11.6. A Sense of Style

We do not have access to the source code of the Report Manager pages, so we cannot make changes to the way they function. However, because these pages are ultimately HTML pages sent to a browser, we can make changes to the way the pages look. This is done through a cascading style sheet (CSS).

11.6.1. The ReportingServices Style Sheet

The look of the Report Manager is controlled by the ReportingServices.css cascading style sheet. The default location for this file is

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\
                                   ReportManager\Styles\ReportingServices.css

(There is also a cascading style sheet in this folder that controls the look of the web parts used to display reports in SharePoint.)

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