the best way to format datetime/number values in an RDL file is with the textbox’s Format property. you use the same format codes that you use in .NET and elsewhere, and you don’t have to worry about null values (null’s appear as empty strings). for example, common date format codes are:
d – 2/26/2009
D – Thursday, February 26, 2009
g – 2/26/2009 11:52am
some number/currency codes:
g – 1234
N – 1,234.00
C – $1234.12
if you forget the codes, you can get the VS2005 to show you them by right-clicking on the textbox and choosing ‘Properties’, going to the ‘Format’ tab, and clicking the ‘…’ button next to ‘Format code’.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
report server rdl files in visual studio 2008
hacked my way through this mostly by accident; if you rename a .rdl file to .rdlc, then you can open the file in visual studio 2008 and use the same GUI for report file edits that you have in 2005. you don’t get the data and preview tabs, so you need to make data source edits manually in notepad, but if you find yourself with only vs 2008 and need to make .rdl edits, this is a good way to get some GUI help--
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