Create an index in a PDF file

Hi!!

I have a report that is exported to a PDF file... Is possible to get an index in the beginning of the file? I have the page number at the bottom of each page but i would need an index...

Thx in advance!!

Any idea? Isn′t possible to do it? At the moment, I havent found anything linked with this...|||

Hi Sergio,

Do you mean a document map? Check out this link: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms156383.aspx

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Hi Brad!!

not exactly... i would like to appear something similar but in a page in the beginning of the PDF document including the page number where each element is, i.e. the tables of the document... is there any option to do this? it′s very similar to the document map but with the page number...

I see two problems:

- I was thinking of using "=Globals.PageNumber" but i can′t, it says me that only can be placed in the header or the footer...

- and the other problem is setting the content of the document map in a page of the PDF... could I do this?

Perhaps, this is a bit difficult but I am always looking for challenges ... any suggestions? thx in advance!!

Sergio

|||I know of no way to accomplish exactly what you are looking for sorry to say. The document map links to items as repeated on pages. But I am not sure what you mean by "setting the content of the document map in a page of the PDF". If you mean as a page, there is no way to control this.|||

Hi Brad,

that was exactly i ment: i want to show it as a page, but if there is no way to do it... anyway, thank you for your help...

Sergio

Create a PDF file directly to disk?

Hello all,

I use Reporting Services and an aspx page to create a PDF file. I need to save the file directly to a disk file with a name, without asking the user if he want to open or to save it. I'm using the folowing command:

Response.WriteFile("http://" & System.Environment.MachineName & "/ReportServer?%2fReportsApp%2fRptFSUnicoR&rs%3aCommand=Render&rs%3aFormat=PDF&MyID=" & IDFun,True)

Any idea how I do that?

Regards

HttpResponse.WriteFile requires either an absolute or virtual path to a sever-local filesystem location. So, referencing the URL of the report server won't work.

Also, I don't think you'll be able to bypass any browser's download prompt dialog without employing some sort of trusted control to do the HTTP request and file saving for you behind the scenes. SoftArtisans XFile is one such product that can do this.

-Chris

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Hi Chris,

Thank you for your answer. I'm afraid I will have to think in another solution.

As Report is generated from Reporting Services I thought I could have another parameter to force the "save" at the time I render the Report.

Best regards

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