Question

In Reportings Serivces 2005..I have a matrix control with a the below expression in one of the cells. The problem is that all these lines are running together when viewed from the report viewer. It does, however, export in the correct format (pdf, excel). This is a little issue but its drving me nuts. I use the same technique on other reports and they display as expected.

Expression:

=Fields!FullName.Value + " (" + Fields!Id.Value.ToString() + ") "
+ chr(10) + chr(13) 
+ "dob " + Format(Fields!DateOfBirth.Value, "MM/dd/yyyy")
+ chr(10) + chr(13) 
+ "Days Enrolled: " + Fields!OriginalDaysEnrolled.Value.ToString()
+ chr(10) + chr(13) 
+ "45 Day: " + Fields!ItemStringFor45Day.Value
+ chr(10) + chr(13) 
+ "90 Day: " + Fields!NinetyDay.Value.ToString()
+ chr(10) + chr(13) 
+ "Current: " + Fields!CurrentDescription.Value
+ chr(10) + chr(13) 
+ "Open Follow Ups: " + Fields!FollowUpCount.Value.ToString()

Web Appearance (IE7, haven’t checked others)

Doe, Johnny (123456) dob 03/30/2009 Days Enrolled: 98 45 Day: V H Deca Dev 90 Day: 18 Month Current: 18 Month Open Follow Ups: 1

Exported Appearance (as expected and as Web should look)

Doe, Johnny (123456)

dob 03/30/2009

Days Enrolled: 98

45 Day: V H Deca Dev

90 Day: 18 Month

Current: 18 Month

Open Follow Ups: 1

Answer 1

I figured this out after checking a report that was working correctly (for the fifth time)…it’s simple.

I used:

+ chr(10) + chr(13)  

but I should have used:

+ chr(13) + chr(10)  

I feel silly for overlooking it for so long, but I guess it never popped out at me.