Display .RDLC report embedded in a DLL file

reporting-services rdlc embedded-resource
Jim picture Jim · Oct 31, 2008 · Viewed 29.8k times · Source

I have a report that is used by a windows service and a form application. So, I want to put embed the report in a DLL file that can be used by both.

The problem is that if I try to set the ReportEmbeddedResource property of a ReportViewer control in my windows form app, it will search the windows form app for the resource, not the dll file.

e.g.: Code from the windows form app:

rv.LocalReport.ReportEmbeddedResource = "MyReportInMyDLLFile.rdlc"

How can I make the above command look for the embedded resource in my DLL file?

Answer

gschuager picture gschuager · Dec 11, 2008

Something like this should do it:

Assembly assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom("Reports.dll");
Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream("Reports.MyReport.rdlc");
reportViewer.LocalReport.LoadReportDefinition(stream);

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