Line break in SSRS expression
Reporting ServicesSsrs 2008NewlineIifReporting Services Problem Overview
I'm having trouble adding a line break in SSRS 2008.
I've tried all of these different ways but nothing is doing it.
"+ chr(10) +" , "& chr(10) &" , "& chr(13) & chr(10) &" , "& vbcrlf &" , "+ vbcrlf +" , "Environment.NewLine"
Here's my textbox
expression:
=IIF(First(Fields!VCHTYPE.Value, "Dataset1")="C","This is a huge paragrpah of text." +
vbcrlf + "separated by line feeds at each paragraph." +
vbcrlf + vbcrlf + "I want to separate the paragraphs." +
vbcrlf + vbcrlf + "Its not working though."
, "This is the second huge paragraph of text." +
vbcrlf + "separated by line feeds at each paragraph." +
vbcrlf + vbcrlf + "I want to separate the paragraphs." +
vbcrlf + vbcrlf + "Its not working though." )
Reporting Services Solutions
Solution 1 - Reporting Services
UseEnvironment.NewLine
instead of vbcrlf
Solution 2 - Reporting Services
If your placeholder is in html enabled mode then "<br />"
will work as a newline
Solution 3 - Reporting Services
This works for me:
(In Visual Studio)
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Open the .rdl file in Designer (right-click on file in Solution Explorer > View Designer)
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Right-click on the Textbox you are working with, choose Expression
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In the
Set expression for: Value
box enter your expression like:="first line of text. Param1 value: " & Parameters!Param1.Value & Environment.NewLine() & "second line of text. Field value: " & Fields!Field1.Value & Environment.NewLine() & "third line of text."
Solution 4 - Reporting Services
You should NOT quote your Environment.NewLine man. Try "Your Text" & Environment.NewLine
.
Solution 5 - Reporting Services
In Order to implement Line Break in SSRS, there are 2 ways
- Setting HTML Markup Type
Update the Markup Type of the placeholder to HTML and then make use of<br/>
tag to introduce line break within the expression
="first line of text. Param1 value: " & Parameters!Param1.Value & "<br/>" & Parameters!Param1.Value
- Using Newline function
Make use of Environment.NewLine() function to add line break within the expression.
="first line of text. Param1 value: " & Parameters!Param1.Value & Environment.NewLine() & Parameters!Param1.Value
Note:- Always remember to leave a space after every "&" (ampersand) in order to evaluate the expression properly
Solution 6 - Reporting Services
Use the vbcrlf
for new line in SSSR. e.g.
= First(Fields!SAPName.Value, "DataSet1") & vbcrlf & First(Fields!SAPStreet.Value, "DataSet1") & vbcrlf & First(Fields!SAPCityPostal.Value, "DataSet1") & vbcrlf & First(Fields!SAPCountry.Value, "DataSet1")
Solution 7 - Reporting Services
I've always had luck with the Chr(10) & Chr(13) - I have provided a sample below. This is an expression for an address text box I have in a report.
=Iif(Fields!GUAR_STREET_2.Value <> "",Fields!GUAR_STREET.Value & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & LTrim(Fields!GUAR_STREET_2.Value),Fields!GUAR_STREET.Value)
Also, if you are building a string you need to concatenate stuff together with an & not a + Here is what I think your example should look like
=IIF(First(Fields!VCHTYPE.Value, "Dataset1")="C","This is a huge paragrpah of text." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "separated by line feeds at each paragraph." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "I want to separate the paragraphs." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "Its not working though."
, "This is the second huge paragraph of text." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "separated by line feeds at each paragraph." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "I want to separate the paragraphs." &
Chr(10) & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & Chr(13) & "Its not working though." )
Solution 8 - Reporting Services
It wasn't working for me either. vbcrlf and Environment.Newline() both had no effect. My problem was that the Placeholder Properties had a Markup type of HTML. When I changed it to None, it worked like a champ!
Solution 9 - Reporting Services
You Can Use This One
="Line 1" & "<br>" & "Line 2"
Solution 10 - Reporting Services
In my case, Environment.NewLine was working fine while previewing the report in Visual Studio. But when I tried to publish the rdl to Dynamics 365 CE, I received the error "The report server has RDLSandboxing enabled and the Value expression for the text box 'Textbox10' contains a reference to a type, namespace, or member 'Environment' that is not allowed."
So I had to replace Environment.NewLine with vbcrlf.