How to view in web page mhtml files exported from Reporting Services in FireFox?

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How to view in web page mhtml files exported from Reporting Services in FireFox?

WayneS

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April 12, 2010 at 10:27 am

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External Web server is kept separated from the database server. Some reports generated for clients are pushed to the web in mhtml format (to include all of the graphics/charts, etc.), and from there displayed in the web browser.
When the browser is IE, these pages display fine.
When using FireFox, they show as MIME encapsulated text.
I know this is pushing it here on SSC, but does anyone know what has to be done to get these pages to display correctly in FireFox browsers?
Thanks!
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Luke L SSC-Dedicated Points: 35547 More actions · Answer 1

I know there are issues with FF and reports generated from SSRS in general, so I would imagine some of the suggestions on how to correct them in the below link might work. http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/386366/reports-dont-render-properly-in-firefox-tested-in-ff-v3-0-4#

I take it there's no chance you would want to render them as PDFs or some other static format? You could take a look at creating a custom rendering extension as well.

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WayneS SSC Guru Points: 95460 More actions · Answer 2

Luke L (4/12/2010)
I know there are issues with FF and reports generated from SSRS in general, so I would imagine some of the suggestions on how to correct them in the below link might work. http://connect.microsoft.com/SQLServer/feedback/details/386366/reports-dont-render-properly-in-firefox-tested-in-ff-v3-0-4#
I take it there's no chance you would want to render them as PDFs or some other static format? You could take a look at creating a custom rendering extension as well.
-Luke.

Luke,

Thanks for the response. The issues in the link deal with reports being rendered in FireFox; my issue is more of how, once it's been put on the web site, to send the mhtml file to a FireFox browser when they click on the link for it. In an administrative mode, where I can access the file on the web site from the directory directly, Firefox does open it up. It's just that when it's a link, it doesn't.

Wayne
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes

If you can't explain to another person how the code that you're copying from the internet works, then DON'T USE IT on a production system! After all, you will be the one supporting it!

Links:
For better assistance in answering your questions
Performance Problems
Common date/time routines
Understanding and Using APPLY Part 1 & Part 2

Luke L SSC-Dedicated Points: 35547 More actions · Answer 3

Sorry, meant to respond to this yesterday and got side tracked. So when they click on the link what does it do? Just opens as text? In a new browser window/tab or the same? Seems as though you might be missing either some CSS or something that FF wants that IE just "ignores" or fixes for you?

Any chance you can give me a scenario where I can test a similar result on my end? Are you just exporting the report as mhtml and then copying it to the other webserver? Is it IIS and what version of SSRS are you using?

-Luke.

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