Accessing Reporting Services Reports from Mac

Hi all.
Using a MacMini to access a Reporting Services 2000 installation and getting
some very strange results.
When using Safari I can browse the folders of the server, and can see the
reports, but they will not render at all.
In IE, I can render the reports but encounter missing entries in my
parameterised drop downs, and cannot seem to export to any format, PDF/Excel
etc.
Anyone come across this behaviour before, and know if it's 'by design' or
avoidable at all?
Many thanks,
Paul.I have not heard of very much success at all with using MACs with RS2000. It
might be better with RS 2005 but I don't know.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"Paul Paintin" <paul.paintin@.virgin.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all.
> Using a MacMini to access a Reporting Services 2000 installation and
> getting some very strange results.
> When using Safari I can browse the folders of the server, and can see the
> reports, but they will not render at all.
> In IE, I can render the reports but encounter missing entries in my
> parameterised drop downs, and cannot seem to export to any format,
> PDF/Excel etc.
> Anyone come across this behaviour before, and know if it's 'by design' or
> avoidable at all?
> Many thanks,
> Paul.
>|||Update: tried accessing RS2005, exactly the same results - no exporting,
blank drop down parameter values.
Paul.
"Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I have not heard of very much success at all with using MACs with RS2000.
>It might be better with RS 2005 but I don't know.
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> "Paul Paintin" <paul.paintin@.virgin.net> wrote in message
> news:eRGt$ZqxGHA.4112@.TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi all.
>> Using a MacMini to access a Reporting Services 2000 installation and
>> getting some very strange results.
>> When using Safari I can browse the folders of the server, and can see the
>> reports, but they will not render at all.
>> In IE, I can render the reports but encounter missing entries in my
>> parameterised drop downs, and cannot seem to export to any format,
>> PDF/Excel etc.
>> Anyone come across this behaviour before, and know if it's 'by design' or
>> avoidable at all?
>> Many thanks,
>> Paul.
>|||In article <#HPztdsxGHA.5068@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>,
"Paul Paintin" <paul.paintin@.virgin.net> wrote:
> Update: tried accessing RS2005, exactly the same results - no exporting,
> blank drop down parameter values.
> Paul.
> "Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ud7kyPsxGHA.3492@.TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >I have not heard of very much success at all with using MACs with RS2000.
> >It might be better with RS 2005 but I don't know.
Hi Paul!
I'm not familiar with Reporting Services. Does it require ActiveX? If
so, this is Windows only and won't work with any browser on a Mac.
If it doesn't require ActiveX, try a different web browser such as
Firefox. Firefox uses a different rendering engine than Safari and we
have found we're able to access more Windows-centric sites with it. As
for IE for Mac, that was discontinued a few years ago and was finally
pulled off Microsoft's website earlier this year.
Hope this helps! bill
--
William M. Smith
(Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows)