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ReportControl: Formated Item Value

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Topic: ReportControl: Formated Item Value

Posted By: ianp
Subject: ReportControl: Formated Item Value
Date Posted: 14 April 2005 at 4:05am

How can I retrieve the formatted text for a ReportRecordItem?

In the ReportSample project, which has a formated date column, I cannot seem to get out the formatted date string using item.caption, item.Value or item.format

any ideas

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Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 15 April 2005 at 7:52am

if you need only datevalue, you can use VB functions. (Format)

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: ianp
Date Posted: 15 April 2005 at 3:53pm

I'd like to be able to access the visible value for all items displayed in the control regardless of type.

For date values, how can I convert the ReportCOntrolItem.Format string into a VB method?

Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 8:11am

I mean you can use FormatDateTime VB function

FormatDateTime(Item.Value, vbShortDate)

FormatDateTime(Item.Value, vbGeneralDate)

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Oleg, Support Team
CODEJOCK SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS

Posted By: ianp
Date Posted: 19 April 2005 at 2:53pm

sorry oleg, I did understand which functions you meant, but using these functions means I have to compromise my solution by formating the item.value using the closest vb alternative to that used/displayed by the control.

What I'd like to do is display/use the exact same formatted value the user sees in the ReportControl. So if one date item is formatted ddd dd/mm/yyyy and another is formatted yyyy-mm-dd, I am able to display the date (item.value) in the correctly formatted way so as not to confuse the end user.

Is this possible, or can it be added in future?