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It’s been around a year since we released the first version of Aspose.Words for Reporting Services, and now 2.1 is coming. A rendering extension is not a standalone program, it’s rather somewhat like a plug-in, and the goals of a plug-in are to

• be as easy to install, configure and maintain as possible
• do its job as good as possible.

We truly hope we’ve achieved these goals. However, we keep working hard on the product in order to make it even closer to … Continue Reading

This is a maintenance release getting us a bit closer to perfect conversion of RDL reports to editable Microsoft Word documents. We have fixed a number of bugs reported by our users as well as polished the export by adding and debugging some more smart conversion algorithms. Besides, we have changed the way some report items (such as table rows) are exported.

What’s fixed

• Fixed a number of issues when exporting reports to editable Word documents.

To download visit http://www.aspose.com/Community/Files/52/aspose.words.reporting.services/default.aspx… Continue Reading

We are happy to announce that we have just published a FAQ for our unique product Aspose.Words for Reporting Services. The FAQ contains answers to some technical questions frequently asked by our customers and those who evaluate the product. Please refer to it before posting your inquiry in the support forum; probably you will find a solution for your issue and get some explanation of its cause.

The FAQ is available at

http://www.aspose.com/Community/Forums/thread/103932.aspx… Continue Reading

We keep improving rendering RDL reports to fully editable Microsoft Word documents. This release is another stage of this continuous process. The release includes a number of fixes applied while testing existing customer reports, therefore not registered in our defect database. So there are no defect numbers to list this time. Simply download the program and try it, and please report anything that you think should be fixed or improved.

What’s new

• Exposed the OverlapResolutionMethod configuration option.

What’s fixed

• Fixed a number of bugs and issues noticed

Recently we have implemented a very important feature requested by many users, export of RDL reports to fully editable (flow layout) documents. The flow layout mode, which is now default for Aspose.Words for Reporting Services, brings a number of noticeable benefits such as:

• No textboxes anymore. Text is exported to regular paragraphs with real paragraph breaks.
• No floating objects, inline objects only. This means that when the document is edited, its contents move accordingly to the changes being applied, whereas

This hotfix release contains a critical update for the MSI installer related to installing the product on the Visual Studio 2005 Report Designer. Please upgrade if you have the installation process interrupted with an unexpected error “Could not properly install or configure Aspose.Words for Reporting Services…”

What’s fixed:

• MSI installer stops the process with an error when installing on Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services.

To download visit http://www.aspose.com/Community/Files/52/aspose.words.reporting.services/default.aspx… Continue Reading

We are happy to announce the release of Aspose.Words for Reporting Services 2.0, the unique product that enables the export of Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services reports to Microsoft Word document formats. This release finally introduces a feature that has been expected by many users – export to flow layout documents! This means now you are able to convert RDL reports to “true”, “normal”, easy to edit documents as if they were created manually by an office worker! With the version … Continue Reading

It’s a bit shameful but until recently I was almost sure that the Visual Studio 2005 Report Designer (Business Intelligence Development Studio) does not support custom rendering extensions and the export formats are hard coded 🙂 Thanks to one of our customers, it turned out I was wrong. So, since Aspose.Words for Reporting Services is a rendering extensions allowing to export RDL reports to Microsoft Word formats, you can easily add those formats directly to your report designer. Moreover, starting … Continue Reading

This is a maintenance release.

What’s new

• MSI installer now automatically adds Microsoft Word export formats to the Visual Studio Report Designer.
• Added the support for the HideDuplicates property of textboxes.

What’s fixed

• Minor fixes.

To download visit http://www.aspose.com/Community/Files/52/aspose.words.reporting.services/default.aspx… Continue Reading

We often stress that the development of our products is customer-driven. This means we respond to customer requests quickly and exhaustively, making customers feel as if they directly participated in the development. This cooperation is mutually beneficial and sometimes results in brilliant ideas indeed.

Yesterday I had a conversation with a customer whose requirement was exporting RDL reports to Microsoft Word documents. The problem was that he wanted his reports to have quite a lot of inline formatting, which is … Continue Reading