Formating of reports in RDLC?

virenp

Hi Experts,

I want to develop a report in rtc.but i am facing lot of problems. even if i draw a line in a report in 2009 classic the line is not visible when i run the report in RTC.

Can anyone please provide me with some tutorials.

Thanks,

mohana_cse06

You need to set the lines in RTC through Border styles..

virenp

Thanks Mohana,

But that was just simple example of different problem that i face.

Can u please provide me with some tutorials or links tht will help me undersand how exactly the reports are developed and formated in rdlc.


thanks,

mohana_cse06

You need to check in Partnersource..

or you can find examples in help files also..

virenp

Hi,

I dont have an access to study materials on partner source.

can anyone provide me with some tutorials.


thanks.

mohana_cse06

mohana_cse06 wrote:

or you can find examples in help files also..

Did you check in NAV Help files?

kriki

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clausl

If you are new to RDLC reports I would start here:

Training material: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nav/archive/2009/07/03/report-design-in-microsoft-dynamics-nav-2009.aspx
 
Online help and Walkthroughs: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd355370.aspx
 
NAV Team Blog with several tips & tricks: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nav/archive/tags/reporting/

Directions Hands On Lab material(NAV 2009): Expect this to be available on PartnerSource soon, I will provide link on the NAV Team blog when this has been posted to PartnerSource

Concerning your specific issues on drawing lines I have struggled quite a bit in RDLC 2005(The version in NAV 2009), so I ended making a bitmap a made it the background of my report. Yes it is a workaround. When we get to RDLC 2008 in VS 2010, drawing lines so far works for me. We will not be able to upgrade to RDLC 2008 in NAV 2009 unfortunately.

/Claus

azerty74

I can also recommend this book: http://www.packtpub.com/microsoft-dynamics-nav-2009-for-professional-reporting/book

By the way, Borders are indeed better then using Lines. If you use a Line, make sure it is thick enough and even then it does not show up in Preview mode. Sometimes it only show when using Print Layout . Sometimes it only shows when exporting the report to PDF or XLS.
When developing RDLC reports it is recommended to always test three scenarios:

What do you see in Preview? What do you see in Print Layout? What do you see after export to PDF/XLS?

You might presume they are the same, but in many cases they are not...