Question

i am trying to use tabs in reporting service 2008 expression on a particular textbox.
i have tried using three tabs (& vbTab & vbTab & vbTab &) between field name and value for two fields.

=iif(Trim(Fields!Field1.Value) <>"", "FVE1:" & vbTab & vbTab & vbTab &  Fields!Field1.Value & VbCrLf,"") & iif(Trim(Fields!Field2.Value) <>"", "RV:" & vbTab & vbTab & vbTab & Fields!Field2.Value,"" )

what i am trying to aceive is some thing like this

FEV1:   3.29
RV:     0.51

But i am unable to achieve this insted it get like below

FEV1:   3.29
RV:   0.51

any help will be much appeiciated.

thanks

Answer 1

If tabs do not work, try right-aligning with non-breaking spaces Chr(160):

(Line-wrapped for legibility)

= Iif(
  Trim(Fields!Field1.Value) <> "", 
  "FVE1:" & Fields!Field1.Value.ToString().PadLeft(5, Chr(160)) & VbNewLine, 
  ""
) 
& Iif(
  Trim(Fields!Field2.Value) <> "", 
  "RV:" & Fields!Field1.Value.ToString().PadLeft(5, Chr(160)),
  ""
)