Pass Report Object to User Function

[James]

Hi,

I'm trying to implement the Reset Page Number by Group functionality for a standalone report. I found an example class within the forums. I can see the assembly I've created from the sample code, as well as the function, in the Report Designer(R1 2017) application Edit Expression dialog.

 

The problem I'm having is that I can't seem to pass the Report object from the report into the user function. I've tried both of the following function signatures but with no luck:

 

Public Shared Function MyPageNumber(ByVal lastGroupOnPage As String, ByVal reportPageNumber As Integer, ByRef report As Object) As Integer

 

[James]

Accidentally hit Post. Guess I can't edit posts. Here's the continuation:

 

Public Shared Function MyPageNumber(ByVal lastGroupOnPage As String, ByVal reportPageNumber As Integer, ByRef report As Processing.Report) As Integer

 

In both cases, I get the same error:

Type mismatch in function arguments. Cannot find an overload of the function MyPageNumber() that accepts arguments of type (String, Int32, Report).

 

Is it possible to pass the Report object to a User Function when using the standalone report designer? I need to be able to reference some parameters in the report.

 

Thanks!

 

[James]

Ugh. One last piece of important information. The expression I'm using to call the user function is the following:

= TelerikRuntimeReportingFunctions.MyPageNumber(IsNull(PageExec("detail", CStr(Last(Fields.WorkOrderNo) ) ),""), PageNumber, ReportItem.Report)

 

If I change the function to accept only the first two arguments, everything works. So it seems as though the mismatch is on the ReportItem.Report type.

[Stef]

Hello James,

ReportItem.Report is the value of the processing report and the signature of the method should be like:

Public Shared Function MyPageNumber(ByVal lastGroupOnPage As String, ByVal reportPageNumber As Integer, ByVal report As Telerik.Reporting.Processing.Report) As Integer

Please note that as of R1 2017 there are built-in Page functions accomplishing the same task.


I hope this information helps.

Regards,
Stef
Progress Telerik

[James]

Yes, thank you Stef. I was using a 2016 version and realized that functionality had been added for R1 2017 shortly after I posted the question. Thanks.