protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { Stream template = null; Stream data = null; Report proc; try { // get the report files string templateFile = Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + "files\\Example_Template.docx"; template = new FileStream(templateFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite); // create the report string contentType; switch ((int)Session["report"]) { case 0: contentType = "application/pdf"; proc = new ReportPdf(template); break; case 1: contentType = "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document"; proc = new ReportDocx(template); break; case 2: contentType = "text/html"; proc = new ReportHtml(template); ((ReportHtml)proc).SetImagePath(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + "images", "images", "wr_"); break; default: lblResult.Text = "Error: unknown report type " + Session["report"]; return; } proc.ProcessSetup(); // set variables Dictionary <string, object> map = new Dictionary <string, object>(); map.Add("LeaveRequestId", Session["var"]); map.Add("CSRName", "John Brown"); // apply data data = new FileStream(Request.PhysicalApplicationPath + "files\\Example_Data.xml", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite); IReportDataSource ds = new XmlDataSourceImpl(data, false); proc.Parameters = map; proc.ProcessData(ds, ""); ds.Close(); proc.ProcessComplete(); // get the output and display it Response.ContentType = contentType; Response.BinaryWrite(((MemoryStream)proc.GetReport()).ToArray()); proc.Close(); } catch (Exception ex) { lblResult.Text = ex.Message; return; } // close everything finally { if (template != null) { template.Close(); } if (data != null) { data.Close(); } } // this will throw an exception so we have it here at the end - must be last line of code! Response.End(); }