Did you ever had to outline information on a report? For example, the user asks you to move this field a little to the left or right, or can that textbox be a little bigger because sometimes it’s just not big enough? Or can you also add this information into that textbox, but don’t change the outlining with the other rows because that would “mix-up” the borders? And ofcourse, this has to be acomplished in a complex document report containing a lot of information in a table with groupings, expressions, and so on. When facing that situation, the following might be nice to know: When you add a…

Did you ever had to outline information on a report? For example, the user asks you to move this field a little to the left or right, or can that textbox be a little bigger because sometimes it’s just not big enough? Or can you also add this information into that textbox, but don’t change [...]

Comments usually go into the Documentation() trigger in your report object, but sometimes you want to be able to also put comments in the RDLC layout. For example when you have put controls behind each other and depending on a certain expression you change the visibility. In that case, when a modification needs to be done, the developer might not be aware that the change is also required in the hidden object. Adding a comment in the RDLC design might make this more clear. This can be achieved for example by using the Report Properties window , in the Code tab . Here you can enter comments…

Comments usually go into the Documentation() trigger in your report object, but sometimes you want to be able to also put comments in the RDLC layout. For example when you have put controls behind each other and depending on a certain expression you change the visibility. In that case, when a modification needs to be [...]