Moving/Resizeing multiple fields at once

[Lukas]

Hi,

I have a very basic report, showing about 20 fields with Headers,Details and Footer with aggregates.
The columns are docked left, what aligns them very nicely.
I added them with the wizard and then tested the report, all went fine.

But some fields where simply to narrow so I wanted to make them wider. I marked the header, the detail and the aggregate field of one column and hit SHIFT+Arrow Left, wich made all marked fields 1 pixel wider - fine so far. But after that all fields are unmarked and I couldn 't continue, but instead, had to mark all fields again.
I'm aware that I could resize one and align the other by using "Format->Make Same Size" but this triples the clicks necessary. A realy pain in the a** with 20+ fields.
And after aligning the fiels, they also get unmarked and I have to mark them a second time if I want to align them not only in size but also by position

Same happens when I try to move multiple fields at once with the arrow keys. Here moving the fileds with the mouse is no option, because you can't move fields from different sections with the mouse, all fields but the ones from a single section get unmarked.

Another problem I have is the order in which the columns appear on my report.
I use the "Dock:Left"-Property to align them, but I like to change the order in wich they are aligned.
I already tried to change the order in which my SQL-Select statement retireves them from the database, but that didn't have any effect plus my calculated columns always appear at the end.

Another question would be if there is a option to add aggreagated fields like SUM/AVG fields automatically to a group/report footer.
Again I can do this by hand but work sum pretty much up with many columns.

I hope you can give me some solutions for the problems above, because I was really looking forward to get rid of CrystalReports and replace in with something better, but with my reports mainly consisting of simple data and aggregate footers but with many different columns, using the TelerikReports-Designer is, right now, not very comfortable.

Thanks in advance
Lukas

[Lukas]

I just fond out, that I can change the order in which the fields are aligned by marking them and selecting "Bring to Front/Send to Back".
But after that I have to select alls fields and change the Dock-Property from Left to None, after what all fields are unmarked  and I have to select them again and change the Dock-Property back to Left.
After that the fields get aligned in the new order.

But this procedure is not usable because it takes about 10 Clicks and marking the targeted field(s) 3 times for reordering 1 column!
Additionally I can move the field only at the beginnig or the end, I cannot change the postion from e.g. 3 to 5.

I'd appreciate any help on this topic.

[Peter]

Hi Lukas,

Thank you for the feedback.

We are aware of the lost selection issue and we will investigate and fix it for a subsequent version of Telerik Reporting. However we have noticed that you are after a table layout and for a table layout our suggestion is to use our Table item. The Table Wizard will guide you through the process of creating a Table. The intuitive step by step instructions would get you going in no time as no previous experience is needed. The Table item supports row and column resizing and no docking is needed. In order to add aggregates just right click a detail textbox with a numeric field and from the context menu choose the Add Total option.

Regards,
Peter
the Telerik team

[Lukas]

As I suspected from the beginning, I was just blind and Telerik is, as usual, just awesome :) !

Thanks for showing me this feature, it provides exactly the functionality I wanted!

For a little self-explanation:
I learned the first steps with Telerik Reports from this document:
http://www.telerik.com/documents/TelerikReporting-LearningGuide.pdf

From the section:

Learn Telerik Reporting

Telerik Reporting Step-by-step Tutorial

And the Table-Control isn't mentioned in this document at all.
Maybe this could be updated...



Thanks again
Lukas

[Steve]

Hello Lukas,

Yes, the tutorial has been created prior the existence of the Table item and it has not been updated since. We have this in our future plans, for the time being to keep up to date our suggestion is to keep a close eye on our documentation, blogs and videos on Telerik TV.

Kind regards,
Steve
the Telerik team

[Kenneth Solberg]

Hi,

Any updates on the lost selection issue?

[Steve]

Hi Kenneth,

The issue is logged in our system and would be fixed in subsequent releases. We cannot engage with a specific time frame if this is what you're asking for.

Greetings,
Steve
the Telerik team