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SQL Server Reporting Services (CRI) custom report item - what are the limits?

Read MSDN (and other sources) about custom report items (CRIs) for Reporting Services 2005. It seems like I'm limited to generating a bitmap. Even with some overlay mapping to detect mouse clicks on it. Does it leave to get around this? I would like to do two things:

  • Paste HTML directly into the report, format dynamic text.
  • Enable flash management (swf) in the report. This can be done using HTML, if the previous point is possible. But perhaps there is another way.

Any suggestions? What am I missing?

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You have not missed anything.

For me, as you mentioned, the main drawback is that with CRI you can only make images. You don't have scalable text or anything like that. If you want to enable swf, you need to display it as a static image.

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You can display the report as HTML and enable the report using a floating frame on the page with the SWF file. You can use functions to format dynamic text. SSRS 2008 addresses some of these problems with a "rich" formatted text box (rather than RTF). it might be worth a look if this is an option.

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Perhaps you should take a look at “Data Dynamics Reports,” which has all the RS features and has better support for custom report elements with a full API, not just bitmaps.

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