GetReportDefinition (string Report);

member this.GetReportDefinition : string -> byte[]

Public Function GetReportDefinition (Report As String) As Byte()

Parameters

Returns

The report definition as a Base 64-encoded byte array. For more information about this data type, see "Byte Structure" in the Microsoft .NET Framework documentation.

Examples

using System;  
using System.Collections.Generic;  
using System.IO;  
using System.Text;  
using System.Web;  
using System.Web.Services;  
using System.Web.Services.Protocols;  

class Sample  
{  
    static void Main(string[] args)  
    {  
        ReportingService2006 rs = new ReportingService2006();  
        rs.Url = "http://<Server Name>" +  
            "/_vti_bin/ReportServer/ReportService2006.asmx";  
        rs.Credentials =   
            System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;  

        string reportName = "http://<Server Name>/Docs/Documents" +  
            "/AdventureWorks Sample Reports/Sales Order Detail.rdl";  
        byte[] reportDefinition = null;  
        System.Xml.XmlDocument doc = new System.Xml.XmlDocument();  

        try  
        {  
            reportDefinition = rs.GetReportDefinition(reportName);  
            MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(reportDefinition);  

            string myDocumentsFolder =   
                Environment.GetFolderPath(  
                    Environment.SpecialFolder.Personal);  

            doc.Load(stream);  
            doc.Save(Path.Combine(myDocumentsFolder,   
                "Sales Order Detail.rdl"));  
        }  
        catch (SoapException e)  
        {  
            Console.WriteLine(e.Detail.InnerXml.ToString());  
        }  
        catch (IOException e)  
        {  
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message);  
        }  
    }  
}  

Imports System  
Imports System.IO  
Imports System.Text  
Imports System.Web.Services  
Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols  

Class Sample  

    Public Shared Sub Main()  

        Dim rs As New ReportingService2006()  
        rs.Url = "http://<Server Name>" + _  
            "/_vti_bin/ReportServer/ReportService2006.asmx"  
        rs.Credentials = _  
            System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials  

        Dim reportName As String = "http://<Server Name>" + _  
            "/Docs/Documents/AdventureWorks Sample Reports" + _  
            "/Sales Order Detail.rdl"  
        Dim reportDefinition As Byte() = Nothing  
        Dim doc As New System.Xml.XmlDocument  

        Try  
            reportDefinition = rs.GetReportDefinition(reportName)  
            Dim stream As New MemoryStream(reportDefinition)  

            Dim myDocumentsFolder As String = _  
                My.Computer.FileSystem.SpecialDirectories.MyDocuments  
            doc.Load(stream)  
            doc.Save(Path.Combine(myDocumentsFolder, _  
                "Sales Order Detail.rdl"))  

        Catch e As SoapException  
            Console.WriteLine(e.Detail.InnerXml.ToString())  
        Catch e As IOException  
            Console.WriteLine(e.Message)  
        End Try  

    End Sub  

End Class  

Remarks

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Applies to