Azure and Medium Trust

ActiveReports supports Azure. We recommended using Page/RDLX reports or SectionReports in CrossPlatform compatibility mode.

All features of ActiveReports are available without restrictions in a Full trust environment. You can also use ActiveReports under Medium trust, but with limitations on some of the features.

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Caution: Medium trust does not adequately protect your application and should not be used. For more information see MSDN link. !type=note

Note:

• Assemblies placed in the Global Assembly Cache, or GAC (C:\WINDOWS\ASSEMBLY), have Full trust permissions, so the results on your deployment machine may differ from those on your development machine.
• For information on licensing a class library project, see the article on Licensing Compiled Code.

Feature Limitations

1. Export limitations:
   • RTF, Text, TIFF and Excel filters are not supported in Medium trust.
   • Digital signatures cannot be used in case of PDF rendering extension and PDF export.
   • Chart and Tablix control of Page Reports and RDLX Reports are not displayed properly in case of PDF rendering extension and PDF export.
2. The End User Designer and Windows Form Viewer controls require Full trust.
3. The Picture control does not support metafiles, which require Full trust.
4. The ImageType property of the Chart control must be set to PNG.
5. OleObject, Formatted Text and Custom controls require Full trust.
6. Scripts requires Full trust, so if you need to use code in reports under Medium trust, use code-based reports rather than RPX format.
7. WebViewer limitations:
   • Bullet and Sparkline controls of Page Reports and RDLX Reports are not displayed in all the Viewer types.
   • Report containing the Image control of Page Reports and RDLX Reports is not displayed properly in case of HTML type.

Recommended Development Environment for Medium Trust Tests

To set up a Medium trust environment

Open the Web.config file and paste the following code between the <system.web> and </system.web> tags.

<trust level="Medium"></trust>

To set up the PrintingPermission level

Most hosting providers disable the printing permissions in a partially trusted environment.

1. Open the web_mediumtrust. config file (located in the \Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Config folder).
2. Set the PrintingPermission level to NoPrinting.

<IPermission class="PrintingPermission"version="1"Level="NoPrinting"/>

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Note: The default set of medium trust permissions is available in the web_mediumtrust.config.default file.

See Also

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