Can a TextBox Height and Width be set dynamically?

SSRS 2005
I have a custom code assembly which I am using to control my textbox font
settings at run time. That works fine.
However I would also like to set the Location Left and Top and Size Width
and Height properties of my textboxes using functions in my custom code
assembly.
However no matter what I try I get this error message:
====================================== Property value is not valid.
=...[my function name]...cannot be parsed as a unit because it does not
contain numeric values. Examples of valid unit strings are "1pt" and ".5in".
======================================
I tried returning a string as indicated, a double value, etc. Nothing works.
Is this just a case where these properties cannot be set dynamically? That
seems to be the indication in this old forum post:
10/15/2004
"Text Box... Width"
"The height and width of a textbox are fixed at design time and cannot use
the database table schema to set them at runtime."
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Chris, SSSITry this, have a parameter point to the code call.
=@.ParameterName
=-Chris
"Chris G." <ChrisG@.nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> SSRS 2005
> I have a custom code assembly which I am using to control my textbox font
> settings at run time. That works fine.
> However I would also like to set the Location Left and Top and Size Width
> and Height properties of my textboxes using functions in my custom code
> assembly.
> However no matter what I try I get this error message:
> ======================================> Property value is not valid.
> =...[my function name]...cannot be parsed as a unit because it does not
> contain numeric values. Examples of valid unit strings are "1pt" and
> ".5in".
> ======================================> I tried returning a string as indicated, a double value, etc. Nothing
> works.
> Is this just a case where these properties cannot be set dynamically? That
> seems to be the indication in this old forum post:
> 10/15/2004
> "Text Box... Width"
> "The height and width of a textbox are fixed at design time and cannot use
> the database table schema to set them at runtime."
> --
> Chris, SSSI|||Hi ,
How is everything going? Please feel free to let me know if you need any
assistance.
Sincerely,
Wei Lu
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I do not understand Chris Connor's suggestion.
Can you clarify what he is suggesting that I do?
What does the =@.Parameter syntax signify?
Is he suggesting that I can call my custom code assmebly function this way,
or is he saying to assign values to TextBox Height and Width using report
parameters instead?
Please read my original post and provide whatever information you can.
Thanks!
-- Chris
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Chris, SSSI
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> How is everything going? Please feel free to let me know if you need any
> assistance.
> Sincerely,
> Wei Lu
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I have posted a reply in your post "Can I obtain a reference to a report
item?" and hope that will be helpful.
Sincerely,
Wei Lu
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This was my question in my prior reply, but you did not answer it:
"What does the =@.Parameter syntax signify?"
Can you please answer that question?
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Chris, SSSI
"Wei Lu [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> I have posted a reply in your post "Can I obtain a reference to a report
> item?" and hope that will be helpful.
> Sincerely,
> Wei Lu
> Microsoft Online Community Support
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>|||Hello Chris,
I am not sure about what does Chris Conner means but I assume he just
suggest to you to pass the Report Parameter to your code to check whether
you could modify the textbox layout.
But from your scenario, it seems could not been implement. So I replied and
would like to know whether you feel it helpful.
Sincerely,
Wei Lu
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Did you confirm that Chris Connor's suggestion works?
It seems to me that textbox height and width must be hard coded at design
time with a static value and that they can not be set programatically (either
using a custom assembly or a report parameter) at run time. This seems to be
a limitation in the product. Can you please confirm that this is a limitation
in the product?
Or do you have a way to accomplish this dynamic behavior?
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Chris, SSSI
"Wei Lu [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hello Chris,
> I am not sure about what does Chris Conner means but I assume he just
> suggest to you to pass the Report Parameter to your code to check whether
> you could modify the textbox layout.
> But from your scenario, it seems could not been implement. So I replied and
> would like to know whether you feel it helpful.
> Sincerely,
> Wei Lu
> Microsoft Online Community Support
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>|||Hello Chris,
Based on my research, since the Height and Width is readonly, you could not
set the value.
My suggestion is to use the XML web services.
You need to generate the RDL file by your self.
Sincerely,
Wei Lu
Microsoft Online Community Support
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I understand what you are saying. Thank you for the reply.
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Chris, SSSI
"Wei Lu [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hello Chris,
> Based on my research, since the Height and Width is readonly, you could not
> set the value.
> My suggestion is to use the XML web services.
> You need to generate the RDL file by your self.
> Sincerely,
> Wei Lu
> Microsoft Online Community Support
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