Error when file is saved to PDF

I am calling a procedure that will save a file to PDF. It runs successfully. When I go to look at the PDF, I get a message, "Acrobat reader could not open 'Doc.pdf' because it is either not a support file or because the file has been damaged."

This is how I'm calling the procedure:

SaveFile(Dts.Variables("varSSRS_URL").Value.ToString() + "?/TestReports/MyReport&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=PDF", "C:\" + "MyReport.pdf")

Ifaber,

Is this a SSIS ralated issue? If so, please provide more details about the error, which task, etc...

|||I'm with Rafael. I cannot find a SaveFile function when searching in an SSIS script component.|||

Yes, this is a SSIS issue. I put this script in a Script Task.

See http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1173906&SiteID=1&PageID=1 for reference. I have jumped through a lot of errors, and this is my last problem.

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ifaber wrote:

Yes, this is a SSIS issue. I put this script in a Script Task.

See http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1173906&SiteID=1&PageID=1 for reference. I have jumped through a lot of errors, and this is my last problem.

In that case, you're going to have to provide your script for us to look at. The link you provided doesn't serve as a valid foundation for your question.

My question though, is where is the PDF data stream? You can't create a PDF file by merely adding a .pdf extension. The data going into SaveFile needs to be a PDF binary stream, I would think.|||

I don't know anything about a PDF data stream. I read somewhere else on the net that 'rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=PDF' would work.

This is the sample that I got and used:

//Sample call
SaveFile(Dts.Variables("varSSRS_URL").Value.ToString() + "?%2fYOUR_SSRS_FOLDER%2fYOUR_REPORT_NAME&rs:Command=Render&rs:Format=PDF", outpath + "FILENAME.pdf")

//Note that you can replace "EXCEL" by "CSV" or "PDF" or any other supported export format

//The get & save file method
Protected Sub SaveFile(ByVal url As String, ByVal localpath As String)
Dim loRequest As System.Net.HttpWebRequest
Dim loResponse As System.Net.HttpWebResponse
Dim loResponseStream As System.IO.Stream
Dim loFileStream As New System.IO.FileStream(localpath, System.IO.FileMode.Create, System.IO.FileAccess.Write)
Dim laBytes(256) As Byte
Dim liCount As Integer = 1

Try
loRequest = CType(System.Net.WebRequest.Create(url), System.Net.HttpWebRequest)
loRequest.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(Dts.Variables("varSSRS_LOGIN").Value.ToString(), Dts.Variables("varSSRS_PASSWORD").Value.ToString(), Dts.Variables("varSSRS_DOMAIN").Value.ToString())
loRequest.Timeout = 1000 * 60 * 15 'timeout 15 minutes
loRequest.Method = "GET"
loResponse = CType(loRequest.GetResponse, System.Net.HttpWebResponse)
loResponseStream = loResponse.GetResponseStream
Do While liCount > 0
liCount = loResponseStream.Read(laBytes, 0, 256)
loFileStream.Write(laBytes, 0, liCount)
Loop
loFileStream.Flush()
loFileStream.Close()
Catch ex As Exception

End Try

End Sub

|||Unless you're having issues with the variables, this looks like it's an SSRS issue....

I think the thread already going in the SSRS forum would be more beneficial.

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1199641&SiteID=1|||I had issues with the variables because I had a typo. Now it just won't create the PDF.|||

ifaber wrote:

I had issues with the variables because I had a typo. Now it just won't create the PDF.

Yep, then we might want to look at moving this back to the SSRS forum for starters. The code you are building isn't specific to SSIS (though you might be using SSIS variables) so we are likely not going to be able to help you any further.|||Ok...thanks|||

ifaber wrote:

Ok...thanks

Moved to the SSRS Forum to see if anyone over here has any ideas for this custom code.

ifaber is trying to build a PDF file using a reporting services call. The user is trying to perform this in an SSIS task, but the code the user has built isn't SSIS specific.

Thanks,
Phil Brammer
SSIS Moderator