Active Reports 14 API - Dinamically set url as a value on a RDLX report

Active Reports 14 API - Dinamically set url as a value on a RDLX report

Posted by: ricardo.pereira on 18 September 2020, 3:28 am EST

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  ricardo.pereira

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  Posted 18 September 2020, 3:28 am EST

  Hi,

  Context:
  
  We have a rdlx report which has an image that gets generated through an api call like this:

  
  	<Image Name="Image1">
  		<DataElementName>Image1</DataElementName>
  		<Height>0.32cm</Height>
  		<Left>2.04895cm</Left>
  		<MIMEType>image/bmp</MIMEType>
  		<Sizing>Fit</Sizing>
  		<Source>External</Source>
  		<Value>[b]="http://localhost:5001/api/ReportImage/"[/b] &amp; Fields!Image1Data.Value</Value>
  		<Width>11.4992cm</Width>
  		<ZIndex>232</ZIndex>
  	</Image>
  
  

  This works fine locally because both the report and the api are on the same solution and running on http://localhost:5001.

  Problem:
  
  The problem we are facing is when we deploy the api and use a different url than “http://localhost:5001”. The call will still be made to “http://localhost:5001” which is obviously incorrect.
  
  Is there a way to dynamically set the URL so that we can change it per environment? I.e. One URL for staging and a completely different one for live.

  Best Regards,
  
  Ricardo Pereira

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  Posted 20 September 2020, 9:31 pm EST

  Hi,

  We solved this issue by adding a “BaseUrl” property to the dataset that fed the report and then referencing it on the tag.

  I don’t know how to delete this post or mark it as “solved” I would appreciate if you could close it for me.

  Best regards,
  
  Ricardo Pereira