How to detect if SQL Reporting Services is installed ?

From an ASP.Net application I need to detect if on a given node, Repoting
services is installed and if so, which version. Does anyone know a stored
procedure or a Web Services API to do this ?
thanks,RaviHello Ravi,
There are a couple ways to determine RS version:
1) Check the registry at:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Reporting Services\Version
2) Use the webservice API like this:
For RS 2000:
ReportingService rs1 = new ReportingService();
rs1.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
rs1.ServerInfoHeaderValue = new ServerInfoHeader();
rs1.ListChildren("/", false);
Console.WriteLine(rs1.ServerInfoHeaderValue.ReportServerEdition);
Console.WriteLine(rs1.ServerInfoHeaderValue.ReportServerVersionNumber);
For RS 2005:
ReportingService2005 rs = new ReportingService2005();
rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
rs.ServerInfoHeaderValue = new ServerInfoHeader();
rs.ListChildren("/", false);
Console.WriteLine(rs.ServerInfoHeaderValue.ReportServerVersion);
Console.WriteLine(rs.ServerInfoHeaderValue.ReportServerEdition);
Console.WriteLine(rs.ServerInfoHeaderValue.ReportServerVersionNumber);
Note that there is a new property in 2005, "ReportServerVersion". Also be
aware that ReportServerVersionNumber returns differntly formatted values
for 2000 and 2005.
-Chris
> From an ASP.Net application I need to detect if on a given node,
> Repoting services is installed and if so, which version. Does anyone
> know a stored procedure or a Web Services API to do this ?
> thanks,Ravi
>|||Thanks Chris, that was very helpful.
I have started using the #1 to read the registry. But my requirement is that
I need to be able to detect RS and its version on local and remote machines,
including ones behind firewall. Reading Registry in these secanrios leads to
lot of security issues. Further, I also need to detect if RS is currently
running, I need this to enable a button to launch Report Builder.
Using the RS2005 Web Services seems to be a better approach. Do you know of
an API to also detect if Report Services is currently running ? Do you know
what happens if Report Services is not installed on a remote machine but we
try to call a Web Service ?
thanks for your time and help,
Ravi
"Chris Baldwin" wrote:
> Hello Ravi,
> There are a couple ways to determine RS version:
> 1) Check the registry at:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server\Reporting Services\Version
> 2) Use the webservice API like this:
> For RS 2000:
> ReportingService rs1 = new ReportingService();
> rs1.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
> rs1.ServerInfoHeaderValue = new ServerInfoHeader();
> rs1.ListChildren("/", false);
> Console.WriteLine(rs1.ServerInfoHeaderValue.ReportServerEdition);
> Console.WriteLine(rs1.ServerInfoHeaderValue.ReportServerVersionNumber);
> For RS 2005:
> ReportingService2005 rs = new ReportingService2005();
> rs.Credentials = System.Net.CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
> rs.ServerInfoHeaderValue = new ServerInfoHeader();
> rs.ListChildren("/", false);
> Console.WriteLine(rs.ServerInfoHeaderValue.ReportServerVersion);
> Console.WriteLine(rs.ServerInfoHeaderValue.ReportServerEdition);
> Console.WriteLine(rs.ServerInfoHeaderValue.ReportServerVersionNumber);
> Note that there is a new property in 2005, "ReportServerVersion". Also be
> aware that ReportServerVersionNumber returns differntly formatted values
> for 2000 and 2005.
> -Chris
>
> > From an ASP.Net application I need to detect if on a given node,
> > Repoting services is installed and if so, which version. Does anyone
> > know a stored procedure or a Web Services API to do this ?
> >
> > thanks,Ravi
> >
>
>