RSExplorer Sample Windows Application

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• Overview
• Topics
• Location
• Building the sample
• Running the sample
• Notes

Overview

RSExplorer is a sample windows application developed using Visual Studio .NET. The application is based on real-world scenario, and it demonstrates how to develop a Windows application that uses the Reporting Services Web service. RSExplorer uses a .NET Framework proxy class to call Web service methods exposed by the Reporting Services SOAP API. It also highlights new features in the area of enterprise reporting.

Topics

The following bullets briefly describe the classes and technologies used by this sample.

• ReportingService Class (proxy class for SOAP API)
  • ListChildren Method – Used to get a list of children of a specified folder.
  • GetProperties Method – Used to retrieve properties of an item.
  • SetProperties Method – Used to set one or more properties of a specified item.
  • CreateReport Method – Used to create a new report in the report server database.
  • DeleteItem Method – Used to delete an item from the report server database.
  • BatchHeader Class – Used to support batch operations in Reporting Services.
  • SoapException Class – Used to display the Detail property of any SOAP exceptions that occur.
• URL Access – Used to launch and navigate reports in an external viewer.

Location

This sample is located in the Applications\RSExplorer subdirectory of the Reporting Services samples directory.

For Example:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\Samples\Applications\RSExplorer

Building the sample

In order to properly build and run this sample, the following steps need to be performed.

1. Open RSExplorer.sln in Visual Studio .NET.
2. On the Build menu, click Build Solution to build the sample application.

Running the sample

In order to properly run this sample, the following steps need to be performed.

1. Open RSExplorer.sln in Visual Studio .NET.
2. On the Debug menu, click Start to run the sample application.

Notes

To connect RSExplorer to a report server, you must first enter a report server virtual root in the Server Address text box of the sample application. For more detailed information about setting up and using this sample, see "RSExplorer Sample Windows Application" in Reporting Services Books Online.