Is it possible xcopy to deploy the Microsoft ReportViewer web control?

Question

I am trying to configure Microsoft reports on a shared hosted server. I installed the web.config files with the necessary entries and downloaded the Microsoft.ReportViewer.Common.dll and Microsoft.ReportViewer.WebForms.dll assemblies, as well as the Microsoft.ReportViewer.xml file via FTP.

The site loads fine, but when I try to download the report, get a missing link to Microsoft.ReportViewer.ProcessingObjectModel.dll . If I can get a copy of this DLL, can I expect the report view to work? If so, what is the best way to get a copy? Or should I start trying to persuade the server administrator to run ReportViewer.exe?

This project uses Visual Studio 2008.

Answer 1

The answer seems to be yes. I had never extracted a file from the GAC before, but it was pretty easy by following the command line method described in this question . After the correct version of Microsoft.ReportViewer.ProcessingObjectModel.dll was extracted from the GAC on my development machine and uploaded to the site, the reports began to work.