The question is simple, I couldn't find any solution though.
If it is possible, how do I repeat a field that's in the Footer on a new page if it doesn't fit the container?
For example: I have a column that can store up to 5000 characters, and I must display it in the Footer. So if it reachs a certain number of characters, I'd like it to be repeated on a new page, even if it's the only field repeated.
Could someone point me to the right direction? Or just tell me if it's not possible?
Oh and it may be put in the Body instead of being in the Footer, if that makes it easier or if it solves the problem.
Thanks in advance.
Since you are unable to display columns in the Page Footer, what I do is create A #MyParam and set it as Internal. Under Default Values Select "From Query" then select the dataset and set the Value Field to the column one you want to display.
Drag out a TextBox and place it in the page footer, edit the Expression for the TextBox and have it display the #MyParam rather than the column.
This will repeat the entire column, not the "overflow" from the original column.
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I am having set of text boxes in the report and binding each columns in the text box from the Data set.
As of now only first record from the dataset is binding in the text box.
I need all the rows in the dataset to bind in the text boxes page wise.
Each row in the dataset bind to text boxes page wise.
First record in first page,Second record in second page ... etc.
How to achieve this? Help me to solve this...
Thanks in Advance,
Stephen.L
I recently faced the same issue, I used some help from stackoverflow to solve the issue, u might have already figured it out but this is to help others with similar issue.
Make sure you have a Dataset defined for your report.
Add a "Table" control to the report. This seems to be needed in order to iterate the rows in your Dataset.
Delete the header row and two of the default columns from the table so that you are left with a single row with a single column.
Expand the table to the width of your layout and make it as tall as you will need for your "free form" layout.
By default, there is a TextBox inside the table cell. Right-click the empty table cell and choose "delete" to remove that TextBox.
Drag a "Rectangle" control into the empty table cell. It seems to automatically "dock" to the width/height of the table cell.
Now you should be able to drag the fields from your DataSet (TextBoxes, etc) into the Rectangle to produce the desired layout.
You can use a List with page breaks at the end of details group.
How do I dynamically display the 'Edit' on the hyperlink field based on the values on the rows, generated from the database.
N/B.: the gridview automatically generates rows.
Do you mean you want a DataGridViewLinkColumn in the grid with Edit displayed if appropriate? Like this:
In which case, make the whole column a LinkColumn and whether or not it's clickable will be taken care of internally by the grid. Columns which don't display Edit will not be clickable.
If you don't mean this then please provide more detail.
I'm using a data view to display a list (Sharepoint 2010) that has several columns including one that has a Name column. I've provided the user with a text filter on the page to send values to filter the Name column in this list. The problem I'm facing is that the filter only works for exact matches and not partial matches.
I tried to overcome this problem by using Sharepoint Designer to:
create a parameter that uses the textbox control value.
Filtering the Name column with this parameter and setting the comparison to "Contains"
Unfortunately if the default value of the Parameter is blank, the list does not display any data. If the default value of the parameter is set to part of a name in the list, the list displays names that contain that string. However, when changing the value in the text box and searching, the list does not return results. Please let me know if you guys know how to fix this. Any help is much appreciated and let me know if you need any additional information. Thanks!
Managed to find a solution to my problem. I used a custom javascript solution designed by jvossers (http://instantlistfilter.codeplex.com) that involves the list being filtered instantly much like Google's search!
The only downside of this solution is that it only filters the items currently displayed on the screen. Therefore, if you have a data view web part which limits the amount of items displayed on the page, this solution won't help you. In order to facilitate this solution, display all the row items on the page (by increasing the item limit per page to a larger number than your total list rows) and then add this code into a content editor web part on the same page. Worked brilliantly for me. '
By the way if you are using jQuery 1.3.x or higher, you should modify the script a little as described in the disscussion here: http://instantlistfilter.codeplex.com/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=49123
I want to build a report that is completely static in size and shape. I'm attempting to mimic a hand-entered report that someone in my organization has been building from a word doc for years.
The critical piece appears to be fixing the number of rows that are produced in the various Table grids that fill the page. I would like them to always contain a set number of rows, whether data is present or not. It would seem that if I can just fix the size my tables, then all the other elements will not be forced to move because of stretching repeater sections.
All my grids are backed by stored procedures, so I'm open to SQL tricks as well.
Sorry i did miss-read the question.
If you know how many rows you need to return (say 20) maybe you could pad some bogus info into your records returned from the stored procedure. You might be able to count the records your query has returned before you send them back, and if you have less than 20 add some bogus ones to the record set, put something like 'NonDisp' or something in them.
Then in the report put an iif statement into the cells that checks for this bogus info, if it is found change the cell to display nothing, otherwise show the valid values
Not a direct answer, but perhaps a workaround you might consider: perhaps you can insert a page break after the table grids that have dynamic sizes, so that all elements that follow it have a fixed position (relative to the top of the page).
Add a parent group to tablix with =Ceiling((RowNumber(Nothing)) / 10000) expression. (10000 or whatever is required no. of rows)
In page break properties of group, check box for insert break between groups, leave the bottom boxes un-checked.
Optionally, we may chose to set hidden property true for text boxes added because of new parent group.
In tablix properties, check box for "Keep together on one page".
I know there's a bug with conditional visibility and page breaks with SQL 2005, but I wonder if anyone has come up with a work around.
I have a table that has a conditional visibility expression, and I need a page break at the end of the table.
If I set the PageBreakAtEnd property to true. It is ignored no matter what. Remove the visibility condition and it works.
If I place the table inside a rectangle with the conditional visibility on the table, and the page break on the table. Same result. The page break property is ignored.
If I set the rectangle with the PageBreakAtEnd property and the table with the visibility condition, then I still get a page break even when the table isn't shown.
Any other ideas on what to try? I'm almost at the point where I need a separate report rather than conditional visibility :(
Edit: #Josh: That has the same problems. If the second table has conditional visibility it doesn't work. If it doesn't have the visibility expression, then I get the page break all the time.
#Erick: I really wanted that to be the answer but unfortunately it doesn't work. When the visibility expression evaluates to hidden, there's a big gap where the rectangles would be (which I can live with), and when it evaluates to visible, the page breaks still don't work.
Place two rectangles, one inside the other.
Place your table inside the inner rectangle and set it to always be visible.
Set the inner rectangle's Page Break to Insert After Rectangle.
Set the outer rectangle's visibility to use your conditional expression.
The page break and the conditional visibility are now separated, and the inner rectangle's page break won't be processed if it is not visible, but it will if it is visible.
Edit: When I tried this, it did not appear to work in the Preview tab in Visual Studio, but it did work in the Print Preview and when I exported the report to PDF.
Hi This is Bala samsnai,
Me too came accross the same type of error.
I soveled this with out using Rectangle.
Instead of giving the expression to the complete(whole table)
select the one row in that tabe,give the visibilty expression. like that repeat it for all the rows (like Header, Detailed, Footer) and give the visibilty expression.
By that we can get work both the Visibilty and Pagging both at a time
Bala samsani
Use a rectangle, which has the conditional visibility set, and an empty table inside of that rectangle which has the "insert page break before" setting enabled.
Add a second (empty) table immediately after the first. Page break after that.
I tried Bala Samsnai solution and it works. Will explain more later. Erik B's solution of uisng two rectangles kind of worked when I hit a snag that I cannot embed a table in the Detail row of another table. So that was a bummer.
I followed Bala's solution with my report, which contains only one table and two groups within the table. Instead of adopting and applying an expression to control the Visibility of Groups, I just left that as Visible and applied the Visibility condition expression to each row's Hidden property. Right click on the Row Handle on the far left and you will properties window popup on the right or left (usually as a tab next to Solution explorer). In the Visibility grouping, you will see a property called "Hidden" which will have a default value of FALSE. click on the value and in the dropdown, first option is an expression. Viola and you can setup you condition when the row is hidden. It worked like a charm for me.
Hope this helps others. In my case, I had to not show the details section when some of the values where 0.
I struggled with this problem for quite a few hours until I discovered that the my layout was to wide to fit on print (A4). I had used the extra width for commenting the different field in text boxes with Hidden=false, and as a result twice as many pages as neccessary were generated to display whitespace.
So, you might want to check page width as well.
One thing I noticed is the differences between reports even though I have used the same report as a "template" across different times in SSRS2005. What I mean is, if you open the report you're having problems with in a programmer's editor (say UltraEdit) and look at the RDL file, you may pick up slight variations in page width and height. I noticed this and adjusted the report I was having problems with to the correct width of the paper expected and the report printed perfectly in both PDF and at the printer, and at print preview. Just a thought.