Conditional Formatting - Export

Using the web viewer control in VS 2005, is there a way to conditionally format items for export only?

For example, user runs a report which gets displayed in the viewer. The report contains small images and or decorated text for links to additional reports. If user selects pdf from the export dropdown list and clicks export, I would like hide the images in the pdf and or format the decorated text differently.

If the answer is no, is it due to the report already being in its intermediate state?

The answer to your first question is no. One way of getting close to the desired behavior is to either use different report definitions or use a report parameter to determine if images should be shown etc.

The answer to the second question is yes. When you export the report to PDF, it will just re-render the report from the already processed (and output-format independent) intermediate format.

-- Robert

Conditional fields based on export type

I need to be able to suppress the printing of a particular value when exporting, but not when displaying on a web viewer on-line. I can place an IIF() condition around the field to do this, but do not know how to obtain a parameter/value/function which would recognize that the viewer has selected an export (To .PDF for example).

I would prefer there be a direct parameter I can read from the RDL language, however recognizing the selection while setting up the viewer to be displayed in the code-behind and setting an external parameter is also an option.

Any help would be appreciated.

Jerry

Hi Jerry

I do not know if it is possible for PDF. I know you can limit what fields are exported for CSV and XML.
To do this open the properties box on the field you do not wish to export and click on the data output tab.
Then change the Output radio box from 'Auto' to 'No'

Cheers
Mark
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What I really need is the ability to disable the creation of the hyperlink when the report is exported.

I see now that the pageload method is not even fired at the time the choice to export is made. Therefore I will need to determine what program is being run upon this selection and be able to set the parameters of that program. As I see now this just may not exist.