Hi Chris, Could you please share some more information about this implementation. This seem the best so far.
The rdl files would be embedded within MSI package, how would those be extracted by the c# CA? Thanks for your help Sachin! > Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:36:11 -0800 > From: chr...@deploymentengineering.com > To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Deploying SSRS reports using Wix Installer. > > A couple years ago I wrote a C#/DTF CA and some custom tables in WiX to call > into the SSRS webservice to create the directories, datasources and reports > associating the reports to the datasource. > > It was pretty primitive ( SSRS doesn't support transacted installs and since > the webservice could be on a different machine you might not want to use no > impersonation ) but it worked well. The next step was to refactor to a WiX > extension but I changed jobs and never got around to it. > > So it can be done without requiring manual steps or going out of process to > an EXE and scripts. > > --- On Tue, 1/26/10, Michael Osmond <mosm...@baytech.com.au> wrote: > > > From: Michael Osmond <mosm...@baytech.com.au> > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Deploying SSRS reports using Wix Installer. > > To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset." > > <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2010, 7:11 PM > > I put them to a folder, and then exec > > RS.exe to call an rss script to do the deployment. > > > > This has a number of problems > > 1. We rely on RS.exe being on the path to find > > it. This should be the case, but we have had issues > > particularly where two versions of SQL Server are on the > > same machine. > > 2. Different versions of RS.exe can be a problem > > 3. The SSRS web service is in my opinion unreliable > > within an installer - it may not always respond, or respond > > in a timely enough fashion. We actually get > > around this by not failing the install if the reports > > deployment does not succeed. > > 4. Its messy passing in variables > > A possible alternative would be to put them in a folder and > > then call a small application to upload the reports to SSRS > > post install. > > > > Michael > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adam Langley [mailto:alang...@winscribe.com] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 10:23 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Deploying SSRS reports using Wix > > Installer. > > > > Aha! > > > > Put them in a folder and tell the user to upload them. > > > > Sad, but true. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sachin Dubey [mailto:sachin.du...@live.com] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, 27 January 2010 12:29 p.m. > > To: Wix Users > > Subject: [WiX-users] Deploying SSRS reports using Wix > > Installer. > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > What is the best way to deploy SSRS reports using WiX 3.0 > > installer? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Sachin! > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390710/direct/01/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------ > > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, > > colocation > > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best > > network in the > > business > > Choose flexible plans and management services without > > long-term > > contracts > > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a > > phone call > > away. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, > > colocation > > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best > > network in the business > > Choose flexible plans and management services without > > long-term contracts > > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a > > phone call away. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, > > colocation > > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best > > network in the business > > Choose flexible plans and management services without > > long-term contracts > > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a > > phone call away. > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > > _______________________________________________ > > WiX-users mailing list > > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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