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Automatically Save an RDL File in Adobe Format to a Specific Folder

Our invoices are created in visual studio in an rdl format. Is there a way to automatically save the invoices in Adobe to a network folder each time that they are created?  

Can you do it through the code window in the report properties or through a stored procedure?

Thanks in advance.
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RDL files are strictly report definion files not rendered reports. You can include rendering instructions (including PDF format) in the report URL when you call it.

You may want to look here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms153586.aspx
and here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms152835.aspx
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Once the file is rendered as a PDF how do you automatically save it to a folder?
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joevi and huslayer- it sounds like each of you are recommending that I set up  a scheduled report on the report server (probably would need to do every 1-5 minutes), which I think will work.  
 
Had some other stuff dropped on my plate today, so may be a while before I can test out.  Will repost if I cannot get to work.

Thanks for all of the help.