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Asked: 2026-05-17T17:43:58+00:00

I have a web application that utilizes the ReportViewer control in ASP.NET. The reports

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I have a web application that utilizes the ReportViewer control in ASP.NET. The reports are defined in the web application, in .rdlc files.
The reports work great, except for the printing functionality. When the user clicks the “print” icon in the header section of the report, it appears that the web app tries to install SQL Server (?!). Here is the file download dialog that appears:
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Can anyone offer a guess as to what is going on? I am not sure where to even begin to debug this, cause this is all happening “behind the scenes” in the ReportViewer’s code.

Thanks for any advice you can give.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It’s not SQL Server it’s trying to install, its an activex/plugin to print report files, click yes, install this and try to print.

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