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Jt2ouan
Jt2ouan

Reputation: 1962

Line break in SSRS expression

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." )

Upvotes: 59

Views: 184291

Answers (10)

bpfingst
bpfingst

Reputation: 36

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.

Upvotes: 1

Samrat Sarang
Samrat Sarang

Reputation: 141

In Order to implement Line Break in SSRS, there are 2 ways

  1. 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

  1. 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

Upvotes: 10

Brian D
Brian D

Reputation: 2728

This works for me:

(In Visual Studio)

  1. Open the .rdl file in Designer (right-click on file in Solution Explorer > View Designer)
  2. Right-click on the Textbox you are working with, choose Expression

  3. 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."

Upvotes: 15

Reza Mohebbat
Reza Mohebbat

Reputation: 11

You Can Use This One

="Line 1" & "<br>" & "Line 2"

Upvotes: 1

Sumant Singh
Sumant Singh

Reputation: 1020

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")

Upvotes: 8

Jordan H
Jordan H

Reputation: 761

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." )

Upvotes: 4

krilovich
krilovich

Reputation: 3505

If your placeholder is in html enabled mode then "<br />" will work as a newline

Upvotes: 24

John Farner
John Farner

Reputation: 21

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!

Upvotes: 2

Vin.X
Vin.X

Reputation: 4849

You should NOT quote your Environment.NewLine man. Try "Your Text" & Environment.NewLine.

Upvotes: 8

John Verco
John Verco

Reputation: 1377

UseEnvironment.NewLine instead of vbcrlf

Upvotes: 97

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