How to create indented, outline formatted report

Anyone thought of a clever way to create a proper outline format - for
example using the results from a recursive hierarchy via the Level function?
The recommended approach seems to be to use the left pad textbox attribute,
setting it to a formula based on the indentation level desired (e.g., =5 +
(Level * 10) & "Pt"). This sort of works, but all it does is make the
starting char move over to the right in a fixed position text box. If the
text is almost as long as the text box, it will wrap - unless you make the
text box (table control column) very wide (or merged with other cols), which
is not feasible if you have other table colums to its right.
The right way to do it would be to shift the position of the text box itself
to the right, but text box posn can not controlled by a formula. This seems
to be true even if the text box is in a list control.
Has anyone figured out a good way to do this?On Oct 12, 7:05 pm, isaksp00 <isaks...@.discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Anyone thought of a clever way to create a proper outline format - for
> example using the results from a recursive hierarchy via the Level function?
> The recommended approach seems to be to use the left pad textbox attribute,
> setting it to a formula based on the indentation level desired (e.g., =5 +
> (Level * 10) & "Pt"). This sort of works, but all it does is make the
> starting char move over to the right in a fixed position text box. If the
> text is almost as long as the text box, it will wrap - unless you make the
> text box (table control column) very wide (or merged with other cols), which
> is not feasible if you have other table colums to its right.
> The right way to do it would be to shift the position of the text box itself
> to the right, but text box posn can not controlled by a formula. This seems
> to be true even if the text box is in a list control.
> Has anyone figured out a good way to do this?
One way to do it (albeit a lot of work) could be to programmatically
create the RDL file. That way you can control the text box width on
the fly. Sorry that I could not be of greater assistance.
Regards,
Enrique Martinez
Sr. Software Consultant|||Thanks for the reply. I have all but concluded that what I want to do (which
seems like something that is not at all uncommon) just isn't supported by RS.|||On Oct 13, 8:28 am, isaksp00 <isaks...@.discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:
> Thanks for the reply. I have all but concluded that what I want to do (which
> seems like something that is not at all uncommon) just isn't supported by RS.
You're welcome. Another small thing that might control the table size
and expansion w/the option you mentioned is to put the table(s) in a
rectangle control. Here's an MSDN link to the option I mentioned
previously.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms170667.aspx
Regards,
Enrique Martinez
Sr. Software Consultant