NAV 2013 - Report Header

Troubles_In_Paradise

Hi guys I've started playing with Report Designer for NAV 2013.
Time ago I read with NAV 2013 is possible to print Fields in the header without calling them with "ReportItems!" method or using "SetData/GetData" functions.
This afternoon I wanted test it.
I put the following code in the header:

=Fields!CompanyInfo_Name.Value 

And it worked.

After that I opened standard "Sales Invoice" and I found that GetData and SetData still used.
I thought they were not needed anymore but I can't find a way to avoid them if header/footer are "dynamic" like Invoices.

Testing I created a simple report wit a List in the body grouped by "Customer_No" field.
I inserted page break for every customer and then I placed 4 textboxes in the header with No, Name, Address and Search Name from the customer table.
Launching report for all customers I expect to see information in header to change but they still on the first record.

My question is: is there a way to print a "dynamic header(or Footer)" without the need of GetData/SetData fucntions?

Thank you very much,
Rik

ara3n

The RDLC v2008 handles

Fields!CompanyInfo_Name.Value



as

First(Fields!CompanyInfo_Name.Value);

So it will always return the first record. And in the footer it works as Last( Fields!CompanyInfo_Name.Value);

Troubles_In_Paradise

ara3n wrote:

The RDLC v2008 handles

Fields!CompanyInfo_Name.Value



as

First(Fields!CompanyInfo_Name.Value);

So it will always return the first record. And in the footer it works as Last( Fields!CompanyInfo_Name.Value);

Do you confirm SetData and GetData are needed to print "Dynamic" headers?

Marije_Brummel

No, as far as I know not. They should be removed in the final release. I just don't know if they will make it.

ara3n

Troubles In Paradise wrote:

Do you confirm SetData and GetData are needed to print "Dynamic" headers?

no you can have dynamic values

for example

=iif(Globals!PageNumber = Globals!TotalPages,Fields!ItemNo.Value,Fields!ItemDesc.Value)

it will print item no description on last page and other pages as item no. You will need to send your dynamic data as columns on the first row.
You could build your text as comma delimited in nav and in RDLC parse it it out.
The only limitation is that you can only get from first or last row.

deV.ch

Well then you will still need GetData / SetData to show Customer Informations like Addresses in the header when you print mor then one Invoice (or whatever document)?
Or how would you solve this if you can only access first or last row? I can only think of even more ugly workarounds then the GetData/SetData already is...

Troubles_In_Paradise

If I understood well the report designing could change again..
Well... we will see and in the meanwhile we continue with our dear SetData/GetData.