Data fields in the header

I'm getting this error when I try to preview my report: The value expression
for the textbox 'RepairOrderID' refers to a field. Fields cannot be used in
page headers or footers.
I searched through the news groups and a found suggestion to replace:
Fields!RepairOrderID.Value
with
ReportItems!RepairOrderID.Value
I tried this, it compiles now but when the report renders "#Error" displays
where the RepairOrderID should appear. I found another suggestion to use the
First function this does not work either...
Can someone please help....?
Thanks!!!
DanLooks like your textbox is referring to itself. You need to refer to a
textbox from report body.
More reliable solution is to create read-only parameter with default value
from query and then to use this parameter in the page header textbox.
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"alien2_51" <dan.billow"at"n.o.s.p.a.m.monacocoach.commercialversion> wrote
in message news:OMQtyN0eEHA.2560@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> I'm getting this error when I try to preview my report: The value
> expression
> for the textbox 'RepairOrderID' refers to a field. Fields cannot be used
> in
> page headers or footers.
> I searched through the news groups and a found suggestion to replace:
> Fields!RepairOrderID.Value
> with
> ReportItems!RepairOrderID.Value
> I tried this, it compiles now but when the report renders "#Error"
> displays
> where the RepairOrderID should appear. I found another suggestion to use
> the
> First function this does not work either...
> Can someone please help....?
> Thanks!!!
> Dan
>|||I don't think my textbox is referring to its self... The name of the textbox
is textbox18, besides I'm explicitly qualifying the Value property with
Fields! or ReportItems!. How do I create a read-only parameter from
query...? I know this does not work.. SELECT @.PARAM = Value FROM Table
Thanks,
Dan
"Lev Semenets [MSFT]" <levs@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:%23N$kB50eEHA.3632@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Looks like your textbox is referring to itself. You need to refer to a
> textbox from report body.
> More reliable solution is to create read-only parameter with default value
> from query and then to use this parameter in the page header textbox.
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
> "alien2_51" <dan.billow"at"n.o.s.p.a.m.monacocoach.commercialversion>
wrote
> in message news:OMQtyN0eEHA.2560@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > I'm getting this error when I try to preview my report: The value
> > expression
> > for the textbox 'RepairOrderID' refers to a field. Fields cannot be used
> > in
> > page headers or footers.
> >
> > I searched through the news groups and a found suggestion to replace:
> >
> > Fields!RepairOrderID.Value
> > with
> > ReportItems!RepairOrderID.Value
> >
> > I tried this, it compiles now but when the report renders "#Error"
> > displays
> > where the RepairOrderID should appear. I found another suggestion to use
> > the
> > First function this does not work either...
> >
> > Can someone please help....?
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> >
> > Dan
> >
> >
>|||http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/RSCREATE/htm/rcr_creating_interactive_v1_50fn.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/rshowto/htm/hrs_designer_v1_38du.asp
Create a parameter without Prompt , set its default value to From Query,
select your dataset and ReportOrderID as value field.
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"alien2_51" <dan.billow"at"n.o.s.p.a.m.monacocoach.commercialversion> wrote
in message news:ev1O838eEHA.1100@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I don't think my textbox is referring to its self... The name of the
>textbox
> is textbox18, besides I'm explicitly qualifying the Value property with
> Fields! or ReportItems!. How do I create a read-only parameter from
> query...? I know this does not work.. SELECT @.PARAM = Value FROM Table
> Thanks,
> Dan
> "Lev Semenets [MSFT]" <levs@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:%23N$kB50eEHA.3632@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Looks like your textbox is referring to itself. You need to refer to a
>> textbox from report body.
>> More reliable solution is to create read-only parameter with default
>> value
>> from query and then to use this parameter in the page header textbox.
>> --
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>> "alien2_51" <dan.billow"at"n.o.s.p.a.m.monacocoach.commercialversion>
> wrote
>> in message news:OMQtyN0eEHA.2560@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> > I'm getting this error when I try to preview my report: The value
>> > expression
>> > for the textbox 'RepairOrderID' refers to a field. Fields cannot be
>> > used
>> > in
>> > page headers or footers.
>> >
>> > I searched through the news groups and a found suggestion to replace:
>> >
>> > Fields!RepairOrderID.Value
>> > with
>> > ReportItems!RepairOrderID.Value
>> >
>> > I tried this, it compiles now but when the report renders "#Error"
>> > displays
>> > where the RepairOrderID should appear. I found another suggestion to
>> > use
>> > the
>> > First function this does not work either...
>> >
>> > Can someone please help....?
>> >
>> > Thanks!!!
>> >
>> > Dan
>> >
>> >
>>
>|||Excellent!!... That's what I needed... Thanks..:)
Dan
"Lev Semenets [MSFT]" <levs@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:udrYUvEfEHA.4092@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/RSCREATE/htm/rcr_creating_interactive_v1_50fn.asp
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/rshowto/htm/hrs_designer_v1_38du.asp
> Create a parameter without Prompt , set its default value to From Query,
> select your dataset and ReportOrderID as value field.
> --
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights.
>
> "alien2_51" <dan.billow"at"n.o.s.p.a.m.monacocoach.commercialversion>
wrote
> in message news:ev1O838eEHA.1100@.TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I don't think my textbox is referring to its self... The name of the
> >textbox
> > is textbox18, besides I'm explicitly qualifying the Value property with
> > Fields! or ReportItems!. How do I create a read-only parameter from
> > query...? I know this does not work.. SELECT @.PARAM = Value FROM Table
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > "Lev Semenets [MSFT]" <levs@.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23N$kB50eEHA.3632@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> Looks like your textbox is referring to itself. You need to refer to a
> >> textbox from report body.
> >> More reliable solution is to create read-only parameter with default
> >> value
> >> from query and then to use this parameter in the page header textbox.
> >>
> >> --
> >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> > rights.
> >>
> >> "alien2_51" <dan.billow"at"n.o.s.p.a.m.monacocoach.commercialversion>
> > wrote
> >> in message news:OMQtyN0eEHA.2560@.TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> >> > I'm getting this error when I try to preview my report: The value
> >> > expression
> >> > for the textbox 'RepairOrderID' refers to a field. Fields cannot be
> >> > used
> >> > in
> >> > page headers or footers.
> >> >
> >> > I searched through the news groups and a found suggestion to replace:
> >> >
> >> > Fields!RepairOrderID.Value
> >> > with
> >> > ReportItems!RepairOrderID.Value
> >> >
> >> > I tried this, it compiles now but when the report renders "#Error"
> >> > displays
> >> > where the RepairOrderID should appear. I found another suggestion to
> >> > use
> >> > the
> >> > First function this does not work either...
> >> >
> >> > Can someone please help....?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!!!
> >> >
> >> > Dan
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>

Data alignment in Textbox

Hi All,
I am working on a report, in this report a textbox is present, which is expected to show string. This string length is larger than what textbox can accommodate in single line. I want this textbox to show only right part of the string in case it can accommodate full string.
After using the right alignment I assumed it would do show, however it does not work like that. It always shows the left part of string in case, string is bigger than width of textbox.
Restriction from design:
1. Cannot increase the width of textbox.
2. Cannot use the Can Grow = true to show string in multiple lines.

Below is the example of my issue:
Say there is a string: "Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services".
because the textbox width is not sufficient to see full string, I want to "Reporting Service". Which is of same size which column can accommodate. So I used Right alignment in textbox. however text box shows "Microsoft SQL Server". So, is there a solution to see required text in the textbox.

Hi,

Data alignment in Textbox

Hi All,
I am working on a report, in this report a textbox is present, which is expected to show string. This string length is larger than what textbox can accommodate in single line. I want this textbox to show only right part of the string in case it can accommodate full string.
After using the right alignment I assumed it would do show, however it does not work like that. It always shows the left part of string in case, string is bigger than width of textbox.
Restriction from design:
1. Cannot increase the width of textbox.
2. Cannot use the Can Grow = true to show string in multiple lines.

Below is the example of my issue:
Say there is a string: "Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services".
because the textbox width is not sufficient to see full string, I want to "Reporting Service". Which is of same size which column can accommodate. So I used Right alignment in textbox. however text box shows "Microsoft SQL Server". So, is there a solution to see required text in the textbox.

Hi,

Customizing colors in Reporting Services

Hello. I have a textbox in which I want to customize the color of the
text. When you go to Properties->Color, the pull-down lets you choose
from a pre-defined list of colors by name (Black, DimGray, Gray, etc.)
You can also enter an expression. What I want to do is customize a
color that is different than the predefined colors. For example: I want
a color that is red 81, blue 81, green 123. The pseudocode for the
Expression would be:
= ColorType(81, 81, 123)
Is there a way to do this in Reporting Services? Thanks in advance.
JustinI did some research for you...
="#ff0000" works, put in the hex RGB values.
="#" & IIF(Fields!Mycolumn.Value < 100, "FF","00") & "00" works
="#" & IIF(Fields!Mycolumn.Value < 100,
Right(CStr(Hex(Fields!Mycolumn.Value))),"00") & "00" Does NOT work
What I didnt try is putting this in a function which returns the string ,
and uses the Field value..
Hope this helpss
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Wayne Snyder MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
I support the Professional Association for SQL Server ( PASS) and it''s
community of SQL Professionals.
"jdyer521@.hotmail.com" wrote:
> Hello. I have a textbox in which I want to customize the color of the
> text. When you go to Properties->Color, the pull-down lets you choose
> from a pre-defined list of colors by name (Black, DimGray, Gray, etc.)
> You can also enter an expression. What I want to do is customize a
> color that is different than the predefined colors. For example: I want
> a color that is red 81, blue 81, green 123. The pseudocode for the
> Expression would be:
> = ColorType(81, 81, 123)
> Is there a way to do this in Reporting Services? Thanks in advance.
> Justin
>|||The last item posted that did not work had some syntax errors, but that is
not why it didn't work ( I was trying to type it in from memory..)
Here is what it should have been... but still doesn't work
="#" & IIF(Fields!EmployeeID.Value < 100,Right("0"
&CStr(Hex(Fields!EmployeeID.Value)),2),"00") & "0000"
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Wayne Snyder MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
I support the Professional Association for SQL Server ( PASS) and it''s
community of SQL Professionals.
"jdyer521@.hotmail.com" wrote:
> Hello. I have a textbox in which I want to customize the color of the
> text. When you go to Properties->Color, the pull-down lets you choose
> from a pre-defined list of colors by name (Black, DimGray, Gray, etc.)
> You can also enter an expression. What I want to do is customize a
> color that is different than the predefined colors. For example: I want
> a color that is red 81, blue 81, green 123. The pseudocode for the
> Expression would be:
> = ColorType(81, 81, 123)
> Is there a way to do this in Reporting Services? Thanks in advance.
> Justin
>|||I hate it when something gets under my skin, as this problem has... I spent
my whole day's support allotment to this one thing... However this code
segment works, even using the input value in the color expression.. add it to
the code place... and refer to it in the color expression...
Function GetColor(Val as Integer) as String
Dim a as String
a = "#"
If (Val < 256) Then
a=a & Right("0"& CStr(Hex(Val)),2) & "0000"
Else
a = a & "00FF00"
End If
RETURN a
End Function
--
Wayne Snyder MCDBA, SQL Server MVP
Mariner, Charlotte, NC
I support the Professional Association for SQL Server ( PASS) and it''s
community of SQL Professionals.
"jdyer521@.hotmail.com" wrote:
> Hello. I have a textbox in which I want to customize the color of the
> text. When you go to Properties->Color, the pull-down lets you choose
> from a pre-defined list of colors by name (Black, DimGray, Gray, etc.)
> You can also enter an expression. What I want to do is customize a
> color that is different than the predefined colors. For example: I want
> a color that is red 81, blue 81, green 123. The pseudocode for the
> Expression would be:
> = ColorType(81, 81, 123)
> Is there a way to do this in Reporting Services? Thanks in advance.
> Justin
>|||Thanks for much for your time, Wayne. That is exactly what I needed.
Justin