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SQL Server 2008 has been released! So, what about Report Builder 2.0?
Hi friends, I'm really happy to say that SQL Server 2008 was released on Wednesday! This is by far our highest quality and most feature rich release, and I'm looking very forward to hearing any and all feedback about the product. Here is some more information: Read More...

Posted Friday, August 08, 2008 7:20 PM by chrisbal | 1 Comments

SQL Server Service Pack 2 Released!
Download it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=d07219b2-1e23-49c8-8f0c-63fa18f26d3a&DisplayLang=en Read More...

Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:13 PM by chrisbal | 1 Comments

Export Word and (Better) Excel
I recently wrote a whitepaper highlighting a great tool by one of our partners: SoftArtisans OfficeWriter. OfficeWriter is a design tool and custom rendering extension that lets you use Excel and Word documents as report layout templates. This differs Read More...

Posted Thursday, September 28, 2006 9:01 PM by chrisbal | 3 Comments

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The "Every Other Page Is Blank" Feature
Many Reporting Services users ask this question: "I'm rendering to a physical page format (PDF, Image, Print) and for some reason a blank page gets inserted between all of the other pages in the report. Thank you, Reporting Services, for the free pages. Read More...

Posted Thursday, August 10, 2006 6:32 PM by chrisbal | 8 Comments

Merge Ahead
One issue that continually vexes users of the SQL Server Reporting Services Excel rendering extension is that of merged cells in the Excel output. Merged cells can be a problem because Excel's sort functionality is very particular about the way cells Read More...

Posted Saturday, July 08, 2006 1:22 AM by chrisbal | 4 Comments

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Welcome!
Hello, I'm Chris Baldwin. I'm a Program Manager on the SQL Server Reporting Services team. I primarily work on the report rendering area of the product where we're all very hard at work making sure that your reports look the way you want them to and behave Read More...

Posted Friday, July 07, 2006 10:41 PM by chrisbal | 7 Comments

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