Ssrs 2008 r2 writing mode rotate270 has changed

Question

On an SSRS 2008 R2 report that is executed on  report server 2012, I have a report that uses writing mode Rotate270 to change the direction of the label of columns. This worked fine until a month or two ago. No code was changed.
Now when the report is executed the following occurs:
1. When the report is accessed by the following browsers the writing mode is ignored. The following is the differences between browers:
a. When the ssrs report is accessed by Firefox or Opera, the direction of the labels are displayed as horizontal.   b. When the ssrs report is accessed by Internet Explorer, the direction of the label is vertical.
The report servers that uses reporting services 2012, has a 64 bit Windows R2 Enpterprise Operating System.
I am assuming that there is some windows update that caused this problem to occur. Thus I am wondering if you can tell me what could of caused this problem to occur? I am also wondering what you suggest to fix the problem? Do I need some kind of a Microsoft
update, if so which one? Should I change the SSRS report, if show can you show me what code to change?

Answer 1

Hi wendy,
After testing the issue in my local environment, I can reproduce it. As per my understanding, the issue is caused by this property is not supported in Firefox or Opera browser with 64 bit Windows R2 Enterprise Operating System. For more details, please
see the document below:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms156511.aspx
The following workaround with change “=Code.Create_RotateAndStreamImage("Hello Word!", "Arial", 10, -45)” to “=Code.Create_RotateAndStreamImage("Hello Word!", "Arial", 10, 90)” is for your reference:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/fc6316a1-6362-4485-8d64-a8c03be1b424/rotate-header-text-to-45-degrees-in-ssrs-2008r2-ssrs2012?forum=s
If there are any other questions, please feel free to ask.
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Katherine Xiong
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