microsoft-reporting

Checkbox in a Microsoft Report (rdlc) table

I'm a newcomer to using Microsoft Reporting (RDLC) and I'm trying to display a table with a checkbox inside of it. The data I have is stored in bit fashion: I want this data to display on the report like this: I can get the data to display in a normal table without issue, but when I do, the bit values are formatted as "true" or "f...

Microsoft Reporting and VS2008: How do I make dynamic "receipt" documents?

Hi all. My program needs to print receipts for some sold products. The program specifically has to work with "thermal printers," those small printers using rolls of paper. I am using Microsoft Reporting and VS2008 to design an .rdlc file, but the number of products may be significantly different and receipts with different heights are n...

How to conditional highlight fields in a Microsoft Reporting Services RDL report?

I've got an RDL report that is a roster -- it's a grid: each row represents a day each column represents a task each cell contains the name of the person doing that task on that day. I'm serving the reports off a MS Reporting Server. I'd like to be able to highlight the cells that contain the name of the person viewing the report. ...

Giving custom text in the Y-axis, instead of numbers, in a Line Graph in Microsoft Report Viewer

I am using Microsoft Report Viewer RDLC to show a Line Graph. I need to give custom text like "Full", "Medium" etc instead of numbers as the y-aixs units. Is it possible to do this using Microsoft Report Viewer? ...

microsoft local report page width problem when table column hide

I create some dynamic report. by default, create a table with all available field and hidden by expression, therefore column hide when user want (by checkbox in aspx page) problem: my report is "right to left" therefore when hiding some column, report must shown from right, but as you know, when report render, it create table column f...

How to populate Crystal Reports with SQL

Since there doesn't seem to be any way to load old VB6 (ActiveReports) reports in .Net, I need to recreate dozens of reports in .Net. I'd like to do this in the least painful way possible. In VB6, the original authors simply did something like this for every report: adoConn.ConnectionString = globalConnectionObject.ConnectionString ad...

Howto restart MSRS on changed files in Extended Datareader

I'm using Microsoft Reporting Services (SSRS) 2008 with an Extended Datareader/Dataset Provider (i.e. using a Datareader that I wrote myself and integrated it in SSRS). Everytime I have an update (i.e. copy the new binary files to the bin folder in SSRS), I manually have to restart the service. I saw in IIS that the mechanism used in SS...

What is the best way to dynamically generate RDLC report definitions at runtime?

I have data that will be generated by users at runtime by performing queries. The shape of the data is unknown because users can choose which fields to bring back. The application is an ASP.NET MVC web app. The data will be .NET POCOs. However, each object could have properties that are collections of other objects. I want to use the R...

How can I access the current row/object in an RDLC expression?

I can access the properties of a bound object within an RDLC report by using an expression such as. Fields!MyField.Value How can I access the bound object itself so I can access properties and methods on it? ...

Microsoft Report books

Hi all. I just started using report services in VS and I wanted to know any recommended books on Microsoft Reports. I know of Crystal Reports but I'd like to concentrate on Microsoft Reports now. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks. ...