I am Having an Odd Problem with Exporting to Excel.

The background:
Before I get into my error let me give you some background in what I am
required to do. All the text field parameters must be stored in the
database. What I mean by this is every text box's value, background
colour, font(weight, size and etc), TextAlign and TextDecoration
information is stored in the database. This includes the fields for
headers and footers. To get these parameters to work properly in
headers and footers I have set up report parameters that get the data
from the database and then feed it to the text fields inside the header
or footer.
The problem:
I am currently getting the following error while trying to export to
Excel:
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Internet Explorer cannot download Format=EXCEL from SERVERNAME.
Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site. The
requested site is either unavailable or cannot be found. Please try
again later.
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OK
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After some investigation I discovered that the appearance property
"TextAlign" for all footers is causing this error. So, if I put in
"Left", "Right" or "Center" text directly into the
"TextAlign" field for all the footer text boxes the report exports
into Excel properly. But if I use the property from the database it
will not load into Excel. I've checked to make sure the database
field is giving a valid value. In fact, I've tried all 3 values and
had no luck. I've also tried other TextAlign parameters from
different text fields on the report and received the same error as
stated above.
What I find odd about this is the fact it works fine for all the other
properties but TextAlign. Could this be an obscure bug?
Another thing to note is in Excel I can see the header all the time;
but, I can only see the footer when I am in print preview. Is there a
way to have the footer set up just like the header; so, it is just on
bottom of the page instead of being a "true" footer. It wouldn't
be a pretty way to solve my issue but I think it would at least allow
my clients to use Excel export for now.Oh I am using SQL Server 2000 Reporing Services with SP2.|||Hello!
I have encountered the same problem with export to Excel ("Internet Explorer
cannot download Format=EXCEL from SERVERNAME."). In my case the solution was
simple. I've had just to make the name of the report shorter. You can simply
upload your rdl under another (shorter) name to report manager and it will
possibly start working.
"Jeremy Balliston" wrote:
> Oh I am using SQL Server 2000 Reporing Services with SP2.
>|||Any ideas?