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c#winformsrdlcpage-break
Helix 88
Helix 88

Reputation: 701

MS Reports rdlc c# win forms multiple columns

I am trying to create a Report with two columns.

Records should add in as below...

1.Bob   6.Sarch
2.Sue   7.Barrie
3.Adam  8.James
4.Dave  9.Steve
5.Robin 10.Euan

11.Fred
12.Heidi
13.Liz

For the first column (1-5 in this example), a page break should wrap the data to the second column (6-10). After the second column is full (11-13) the the data should page wrap.

The data used to generate the report will have a fixed number of columns. The height and width required for the data will not change.

I am using with C#, WinForms, .net4. I have tried several various approaches with no success. Thus far I have only managed

1.Bob   2.Sue
3.Adam...

Please help or point me in the right direction :-)

Many Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1224

Answers (1)

Jeroen
Jeroen

Reputation: 63830

TL;DR ---> This isn't possible with SSRS, afaik.

If I understand correctly, you want to list the items in a data set, that when rendered with a hard page break renderer will render with these requirements:

  • items are added vertically as long as there's space on the page
  • a new column of items is started when the first column ran out of space, vertically
  • a page break is inserted when the second column filled up the vertical space, thus starting a new, first column on a new page

Now, there's only these controls in SSRS:

  • Textbox
  • Table, Matrix
  • Chart
  • Gauge
  • List
  • Image
  • Subreport
  • Line, Rectangle

Out of these only the Tablix (Table/Matrix) and List are remotely capable of such a thing, but they can't satisfy your requirements. I'm afraid the answer to your question is that this can't be (easily) done.

The hard way that this may still be possible is perhaps by creating a custom report item and/or by creating a custom rendering extension. But that may be overkill for just wanting to create a nice little list.

Upvotes: 1

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