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- Make sure that you ran the installer for the OfficeWriter Designer, which is a separate installer from OfficeWriter.
- If you do not see the toolbar after running the installer, the toolbar may have been disabled. Please see this OfficeWriter Answers Postthis Knowledge Base article for more information.
Opening a Report File
An a RDL file is an xml-based report definition file. In this tutorial we will assume the RDL was created in Visual Studio or Report Builder. If you are interested in creating RDLs with the OfficeWriter Designer, read Using MS Query in Excel to Design Reports.
- Open Microsoft Excel
- Go to the OfficeWriter Designer.NET tab and click Open.
- If your report defintion definition file was saved on a local or network drive, choose Open From Disk from the drop down.
- If your RDL file was deployed to Reporting services, choose Open From Server.
In the Report Browser dialog box, type in your report server's URL or Domain name and click Refresh. This will load all the available report folders into the list box. Navigate to your report file, select it, and click Ok.
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