I am attempting to format an expression in SSRS with an HTML code and am getting #Error tossed upon report preview. My expression looks as follows:
="<b>Region: </b>" + Fields!RegionID.Value
I have also ensured that HTML - Interpret HTML tags as styles has been selected under Placeholder Properties. Has anyone experienced this behavior before?
Thanks!
In SSRS 2008 and above, you can use placeholders to achieve this.
See Formatting Text and Placeholders for more details.
To give a quick example, in a textbox, enter some text then right click on the empty space to the right of the text:
You can set the placeholder properties to display your required field in the Value property:
You now have two distinct text parts in the textbox that can be formatted independently, e.g. one bold and one normal:
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I have an Access form with textboxes that contain some default text. The users are required to replace the text with words of their own, so I wrote a macro to confirm that (before proceeding to the next record) the text boxes no longer contain the default text. (It gives user a warning plus some other tasks, which is why I'm not using built-in Validation rules.)
The macro contains this sequence:
SetLocalVar
Name: booDetailDefault
Expression = [Forms]![frmChangeReq]![txtProblem].[Text]=[Forms]![frmChangeReq]![txtProblem].[DefaultValue]
The idea is if ...[Text] is the same as ...[DefaultValue], then booDetailDefault would be TRUE, and if not, FALSE.
However, what I do get is "Type Mismatch". I would think that Text and DefaultValue would be the same type.
Can you tell why I got this error?
Is there any way to display the Text and DefaultValue values so I can see why Access thinks they're different?
Is there a better way to see if the text boxes have been changed?
EDIT: The default text is set in the Property Sheet for the textbox. I've been running it manually, not tying it to an event yet, until I get it working.
I used Text instead of Value because that's what was available in the Macro Builder, but just in case I tried changing it to Value. It works, although I have to tell the expression to expect quotation marks around half of it:
[Forms]![frmChangeReq]![txtProblem].[DefaultValue]="""" & [Forms]![frmChangeReq]![txtProblem].[Value] & """"
I have a Microsoft Office 2013 Word template, in which I have some text-field elements, created by using Quick Parts -> Field -> MACROBUTTON noname [Type your text here].
If I fill only some of these fields (i.e. "[Name]", "[Address]") and I print or save as PDF, all the fields that I have not filled will display as [Insert your text here] in the printed paper or PDF. To be clear, the placeholder text must be manually removed (or replaced with the text you want).
I've readed somewhere, that you can create a macro, which will not display the placeholder text in the PFD- or printed version of the document, if there is no text written manually to that specific field (you leave it as it was). As this would be handy in cases, where you don't fill all the neccessery fields, my question is:
Q: Can this be achieved only by using Macro Button, and if not, what is needed to create text fields as described below that are not included in the printed or PDF saved version of the document?
This cannot be achieved without using actual macro code. Right now your solution contains no macro code, the fields simply function as "targets" and when the user types on the field it is deleted. Where the user does not type, the prompt remains. You'd need code to delete these fields from the document.
Given your requirement, the code would have to fire in the DocumentBeforeSave and the DocumentBeforePrint events. These events require a class and supporting code in a standard module. The basic information on how to set these up is in the Word object model language reference: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff821218.aspx
An alternative to MacroButton fields would be to use ContentControls. But here, again, code and the same events would be required to remove/hide placeholder text.
I have issue in crystal report RTF data with Text overlapping right side of the field, last 2 characters are missing when i set text interpretation as RTF. if set text interpretation to "none" then its working fine. i had done setting indentation right =0.2 but no use,and can grow also true,this field is memo type.
How can i interpret html tags like anchor tag and table in RDLC report. Is it really possible?
Or only text decorating styles tags are allowed in RDLC?
Yes, it is possible in VS 2010. Here's a related question, and the pertinent MSDN doc.
Basically, in the data section, click first to highlight the cell, then right click and the menu will contain a section with "Placeholder Properties". Then under General, there's a field "Markup Type" which you can set it to "HTML - Interpret HTML tags as styles"
VS 2005 and VS 2008 rdlc don't support any html formatting but I still found a way to format html tag in output as pdf file.
Instead of format, you can replace these special characters from output.
You can write an expression of any text box value which can be used as below:
=Replace(Replace(Replace(Replace(Fields!"your column name".Value,""",""""),"&","&"),"<","<"),">",">")
In above expression I have interpreted a few special characters, but you can add more or can keep less as per your requirement.
I want to convert the text from Crystal reports to HTML and so far I have noticed that if I simply add a text field, I am able to change it to HTML by formatting text option and then under Paragraph tab there is an option to change the text interpretation. The problem is that I have entered text box to enter some hard coded information along with the database driven field, so I would like to know if there is a way I can convert the text box data into HTML. I am currently using crystal reports XI and want going forward want to upload these reports in a website using visual studio 2010. Thank you for your help.
It appears that the 'Text Interpretation' is ONLY a property of these fields:
Database
Formula
Parameter
Group Name
I wasn't able to get the Text Object to act as HTML.
However, you could create a formula with static HTML text:
"<strong>this is bold text</strong>"
Or a formula that combines text w/ data:
"<pre>" + {table.html_field} + "</pre>"
You could also use a string parameter to display user-supplied, HTML text.