Cannot connect to Report Builder in Google Chrome

It works fine in IE. But in Google Chrome, got the following error when I clicked the report builder icon. Surfed the web, no answers are found. It appears that this functionality is not supported in Google Chrome so far. Just focusing on the IE for now.

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PLATFORM VERSION INFO
 Windows    : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)
 Common Language Runtime  : 4.0.30319.239
 System.Deployment.dll   : 4.0.30319.245 (RTMGDR.030319-2400)
 clr.dll    : 4.0.30319.239 (RTMGDR.030319-2300)
 dfdll.dll    : 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
 dfshim.dll    : 4.0.31106.0 (Main.031106-0000)
SOURCES
 Deployment url   : file:///C:/Users/CK/Downloads/ReportBuilder_3_0_0_0%20(5).application
IDENTITIES
 Deployment Identity  : ReportBuilder_3_0_0_0.application, Version=10.50.2500.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c3bce3770c238a49, processorArchitecture=x86
APPLICATION SUMMARY
 * Online only application.
 * Trust url parameter is set.
ERROR SUMMARY
 Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
 * Activation of C:\Users\CK\Downloads\ReportBuilder_3_0_0_0 (5).application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
  + Downloading file:///C:/Users/CK/Downloads/RptBuilder_3/MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest did not succeed.
  + Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\CK\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
  + Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\CK\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
  + Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\CK\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
 No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
 There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
 * [2/20/2012 2:25:56 AM] : Activation of C:\Users\CK\Downloads\ReportBuilder_3_0_0_0 (5).application has started.
 * [2/20/2012 2:25:56 AM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
 * [2/20/2012 2:25:56 AM] : Installation of the application has started.
ERROR DETAILS
 Following errors were detected during this operation.
 * [2/20/2012 2:25:56 AM] System.Deployment.Application.DeploymentDownloadException (Unknown subtype)
  - Downloading file:///C:/Users/CK/Downloads/RptBuilder_3/MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest did not succeed.
  - Source: System.Deployment
  - Stack trace:
   at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
   at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadAllFiles()
   at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
   at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadManifestAsRawFile(Uri& sourceUri, String targetPath, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
   at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
   at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
  --- Inner Exception ---
  System.Net.WebException
  - Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\CK\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
  - Source: System
  - Stack trace:
   at System.Net.FileWebRequest.EndGetResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
   at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponse()
   at System.Deployment.Application.SystemNetDownloader.DownloadSingleFile(DownloadQueueItem next)
  --- Inner Exception ---
  System.Net.WebException
  - Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\CK\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
  - Source: System
  - Stack trace:
   at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
   at System.Net.FileWebRequest.GetResponseCallback(Object state)
  --- Inner Exception ---
  System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException
  - Could not find a part of the path 'C:\Users\CK\Downloads\RptBuilder_3\MSReportBuilder.exe.manifest'.
  - Source: mscorlib
  - Stack trace:
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy, Boolean useLongPath)
   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, Boolean useAsync)
   at System.Net.FileWebStream..ctor(FileWebRequest request, String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare sharing, Int32 length, Boolean async)
   at System.Net.FileWebResponse..ctor(FileWebRequest request, Uri uri, FileAccess access, Boolean asyncHint)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
 No transaction information is available.

Keep asking for installing .Net Framework 3.5 when trying to open Report Builder 3

Problem:

Using Windows 7 (x64), SQL 2008 R2, Report Builder 3, IE9. When I try to open Report Builder 3 in Report Manager, keep asking for installing .NET 3.5. Run it, save it and run it, and even install 4.0. Still the same messsage.

Solution:

Searched the web, found this blog, solved the problem. Basically we need to retreat to IE 8 to make it work. Crazy!

http://chanmingman.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/to-use-report-builder-you-must-install-net-framework-3-5-on-this-computer/

SSRS Report Manager is not supported in Google Chrome

Recently faced a blank page in Chrome when viewing a SSRS report on the report manager. Everything works fine in IE. Searched and tried in different ways, not working.

Finally, this blog suggests to use Report Server instead of Report Manager in Chrome. It worked for me.

http://bineeshthomas.wordpress.com/2011/09/16/google-chrome-issue-with-ssrs/

So Chrome does not support SSRS Report Manager at this point.

Fixing the problem in installing the Reporting Service Samples

Problem:

I downloaded the Reporting Service Samples for SQL Server 2008 R2 to a 64-bit Windows 7 machine with Visual Studio 2008. When I tried to open the solution file at:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Samples\Reporting Services\Report Samples\AdventureWorks 2008 R2 Offline Sample Reports

I get an error:

One or more projects in the solution could not be loaded for the following reason...

Reason:

I finally figured out it is due to the inconsistency between the project path in the solution file and the actually folder name. For some strange reason, the installation process created three folders for the offline sample:

ChartSamples 2008 R2

GaugeSamples 2008 R2

TextSamples 2008 R2

But the relative path in the solution file in XML refers to as below:

ChartSamplesRS2008R2

GaugeSamplesRS2008R2

TextSamplesRS2008R2

Solution:

The solution obviously is simply to rename the folders as specified in the solution file. In addition, for another strange reason, the rdl files for the chart samples are not loaded. So I have to manually add them into the project (total 11 files).

P. S. SQL Server 2008 Samples do not have such a problem. It is only a problem for R2.