How to programatically execute and export .rdl file to pdf without any SSRS and reportviewer

Question

There are more examples on rendering a rdl file to reportviewer and then showing it in .pdf format.I need to built a console application that takes a .rdl as input and executes it to a pdf. How can i do this without using SSRS and reportviewer?

Answer 1

You can not render an RDL file without SSRS. The RDL file is just an XML definition, which is rendered by SSRS.

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To make this clearer:

The RDL file is not the report output, but a mere layout description. It tells SSRS where to place elements. The content that comes from the database is only inserted while SSRS renders the report.