text align properties in details of table set depending on value

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text align properties in details of table set depending on value

cardgunner

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August 18, 2008 at 2:09 pm

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I have asked this on another forum and can not get an answer.
I want specifically to have the text in a textbox in a the details section aligned left if it is like "RN" and Right if it is not.
so it may look like
| Office |
RN100
SE100
TS100
RN200
RN100
SE200
so my expression is
=iif(Fields!t_offc.Value like "RN*" , "Left", "Right")
All I get is the text aligned as false, right.
It appears that conditional formatting of the text align is not allowed.
here is a link to the "OTHER" forum.
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=3747310&SiteID=1
Can you have conditional formatting of the text alignment?

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184393 More actions · Answer 1

Are you using RS 2000 or 2005?

I have tried your solution in 2005 and it is working for me. Try trimming the string, maybe there is whitespace at the beginning of your string. I would also recommend that you use the Left function and use the = comparison. Like this:

=iif(Left(Fields!t_offc.Value, 2).ToUppoper = "RN" , "Left", "Right")

I also normally put code like this in a textbox on the report first to verify it is working as expected.

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cardgunner Old Hand Points: 375 More actions · Answer 2

Hey Jack,

I'm using SQL 2000 and visual Studio .Net 2003.

I have tried the

=iif(left(fields!t_offc.value, 2)="RN", "Left", "Right")

also

iif(Fields!t_offc.Value="RN100" , "left, Right")

and niether of those works. I only get the false result.

if I use

iif(fields!t_offc.value like "RN*", "Bold", "Normal") or any of the other combinations in the fontweight properties it works.

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184393 More actions · Answer 3

Could be that in 2000 you can't set that property using an expression, but I find that hard to believe. I wish I could be of more assistance, but I don't have access to a 2000 server anymore. I can tell you it works in 2005.

Jack Corbett
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cardgunner Old Hand Points: 375 More actions · Answer 4

Thanks for your help Jack.

Is there a scale sytem in this forum to reward the members that help you out?

If any one reading this is using 2000 and would like to test a conditional expression in the textalign properties it would be great!

So if a value is present then left align if not the right align.

Thanks so much.