how to add report "Templates" to list during wizard?

Hi, I'd like to customize the new report wizard to save me time in building reports.

I know that with most of VS there are files I can copy and edit to do that for new projects, forms, classes etc...

where are they for new reports?Hi,

Well, it actually depends on what you are naming "templates" in the Wizard.

1- If you are referring to the Styles you see at the very end of the wizard, you can add new styles editing the following XML file:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Business Intelligence Wizards\Reports\Styles\StyleTemplates.xml

AND the equivalent ones located in the "resource" subfolders like:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Business Intelligence Wizards\Reports\Styles\en\StyleTemplates.xml

Of course, make a copy of each file before editing them.

the only caveat is that I do not know where the "preview" image is stored, therefore your style is "blind". May be you can invest some time to find out or someone can jump in with that info.

2- On the other side, if you refer to the "Table/Matrix" and "Stepped" Wizard tab, I gues it is hardcoded.

3- If you refer to the "item types" you can add when adding a new item (not in the wizard, therefore). You can follow Russell Christopher's in http://blogs.msdn.com/bimusings/archive/2005/12/06/500462.aspx

Hope this helps,

Jordi Rambla
SQL Server MVP (Reporting Services)
SolidQualityLearning Iberoamericana|||

Jordi Rambla wrote:

Hi,

Well, it actually depends on what you are naming "templates" in the Wizard.

1- If you are referring to the Styles you see at the very end of the wizard, you can add new styles editing the following XML file:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Business Intelligence Wizards\Reports\Styles\StyleTemplates.xml

AND the equivalent ones located in the "resource" subfolders like:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Business Intelligence Wizards\Reports\Styles\en\StyleTemplates.xml

Of course, make a copy of each file before editing them.

the only caveat is that I do not know where the "preview" image is stored, therefore your style is "blind". May be you can invest some time to find out or someone can jump in with that info.

2- On the other side, if you refer to the "Table/Matrix" and "Stepped" Wizard tab, I gues it is hardcoded.

3- If you refer to the "item types" you can add when adding a new item (not in the wizard, therefore). You can follow Russell Christopher's in http://blogs.msdn.com/bimusings/archive/2005/12/06/500462.aspx

Hope this helps,

Jordi Rambla
SQL Server MVP (Reporting Services)
SolidQualityLearning Iberoamericana

Yeah, I dug out my copy of the hitchhikers guide to sql rs 2000 and it has this info from the 2000 version and looks like it's almost the same in 2005.

by the way what I have is about 10-15 reports created by another dev where he created each one with a common look, font, page head, foot, title etc...
and the boss likes the look. that guy is now gone -- took a different job.
so I want to capture as much of his settings as I can so that when I create a new report I do not have to spend to much time just chnaging colors and fonts to match what he did.