CSV DeviceSettings in ReportServer.config dont take effect

I am using MS Reporting Services 2000 SP2 and I need help very urgently. my issue is that the user needs to view Text datatype columns exported to csv (basically, customer service support notes), but with the text fields in one cell. I changed the configuration settings of the CSV rendering extension as below, but but it didnt seem to make any difference. The report continues to export the csv in a haphazard format, with the newline characters in the notes spilling onto the next line, etc.

I also noticed that when I used ReportManager, the url request didnt have the rc:Encoding or rc:SuppressLineBreaks settings when I try to export the report to csv. I added these as a test in the url request directly and it worked just fine. I tried changing various settings, but none of them seem to take any effect. What am I missing here ?

I tried restarting the web server AND the ReportServer service. My config settings are as below. Also, my config file is located at:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL\Reporting Services\ReportServer\RSReportServer.config

<Render>
... ... ...
... ... ...
<Extension Name="CSV" Type="Microsoft.ReportingServices.Rendering.CsvRenderer.CsvReport,Microsoft.ReportingServices.CsvRendering">
<Configuration>
<DeviceInfo>
<Encoding>ASCII</Encoding>
<SuppressLineBreaks>True</SuppressLineBreaks>
</DeviceInfo>
</Configuration>
</Extension>
</Render>

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I found the below information on another post.. Specifically, the thread "Export to an ASCII CSV" by Bruce L-C (MVP) on 4/19/2006. According to him, the settings (He speaks of only the encoding setting) work in RS 2000 only when passed in the URL explicitly. Setting it in the Config file does not have any effect in RS 2000, they are new for RS 2005.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/Default.aspx?query=device+settings+reporting+services&dg=&cat=en-us-msdn&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=774F24A2-F71F-425F-AC2B-DC48AB0DA5C9&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us

I hope someone can prove me wrong here.... I would love to figure out how to do this in RS 2000. Any advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.