Reporting V4.1 GridControlObject

[mchough1]

Hi guys,

I am hoping that someone has been hacking around with the reporting in 4.1. I am having problems displaying a simple variable value in a cell contained in a GridControlObject.

I have a lot of variables that I need to display in individual cells. The problem is that when I put a variable in the cell it only displays as text, any expression I type to display a variable in the expression box is what I see(=<VariableName>, etc...). In another GridControlObject I have put an expression to display the current date and it worked just fine. I have tried every type of syntax I can come up to have it recognized as an expression but still when I try to display a simple variable value it always displays as text.

I have talked with Tech Support but no answers yet.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Mike

[\v/inston]

there is a way to report old style, see this thread.

http://www.pcdmisforum.com/showthread.php?t=1854

[mchough1]

Old style reporting would be tough with this application. I would have to concatenate all the strings/variables. not to mention formatting columns and rows.

I know the V4.1 type of reporting will be great for many complex forms and reports,

but getting it to work correctly?

[\v/inston]

i wasn;t sure if that would help you.

have you tried messing with the template editor?

[mchough1]

Thanks for your suggetion \v/. I've had a lot of success with the new reporting system templates. Everything has worked well up until this glitch. I'm hoping I can get past this fairly quickly and finish this program.

Thanks again

[JaredHess]

Mike, to my knowledge the new Reporting Expression Language doesn't support variables like you're thinking of doing. There are still a variety of functions and ways to get at information you may need. What are you trying to do exactly, maybe there's a different way of accomplishing it?