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Reporting Services dll - Type not defined

Asked by: jay-are

Hello Experts

My setup:
VS08
RS08/RS05 (have both)
asp.net/vb.net (webforms)
SQL08

I've got a reportviewer control on my aspx page.  I'm trying to control the datasource used in a report  depending on which user uses the page.  To do this I added a web reference for the reporting services dll.  I think.  I tried connecting to my 2008 RS server but it couldn't find any dll's for me to reference.  So I connect to the 2005 RS server via the directions on an msdn page and it works.  I add a "reportingservices.wsdl" to my App_WebReferences.  No errors in VS once I add the code to reference the datasources.  However, once I load the aspx page in my browser I get the following error:

Compiler Error Message: BC30002: Type 'ReportingService' is not defined.

Source Error:

 

Line 35:         ReportViewer1.ShowCredentialPrompts = False
Line 36:         ReportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportServerCredentials = New MyReportServerCredentials
Line 37:         Dim rs As New ReportingService
Line 38:         rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
Line 39:         Dim reference As New DataSourceReference()
 

Source File: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\New\GM\GM.aspx.vb    Line: 37

I've tried to do a lot of things but I'm sure this is a simple problem.  I don't fully understand how to reference a dll properly or how to use the correct namespace/imports for it.  Hopefully someone has some other ideas and not just post a link to gotreportviewer.com.  

aspx.vb:
 
Imports System.Web.Services
Imports System.Web.UI
Imports Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms
Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports System.Configuration
Imports System.Collections
Imports System.Web.Security
Imports System.Security.Principal
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls
Imports System.Web.UI.WebControls.WebParts
Imports System.Web.UI.HtmlControls
Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols
Imports System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol
Imports ReportingServices
Public Class GM
    Inherits System.Web.UI.Page
    
    Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Load
        Dim ReportViewer1 As ReportViewer = New ReportViewer
        ReportViewer1 = Me.ReportViewer1
        form1.Controls.Add(ReportViewer1)
        ReportViewer1.Reset()
        ReportViewer1.ProcessingMode = ProcessingMode.Remote
        ReportViewer1.Visible = True
        ReportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportServerUrl = New System.Uri("http://192.168.0.20/ReportServer")
        ReportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportPath = "/Folder/reportname"
        ReportViewer1.ShowCredentialPrompts = False
        ReportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportServerCredentials = New MyReportServerCredentials
        Dim rs As New ReportingService
        rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
        Dim reference As New DataSourceReference()
        reference.Reference = "/MyDSFolder"
        Dim dataSources(1) As DataSource
        Dim ds As New DataSource()
        ds.Item = CType(reference, DataSourceDefinitionOrReference)
        ds.Name = "MyDS"
        dataSources(0) = ds
            Dim Menu1 As Menu
            Menu1 = Me.Menu1
            Dim value As MenuItemBindingCollection
            value = Menu1.DataBindings
            'Me.Page.DataBind()
            'bunch of asp.menu stuff here
    End Sub
End Class
Public NotInheritable Class MyReportServerCredentials
    Implements IReportServerCredentials
 
    Public ReadOnly Property ImpersonationUser() As WindowsIdentity _
            Implements IReportServerCredentials.ImpersonationUser
        Get
 
            'Use the default windows user.  Credentials will be
            'provided by the NetworkCredentials property.
            Return Nothing
 
        End Get
    End Property
 
    Public ReadOnly Property NetworkCredentials() As ICredentials _
            Implements IReportServerCredentials.NetworkCredentials
        Get
 
            'Read the user information from the web.config file.  
            'By reading the information on demand instead of storing 
            'it, the credentials will not be stored in session, 
            'reducing the vulnerable surface area to the web.config 
            'file, which can be secured with an ACL.
 
            'User name
            Dim userName As String = _
                ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("MyReportViewerUser")
 
            If (String.IsNullOrEmpty(userName)) Then
                Throw New Exception("Missing user name from web.config file")
            End If
 
            'Password
            Dim password As String = _
                ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("MyReportViewerPassword")
 
            If (String.IsNullOrEmpty(password)) Then
                Throw New Exception("Missing password from web.config file")
            End If
 
            'Domain
            Dim domain As String = _
                ConfigurationManager.AppSettings("MyReportViewerDomain")
 
            If (String.IsNullOrEmpty(domain)) Then
                Throw New Exception("Missing domain from web.config file")
            End If
 
            Return New NetworkCredential(userName, password, domain)
 
        End Get
    End Property
 
    Public Function GetFormsCredentials(ByRef authCookie As Cookie, _
                                   ByRef userName As String, _
                                   ByRef password As String, _
                                   ByRef authority As String) _
                                   As Boolean _
       Implements IReportServerCredentials.GetFormsCredentials
 
        authCookie = Nothing
        userName = Nothing
        password = Nothing
        authority = Nothing
 
        'Not using form credentials
        Return False
 
    End Function
End Class
 
The reference for the RV control on the aspx page:
<%@ Register Assembly="Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
    Namespace="Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms" TagPrefix="rsweb" %>
 
The web.config:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.web>
    <customErrors mode="Off" />
    <compilation debug="true" />
    <httpHandlers>
      <add verb="*" path="Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd" type="Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.HttpHandler, Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
    </httpHandlers>
  </system.web>
  <appSettings>
    <add key="MyReportViewerUser" value="administrator" />
    <add key="MyReportViewerPassword" value="pass" />
    <add key="MyReportViewerDomain" value="192.168.0.103" />
  </appSettings>
    <system.webServer>
      <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
        <handlers>
            <add name="Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd_*" path="Reserved.ReportViewerWebControl.axd" verb="*" type="Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.HttpHandler, Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=8.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" preCondition="integratedMode,runtimeVersionv2.0" />
        </handlers>
    </system.webServer>
  <connectionStrings>
        <remove name="LocalSqlServer" />
        <add connectionString="Server=192.168.0.103;Database=Customers;User ID=sa;Password=pass" name="192.168.0.103" />
        <add connectionString="Server=192.168.0.103;Database=master;User ID=sa;Password=pass" name="LocalSqlServer" />
    </connectionStrings>
</configuration>

                                  
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2009-08-12 at 11:25:08ID24647416
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reportingservices.wsdl

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reporting services

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MS SQL Reporting

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Microsoft Visual Basic.Net

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Programming for ASP.NET

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Answers

 

by: shahprabalPosted on 2009-08-12 at 12:17:21ID: 25081850

you dont need these lines:

Line 37:         Dim rs As New ReportingService
Line 38:         rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials

 

by: shahprabalPosted on 2009-08-12 at 12:18:40ID: 25081864

and links to how-tos are the best way to learn :

http://www.dotnetheaven.com/UploadFile/ursbgiri/106012007065515AM/1.aspx

 

by: jay-arePosted on 2009-08-12 at 12:31:31ID: 25082004

not knocking links at all, just gotreportviewer.com specifically :)

 

by: jay-arePosted on 2009-08-12 at 12:33:15ID: 25082021

Removing those two lines creates the same error:

Compiler Error Message: BC30002: Type 'DataSourceReference' is not defined.

Source Error:

Line 35:         ReportViewer1.ShowCredentialPrompts = False
Line 36:         ReportViewer1.ServerReport.ReportServerCredentials = New MyReportServerCredentials
Line 37:         Dim reference As New DataSourceReference()
Line 38:         reference.Reference = "/folder"
Line 39:         Dim dataSources(1) As DataSource
 

Source File: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\New\GM\GM.aspx.vb    Line: 37

 

by: jay-arePosted on 2009-08-12 at 13:53:08ID: 25082859

Any other ideas?

 

by: jay-arePosted on 2009-08-14 at 09:22:29ID: 25099816

Hello?

 

by: shahprabalPosted on 2009-08-17 at 07:39:27ID: 25114845

"Removing those two lines creates the same error:"

The error is the same but its a different object... which site did you read to write the current code... did you read the article in the link I provided?

 

by: jay-arePosted on 2009-08-17 at 10:02:21ID: 25116233

I fixed this on my own.  When adding the web reference for an RS2008 server you have to use "http://localhost/reportserver/reportingservices2005.wsdl".  Fixing that cleaned up any errors I had.

Now I just need to get the datasource to actually work.  Based on your article I guess this has to be done with a parameter.

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