Padding or filler character rdlc

Belias

hi everyone, i have to do a report which contains something like this:

_____________________
Signature: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_____________________

but i couldn't find a way to achieve it simply. I worked around it by creating additional lines and make a dashed border (see screenshot.
is there a way to achieve this more simply, like padding "_ " to the textbox white space?
Thanks in advance

clausl

What about using an image?

Regards,
Claus

Belias

:? ...i think that a multiple body is better than an image.
I have some other textboxes that should have that special underline, and they all have a different lenght...I hoped for an easy padchar/leaderdots solution :-k

Alex_Chow

Belias wrote:

:? ...i think that a multiple body is better than an image.
I have some other textboxes that should have that special underline, and they all have a different lenght...I hoped for an easy padchar/leaderdots solution :-k

You can do this by setting the BorderStyle properly and have the Bottom set as Solid.

Belias

alex...this is 2 years old, and i already did:

I worked around it by creating additional lines and make a dashed border (see screenshot.)

I was looking for a different solution, but if feel fin with the dashed border, I'll mark this post solved

clausl

Maybe you were looking for the possibility to pad extra characters in the end of a field.
You can do this with the PadRight method. Here is what you need to do:

1. Paste this code into the Code section of your report:

Public Function MyPaddedString(ByVal Value As String)
    Return Value.PadRight(30,"_")
End Function

The first paramter "30" is how many times PadRight will add an extra character minus the field lenght. So your field can be dynamic in size and PadRight will then just add the "_" until the text string is 30 charaters long.

2. Now add you field you want to enable the PadRight function on, like this: "=Code.MyPaddedString(Fields!Customer_Name.Value)"

3. Build, Save and Compile and your report will i.e. now look this:

You can find this report here:
Here in TXT, FOB and PDF

/Claus Lundstrøm

Belias

Cool! thank you claus, nice one! i think you're going to made some of my days in the future with this one

clausl

Did I ever mention that I love Italian Red Wine, especially from the Bergamo region? :whistle:

/Claus Lundstrøm

Belias

clausl wrote:

Did I ever mention that I love Italian Red Wine, especially from the Bergamo region? :whistle:

/Claus Lundstrøm

this sounds like "can you send me a bottle of Valcalepio or Moscato di Scanzo"?

clausl

Amazing, you can read my mind

/Claus Lundstrøm