Microsoft KB Archive/937090

= FIX: The Report Designer or the Report Manager stops responding when you try to export a SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services report to a PDF file or a TIFF file =

Article ID: 937090

Article Last Modified on 9/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services

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Bug #: 50001207 (SQL Hotfix)



Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2005 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2005 fix release.



SYMPTOMS
In SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, you display a report that contains a subreport in Report Designer or in Report Manager. You try to export the report to a Portable Document Format (PDF) file or a Tagged Image File Format (TIFF) file. However, the Report Designer or the Report Manager stops responding. The export process does not finish until you cancel the export operation.

Note This problem does not occur if you export the same report to any other format.



RESOLUTION
The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 2. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

936305 Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2005 fix release. Microsoft recommends that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

937137 The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, use one of the following methods:
 * Export the report to a different format. For example, export the report to a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file.
 * Redesign the report so that the report does not contain a subreport.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about what files are changed, and for information about any prerequisites to apply the cumulative update package that contains the hotfix that is described in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

936305 Cumulative update package 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is available

