report from reportviewer without viewing the control

It exports both xls and pdf.  Try that.

private void ExportData(LocalReport report, string extension)   
        {   
            // Out params to pass into the Render method   
            Microsoft.Reporting.WebForms.Warning[] warnings;   
            string[] streamids;   
            string mimeType, encoding, extensionOut;   
  
            report.EnableHyperlinks = true;               
            byte[] bytes = report.Render(extension, null, out mimeType,   
                                        out encoding, out extensionOut,   
                                        out streamids, out warnings);   
  
            Response.Clear();   
            Response.ContentType = mimeType;               
            Response.AppendHeader("Content-Disposition",    
                    string.Format("attachment; filename={0}.{1}",   
                    DateTime.Now.ToString("yyyyMMdd"), extensionOut));   
            Response.BinaryWrite(bytes);   
            Response.End();   
        }