Using parameter value to set Textbox value

[Derek]

We have a base report that includes several text boxes, such as report title, date range, etc. These boxes are set as protected in the base report, so that they can be modified in the derived instance.

In the derived reports we want to set the text values; the literal values (ie the report name) are no problem, but I can't understand how to set texbox values based on parameter values. For example, we're passing a start date and end date, and we'd like to display those dates on the report. How can I access the parameter values in code-behind? I've tried statements like;

Public Sub New()
    txtReportTitle.Value = "Active Employees by Location"
    txtSubtitle.Value = Me.ReportParameters("CompanyName").Value
    InitializeComponent()
End Sub

...but this throws an invocation error. The assignment statements work properly when I use a literal value.

Help?

[Peter]

Hi Derek,

The Report Parameters have definition and processing counterpart. We have noticed that you are accessing the report parameters definition value that is actually returning the report parameter's default value. In order to access the processing counterpart of the report parameters you will have to move your code to an event or as the Report Designer does set the textbox value to an expression 

this.textBox3.Value = "= Parameters.Parameter1.Value";

Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Derek]

Actually I think we were going about this in the wrong way. We ended up moving the parameters into the base class (since they're common), and handling it that way. I wasn't sure whether we could expose or access the parameter values in the derived page, but discovered we could; as long as there were only reportparameter definitions in one place.

Thanks for the help.