ReportExecutionService.RenderStream Method (String, String, String, String, String)

Applies To: SQL Server 2016 Preview

Gets a secondary rendering stream associated with a processed report.

Namespace:   ReportExecution2005
Assembly:  ReportExecution2005 (in ReportExecution2005.dll)

Syntax

public byte[] RenderStream(
    string Format,
    string StreamID,
    string DeviceInfo,
    out string Encoding,
    out string MimeType
)

public:
array<unsigned char>^ RenderStream(
    String^ Format,
    String^ StreamID,
    String^ DeviceInfo,
    [OutAttribute] String^% Encoding,
    [OutAttribute] String^% MimeType
)

member RenderStream : 
        Format:string *
        StreamID:string *
        DeviceInfo:string *
        Encoding:string byref *
        MimeType:string byref -> byte[]

Public Function RenderStream (
    Format As String,
    StreamID As String,
    DeviceInfo As String,
    <OutAttribute> ByRef Encoding As String,
    <OutAttribute> ByRef MimeType As String
) As Byte()

Parameters

• Format
  Type: System.String

  The format in which to render the stream. This argument maps to a rendering extension. Supported extensions include XML, NULL, CSV, IMAGE, PDF, HTML4.0, HTML3.2, MHTML, EXCEL, and Word. A list of supported extensions may be obtained by calling the ListRenderingExtensions method.

• StreamID
  Type: System.String

  The stream identifier.

• DeviceInfo
  Type: System.String

  Describes device specific content used by the rendering extension.

• Encoding
  Type: System.String

  [out]The .NET Framework encoding class name.

• MimeType
  Type: System.String

  [out]The MIME type of the stream.

Return Value

Type: System.Byte[]

A Byte[] array of the stream in the specified format. For more information about this data type, see "Byte Structure" in the Microsoft .NET Framework documentation.

Remarks

The table below shows header and permissions information on this operation.

Secondary streams are available to provide additional resources that may be needed by a custom rendering extension to render a report.

Examples of secondary streams can include images and charts, and CSS style sheets.

See Also

ReportExecutionService Class
ReportExecution2005 Namespace

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