Report Designer (Visual Studio.NET) Expressions Pgm Language

• OHsqlDev

  Old Hand

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  March 31, 2004 at 10:52 am

  #161137

  I noted in a MS SQL RS help file, that the language for writing expressions within reports is VB.NET.  Within our IT dept, our standard language is C#, which we try to adhere to. Does this report Designer have the flexibility to choose the language you use within expressions, or is your only choice VB.NET?

  Greg

• georgedo

  Right there with Babe

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  April 2, 2004 at 12:40 am

  #501552

  AFAIK, the answer is no, however, allowing users to develop extensive expressions embedded in reports is just asking for troubles. In enterprise environment I would recommend restricting expression code to calling custom assemblies which, naturally, can be in any .NET language. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/rsprog/htm/rsp_prog_rdl_6d0i.asp on using custom assemblies with Report Services.

  Cheers

  Georged

  
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  George