Dynamic way to change Font, Size, etc.

Hi,
I have one report format for 20 companies. Some of them require differnt
fonts and font sizes. I don't want to duplicate reports because they need
different font format. Is there a dymanic way to change font using one report
only? Thanks.
ChuckThere are two possible ways to do this:
1) Have your font settings in expressions that are populated by report
parameters or data. (It really works!) You can set default parameter
values.
2) Create a process that dynamically updates the RDL (report source) for
each company. This would mean inserting an extra step at either deployment
time or run time.
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"Chuck" <Chuck@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have one report format for 20 companies. Some of them require differnt
> fonts and font sizes. I don't want to duplicate reports because they need
> different font format. Is there a dymanic way to change font using one
> report
> only? Thanks.
>
> Chuck|||Now I get some ideas to work on my project. Thanks so much for your reply.
-Chuck
"Jeff A. Stucker" wrote:
> There are two possible ways to do this:
> 1) Have your font settings in expressions that are populated by report
> parameters or data. (It really works!) You can set default parameter
> values.
> 2) Create a process that dynamically updates the RDL (report source) for
> each company. This would mean inserting an extra step at either deployment
> time or run time.
> --
> Cheers,
> '(' Jeff A. Stucker
> \
> Business Intelligence
> www.criadvantage.com
> ---
> "Chuck" <Chuck@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3B1DF44A-14C7-4D90-B9D3-A3E67C913E0F@.microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have one report format for 20 companies. Some of them require differnt
> > fonts and font sizes. I don't want to duplicate reports because they need
> > different font format. Is there a dymanic way to change font using one
> > report
> > only? Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Chuck
>
>|||Another solution without having to add all those Parameters would be to
create a custom class that returns the font and font size etc. Then reference
the class in an expression. I have done this and it works great. Then you
could either distrubute a seperate class for each customer or have the class
read the information in from file and just distrubute a seperate file for
each.
See "Writing Custom Code" in the RS Help
Dave
"Chuck" wrote:
> Hi,
> I have one report format for 20 companies. Some of them require differnt
> fonts and font sizes. I don't want to duplicate reports because they need
> different font format. Is there a dymanic way to change font using one report
> only? Thanks.
>
> Chuck

Dynamic way to change font, font size, etc. in reports

Hi,
I have one report format for many clients. Some of them request different
fonts and font sizes. I don't want to duplicate reports because of differnt
fonts. Is there a dynamic way to change font or font size using only one
report format? Thanks.
ChuckChuck,
Custom code either embedded or as a custom assembly is the answer. This
article is a good starting point. http://odetocode.com/Articles/130.aspx.
Also, refer to the BOL for using custom assemblies.
You can use custom code to set font properties in your report.
"Chuck" wrote:
> Hi,
> I have one report format for many clients. Some of them request different
> fonts and font sizes. I don't want to duplicate reports because of differnt
> fonts. Is there a dynamic way to change font or font size using only one
> report format? Thanks.
>
> Chuck