[RESOLVED] VS 2005 CR11 ParameterFields.

[maps]

I would like to send my dates(startDate,endDate) to CR from VB.NET but i am getting a problem with showing the report after creating the parameterfileds.

I Add a New Parameter dteStart(no prompting text,type string ).

Ok. from my form i try to pass values to it like this.

rdReport.ParameterFields.Item(1).CurrentValues.Clear()
rdReport.ParameterFields.Item(1).CurrentValues.AddValue(Me.dteStart.txt)

At first i thought it was the way i was passing values to it that kept it prompting me to enter the values,but when i comment the above code, it still prompts me.

What i need to know is the way am creating parameterFields the right way!!
Any Help.

[kleinma]

try

rdReport.SetParameterValue("paramnamehere",Me.dteStart.txt)

however is the param itself a date field in CR or text? you may need to cast your text as a date if its a date field (or CR may do it for you.. I can't remember)

[King_George]

try

rdReport.SetParameterValue("paramnamehere",Me.dteStart.txt)

however is the param itself a date field in CR or text? you may need to cast your text as a date if its a date field (or CR may do it for you.. I can't remember)

CR datatypes are explicit. It wants exactly what it expects. I'd cast a date as a string and make the parameter a string type if it's not used for anything just to keep it simple.

[maps]

It pops up a dialogbox telling me to enter a value for the parameter dteStart.
let the value be a simple text.

[King_George]

It pops up a dialogbox telling me to enter a value for the parameter dteStart.
let the value be a simple text.

OK then. How about trying:

rdReport.ParameterFields.GetItemByName("PARAM_NAME").AddCurrentValue cstr(dteStart.txt)

Thats the method I use, but I haven't looked at version XI yet.

HTH

[maps]

Ohhh Sorry, i think i mis-informed you. I think i am looking at passing a value to an unbound text field on CR.
The problem VS 2005 comes with CR 10, but since i have CR XI, i create my reports out of VS IDE and just add them to my project. Unlike in the CR Designer, in the IDE "unbound Fields" group is present.so from there i can drag an unbound string and drop it to my Report.

so now i am looking for a way of passing a value to an unbound field from a textbox on my form.
Any Idea?

[maps]

Resoolved. Thanks