Autofill

Hi, Is there any way to copy functions from one textbox to another with auto
fill? There are cases which the programmer spends enormous time over formulas
just to change textbox names into the same formulas.>>There are cases which the programmer spends enormous time over formulas
just to change textbox names into the same formulas.
View the RDL as code (XML) and do a Find and Replace?
>L<
"Kostas Bourikas" <KostasBourikas@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:0B5E6D85-36BF-4E2C-994B-B5C49487A44A@.microsoft.com...
> Hi, Is there any way to copy functions from one textbox to another with
> auto
> fill? There are cases which the programmer spends enormous time over
> formulas
> just to change textbox names into the same formulas.|||Thank you but this still doesn't solve my problem...
What is the difference between imputing textbox values into visual studio or
the same into xml code (find/replace)... The effort is still remains the
same.
Microsoft should seriously consider an autofill (excel-like) option, in
future updates.
Actually surprises me that they haven't released a patch for this issue
yet... Iâ'm representing a huge amount of programmers that share my opinion.
"Lisa Slater Nicholls" wrote:
> >>There are cases which the programmer spends enormous time over formulas
> just to change textbox names into the same formulas.
> View the RDL as code (XML) and do a Find and Replace?
> >L<
> "Kostas Bourikas" <KostasBourikas@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:0B5E6D85-36BF-4E2C-994B-B5C49487A44A@.microsoft.com...
> > Hi, Is there any way to copy functions from one textbox to another with
> > auto
> > fill? There are cases which the programmer spends enormous time over
> > formulas
> > just to change textbox names into the same formulas.
>|||>>
> What is the difference between imputing textbox values into visual studio
> or
> the same into xml code (find/replace)... The effort is still remains the
> same.
<<
The effort is *not* the same because you can do a Replace All in
the XML, whereas you have to do the textboxes one at a time <shrug>.
You may not want to do this but you asked me what the difference is, so
that's what it is. Look: I was trying to help you. If you don't like the
idea, that's okay.
>> Iâ'm representing a huge amount of programmers that share my opinion.
That's nice. Maybe somebody else reading the thread will like my
suggestion, then ! <s>
FWIW... I have been writing a design-time utility for the Report
Designer. It's nothing very fancy. It's just what I do instead of waiting
for Microsoft to do something.
The premise of my utility is different from what you need, but could
potentially
be extended to what you are asking for. Again, not very fancily, and
probably
*not* to everybody's satisfaction.
Here's my point:
In writing this, and in writing other utilities for reporting environments,
I
have learned that it's quite difficult to do this type of thing and meet
everybody's expectations. In your particular case, the utility would have
to be very specific about what it decided to change (especially in custom
expressions) so that it worked in all cases without harming anybody's
report in a way that they might not realize until after they had saved the
changes. This is likely the reason why MS would have hesitated to do it at
this stage in the product's life.
I don't, personally, believe this is a "bug" requiring a "patch".
It is an underimplementation, certainly. I see lots of those in this
product.
But this particular underimplementation, no matter how much it bothers you,
should not be addressed without a great deal of thought IMHO, so it will
likely take some time to do correctly. I would hope that is of concern to
you --
because a botched implementation would make you a lot unhappier than
you are right now <s>.
Please don't shoot the messenger. And please realize that I am representing
*nobody* and asserting *nothing* about what body of programmers share my
opinions. This is just what I think.
>L<
"Kostas Bourikas" <KostasBourikas@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:00725C4D-A1E6-44DC-B5E7-8DA741918B96@.microsoft.com...
> Thank you but this still doesn't solve my problem...
> What is the difference between imputing textbox values into visual studio
> or
> the same into xml code (find/replace)... The effort is still remains the
> same.
> Microsoft should seriously consider an autofill (excel-like) option, in
> future updates.
> Actually surprises me that they haven't released a patch for this issue
> yet... Iâ'm representing a huge amount of programmers that share my
> opinion.
>
> "Lisa Slater Nicholls" wrote:
>> >>There are cases which the programmer spends enormous time over formulas
>> just to change textbox names into the same formulas.
>> View the RDL as code (XML) and do a Find and Replace?
>> >L<
>> "Kostas Bourikas" <KostasBourikas@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:0B5E6D85-36BF-4E2C-994B-B5C49487A44A@.microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, Is there any way to copy functions from one textbox to another with
>> > auto
>> > fill? There are cases which the programmer spends enormous time over
>> > formulas
>> > just to change textbox names into the same formulas.
>>