On 3/30/11 3:41 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > On 3/30/11 11:15 AM, Nate Lowrie wrote: >> Second, I would like to add TestExpression properties to the Image and >> String components. These would be substitute values used in the >> designer display and on a test report in place of the actual >> expression. Or better would be a generic tag that you could specify >> property name and value to override for display and testing. I just ran >> into an issue where I am displaying and address and the y value of the >> city, state, and zip line is dynamically dependent on whether the 2nd >> address line is blank. It works fine but the designer doesn't know >> where to display it on screen. It would be great if I could specify a >> static value for test form/designer display purposes. > While I've experienced the same classes of problems as you, I'm not convinced > that > adding properties to rfxml is needed. The ReportDesigner is simply lacking in > basic > smarts about how to position things sanely when the expressions don't > evaluate at > design-time. How would you approach the positioning problem? Another approach would be have a construct similar to the TestCursor construct that would all attributes of the reportwriter object to be given static value assignments. > But I'm open to you fleshing out your ideas and seeing patches... I'll take an initial first stab at it sometime within the next few weeks.
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