.ini file as footer

[Daniel]

The report I'm trying to create now has information from a .ini file which is housed on the server. This is all the information I need, so other than grabbing all the text out of the file and putting it in the textbox is there a way to just use the file as the page footer for the report?

Thanks in advance

[Katia]

Hi Daniel,

You can use a separate data item (Table, , List) and set its DataSource property to one of the supported DataSource components.

After that, add a static group to the report and place the data item inside the GroupFooter section. To repeat this section at the bottom of each page set its PrintOnEveryPage property to true.


Regards,
Katia
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[Daniel]

Katia,

Thanks for your reply, but I was hoping for something simpler... There's a way to set a textbox programmatically, right? I'll just set the textbox text to the text in the .ini file.

Thanks anyway

[Katia]

Hi Daniel,

Setting a value of the report item is possible using the custom code after deserializing|unpackaging the report created with Standalone Designer.

A sample code that can be used for creating a TextBox item programmatically is provided in Creating Report Items Programmatically help article.

You can also check examples provided in Accessing Report Items Programmatically help article.


Regards,
Katia
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