Stephen McDaniel
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Stephen McDaniel
asked on 30 Dec 2008, 01:20 AM
I know that when you export to CSV, the Column Headers are just the "Names" of the text box. I want to have descriptive Column Headers, but since the name is can't have spaces, special characters, etc., I'm pretty limited.
I'm wondering if there is any other way of specifing Column Headings that would allow me more flexibility?
It would be great if you could add a property to TextBox that is the text to use for that TextBox's Column Header if it is exported to CSV. I know that might be a lot to go through for just one Export Format and for just one improvement, but I can't think of any other way to have good Column Headers that aren't tied to the name of the textbox in code.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
-Stephen
I'm wondering if there is any other way of specifing Column Headings that would allow me more flexibility?
It would be great if you could add a property to TextBox that is the text to use for that TextBox's Column Header if it is exported to CSV. I know that might be a lot to go through for just one Export Format and for just one improvement, but I can't think of any other way to have good Column Headers that aren't tied to the name of the textbox in code.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
-Stephen
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Hi Stephen McDaniel,
The limitations about report items names are only in design-time. If you want to change names of the textboxes you can do it in the default constructor of the report after InitializeComponent() call. Attached you can find an example report.
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Hrisi
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The limitations about report items names are only in design-time. If you want to change names of the textboxes you can do it in the default constructor of the report after InitializeComponent() call. Attached you can find an example report.
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Roland
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answered on 07 Nov 2012, 08:15 AM
Hello
I've tried to rename the textboxes in codebehind as in the solution, but it does not work correctly for me in 6.1.12.820.
As the screenshots show I get the renamed textboxes, but all the rows under them are empty and the columns with data come after the header fields.
I have also tried a horizontal table as a header, and taking a List<string> as a datasource, but the cells were just called "textBox1"...
Is there any way to achieve proper column headers for CSV output?
Help would be much appreciated.
Roland
I've tried to rename the textboxes in codebehind as in the solution, but it does not work correctly for me in 6.1.12.820.
As the screenshots show I get the renamed textboxes, but all the rows under them are empty and the columns with data come after the header fields.
I have also tried a horizontal table as a header, and taking a List<string> as a datasource, but the cells were just called "textBox1"...
Is there any way to achieve proper column headers for CSV output?
Help would be much appreciated.
Roland
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Hello Roland,
It would be best if you could provide us with more details about your report layout or better yet provide a sample report that you want to export to CSV and once we review it, we would advise you accordingly.
On a side note, if your only requirement is to export your data to csv, you can save the contents of your database to a csv file manually (i.e. without the need for reporting) according to your needs. Here are some threads that might get you started e.g.:
All the best,
Steve
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It would be best if you could provide us with more details about your report layout or better yet provide a sample report that you want to export to CSV and once we review it, we would advise you accordingly.
On a side note, if your only requirement is to export your data to csv, you can save the contents of your database to a csv file manually (i.e. without the need for reporting) according to your needs. Here are some threads that might get you started e.g.:
All the best,
Steve
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answered on 09 Nov 2012, 01:04 PM
Hi Steve
I get data from EntityFramework and need to process it before generating the CSV.
The data is in a table, where I would need to add the header fields. I put together a small project, but can't upload it here.
Could you please advise how to proceed with this case?
Best regards,
Roland
I get data from EntityFramework and need to process it before generating the CSV.
The data is in a table, where I would need to add the header fields. I put together a small project, but can't upload it here.
Could you please advise how to proceed with this case?
Best regards,
Roland
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Hi Roland,
In order to attach a project you should open a support ticket. Forums allow only image attachments in order to prevent unwanted distribution of our product to the public.
Regards,
Steve
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In order to attach a project you should open a support ticket. Forums allow only image attachments in order to prevent unwanted distribution of our product to the public.
Regards,
Steve
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