hi - just a question on the specification for RDL. I think it was a good idea for Microsoft to release the spec and make it openly available. However - I can't find any adopters apart from sql-server and one .net open source project. Is there a list of companies that are using the standard to either generate reports or render them? Ideally some in java as well as .net so i can be convinced that building applications based on the standard isn't a dead-end?

Hi, RDL specification is already made avilable on below link. See if this helps you http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd297486(v=sql.100).aspx- Chintak (My Blog)

Thanks Chintak, I'm aware the specification is published and this is quite a nice document. However, my question was whether there are any adopters of this standard apart from microsoft. i.e. are there any 3rd party companies or open source projects offering alternative renderers or rdl designers? Is there any cross-platform/cross-language support for the rdl format? I.e. the stated goal for rdl was to promote an open standard to allow interchange between vendors, but it doesn't seem to have been successful at the moment since nobody but MS seem to support it..

Hi, Below two third part vendors support's RDL file specification http://www.pebblereports.com/ http://www.rsinteract.com/about/index.html Hope this helps- Chintak (My Blog)