Webclient.downloaddata

[Rags]

Hi

We are creating a web application using .NET which renders some reports. The
reports are created in MS Reporting Services and can be accessed by typing in
a URL with the required parameters in a browser. The reports are getting
rendered fine if I type the URL in the browser. Within the web application,
however, we are using the webclient.downloaddata method to extract the HTML
by specifying the URL and rendering within the .NET application. Here I am
finding that the report is not maintaing its formatting. More specifically,
the webclient.downloaddata method doesnot seem to extract the style element
in the HTML source code which seems to be causing the problem.

Any suggestions. We are fast approaching our deadlines.

Thanks
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Rags

[Hermit Dave]

if you are using IE or something this might be helpful.

what html the controls render is determined by the browser and since by
default webclient doesnt not explicity specify any... it goes for browser
neutral styles and html.

try this sort of mechanism (from msdn webclient overview)

' Add a user agent header in case the
' requested URI contains a query.
client.Headers.Add("user-agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows
NT 5.2; .NET CLR 1.0.3705;)")

same syntax for C# and VB.NET

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Regards,

Hermit Dave
(http://hdave.blogspot.com)
"Rags" <Ra**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi

We are creating a web application using .NET which renders some reports. The reports are created in MS Reporting Services and can be accessed by typing in a URL with the required parameters in a browser. The reports are getting
rendered fine if I type the URL in the browser. Within the web application, however, we are using the webclient.downloaddata method to extract the HTML by specifying the URL and rendering within the .NET application. Here I am
finding that the report is not maintaing its formatting. More specifically, the webclient.downloaddata method doesnot seem to extract the style element in the HTML source code which seems to be causing the problem.

Any suggestions. We are fast approaching our deadlines.

Thanks
--
Rags

[Rags]

Sorry for the delay in replying. Thanks for the suggestion. That worked

"Hermit Dave" wrote:

if you are using IE or something this might be helpful.

what html the controls render is determined by the browser and since by
default webclient doesnt not explicity specify any... it goes for browser
neutral styles and html.

try this sort of mechanism (from msdn webclient overview)

' Add a user agent header in case the
' requested URI contains a query.
client.Headers.Add("user-agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows
NT 5.2; .NET CLR 1.0.3705;)")

same syntax for C# and VB.NET

--

Regards,

Hermit Dave
(http://hdave.blogspot.com)
"Rags" <Ra**@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:05**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi

We are creating a web application using .NET which renders some reports.

The

reports are created in MS Reporting Services and can be accessed by typing

in

a URL with the required parameters in a browser. The reports are getting
rendered fine if I type the URL in the browser. Within the web

application,

however, we are using the webclient.downloaddata method to extract the

HTML

by specifying the URL and rendering within the .NET application. Here I am
finding that the report is not maintaing its formatting. More

specifically,

the webclient.downloaddata method doesnot seem to extract the style

element

in the HTML source code which seems to be causing the problem.

Any suggestions. We are fast approaching our deadlines.

Thanks
--
Rags