Re: Security permissions and .FileName troubles

08-27-2003, 12:00 AM
Originally Posted By: Trent Snow - DD<ActiveReports.Support@DataDynamics.com>

Hello Rick--

What build are you running?

Did the project that I posted work okay for you?

"Rick Blyth" wrote in message
news:wKjcZAIbDHA.1892@dynaweb.datadynamics.com...
> Hi,
>
> I've compared the code structure in your project to mine and I can't see
why
> mine would behave any differently. Here is my function - I use a property
> Let to set the m_strFilename variable.
>
>
>
>
> Public Function ExportToByteArray(ByVal objReport As IReport, _
> ByVal intExportFormat As ExportFormats)
As
> Variant
>
> On Error GoTo Error_Handler
>
> Dim objPDF As ActiveReportsPDFExport.ARExportPDF
> Dim objExcel As ActiveReportsExcelExport.ARExportExcel
> Dim objRTF As ActiveReportsRTFExport.ARExportRTF
> Dim varByteArray As Variant
>
>
> objReport.Export
> With objReport.Report
> .Printer.DeviceName = ""
> 'cancel the display of any message boxes with error messages if an
> error would occur
> .ShowMessages = False
> .Run False
>
> If .Pages.Count > 0 Then
> Select Case intExportFormat
> Case ExportPDF
> Set objPDF = New ActiveReportsPDFExport.ARExportPDF
> objPDF.FileName = m_strFilename
> objPDF.ExportStream .Pages, varByteArray
> Case ExportRTF
> Set objRTF = New ActiveReportsRTFExport.ARExportRTF
> objRTF.ExportStream .Pages, varByteArray
> Case ExportExcel
> Set objExcel = New
> ActiveReportsExcelExport.ARExportExcel
> objExcel.ExportStream .Pages, varByteArray
> End Select
> End If
> End With
> ExportToByteArray = varByteArray
> Exit Function
>
> Error_Handler:
> Err.Raise Err.Number, App.Title & "." & m_strClassName &
> ".ExportToByteArray", Err.Source & ": " & Err.Description
> End Function
>
>
>
>
> "Trent Snow - DD" wrote in
message
> news:tUdKVi$aDHA.2284@dynaweb.datadynamics.com...
> > Hello Rick--
> >
> > I tried to reproduce this behavior in the attached project and it seems
to
> > work fine for me. I at first forgot to give my IUSR permission to the
> Temp
> > folder but after I did that it worked fine. Can you take a look at the
> > attached project and let me know if this one works for you?
> >
> > "Rick Blyth" wrote in message
> > news:I67ldI9aDHA.1908@dynaweb.datadynamics.com...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > After reading various KB articles I thought i'd found out the problem
to
> > > this but I can't see what i'm doing wrong.
> > >
> > > If I pass a filename like "report.pdf" to the DownloadFromByteArray
> method
> > > then my report streams down and opens fine. If however, I try and
create
> > the
> > > temp files anywhere else (eg, pass in
> "C:\inetpub\wwwroot\test\test.pdf" )
> > > then it prompts the user to 'Open or Save' the document. I've got
> exactly
> > > the same permissions on my web application folder as I do for the
> system32
> > > folder (both IUSR...... and IWAM...... accounts have read/write access
> > etc).
> > >
> > > Please help me out guys.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>