HTMLOWC Office Web Component - Deprecated?

I'm very disappointed that OWC has been "deprecated" ie. ripped out - see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143509.aspx . This is a major step backwards as we have got our users used to pivottables - they allow them to restructure and group summary data the way they want to save us admins from providing every possible grouping combination. Aaarrrgghhhh!

I tried the code from the above but even after restarting the SSRS and IIS no joy. The Apress Pro SSRS 2005 book also complains about the deprecation, and offers an augmented code for the rsreportserver.config file but it still doesn't work:




Code Block
<Extension Name="HTMLOWC" Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.HtmlRenderer.HtmlOWCRenderingExtension,Microsoft.ReportingServices.HtmlRendering" Visible="true">

<Configuration>

<OWCConfiguration>

<OWCDownloadLocation language="en">http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2002/owc10.aspx
</OWCDownloadLocation>
</OWCConfiguration>
</Configuration>
</Extension>







I appreciate another thread mentions poss necessity of previous DLL however we don't have old installations and old DLLs surely shouldn't be nec. Any further help greatly appreciated.

Has anyone made the OWC work under SQL 2005? Why are MS making this awkward?