run ssrs report and email it from .net code - reporting-services

Question

I have a report that shows all errors (if there are any) from a process that runs every day.
At the end of the process, I want to write some code to execute the report and email it. I am seeing how to email a report from code, but I can't seem to find anywhere that shows how to run the report from code.
I am using C# in vs 08, and the report is from ssrs 08. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

Here is some vb code to render the report into bytes:
Private Sub ExportReport(ByVal ReportViewer)
reportType = "PDF"
deviceInfo = "<DeviceInfo><OutputFormat>PDF</OutputFormat><PageWidth>8.5in</PageWidth><PageHeight>11in</PageHeight><MarginTop>0.5in</MarginTop><MarginLeft>0.5in</MarginLeft><MarginRight>0.5in</MarginRight><MarginBottom>0.5in</MarginBottom></DeviceInfo>"
renderedBytes = ReportViewer.LocalReport.Render(reportType, deviceInfo, mimeType, Encoding, fileNameExtension, streams, warnings)
End Sub
Public Function CreateAttachment() As Attachment
Dim MemStr As New MemoryStream(renderedBytes)
Dim ContentType As New ContentType(mimeType)
Dim pdf As New Attachment(MemStr, ContentType)
pdf.Name = ReportName & "." & fileNameExtension
Return pdf
End Function
this shows the basic stuff for rendering a report in code. VS 2005 code.

Answer 2

if you aren't using ReportViewer, then call the Reporting Service web server (not report manager), and then email it.

Answer 3

I ended up creating a new subscription to the report which creates a job.
I ran the job from code that executes the job(Taken from Microsoft)
Like this:
SqlConnection jobConnection;
SqlCommand jobCommand;
SqlParameter jobReturnValue;
SqlParameter jobParameter;
int jobResult;
jobConnection = new SqlConnection("myconnectionstring");
jobCommand = new SqlCommand("sp_start_job", jobConnection);
jobCommand.CommandType = System.Data.CommandType.StoredProcedure;
jobReturnValue = new SqlParameter("#RETURN_VALUE", SqlDbType.Int);
jobReturnValue.Direction = ParameterDirection.ReturnValue;
jobCommand.Parameters.Add(jobReturnValue);
jobParameter = new SqlParameter("#job_name", SqlDbType.VarChar);
jobParameter.Direction = ParameterDirection.Input;
jobCommand.Parameters.Add(jobParameter);
jobParameter.Value = "name of the subscription job";
jobConnection.Open();
jobCommand.ExecuteNonQuery();
jobResult = (Int32)jobCommand.Parameters["#RETURN_VALUE"].Value;
jobConnection.Close();
switch (jobResult)
{
case 0:
Console.WriteLine("SQL Server Agent job, RunSISSPackage, started successfully.");
break;
default:
Console.WriteLine("SQL Server Agent job, RunSISSPackage, failed to start.");
break;
}
Console.Read();
By calling the job- which is a subscription - the report was rendered and emailed to the subscription recipients.