Calculating sum of 2 textboxes on report

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Calculating sum of 2 textboxes on report

Zeetec

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April 7, 2009 at 6:03 am

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Hi,
I have 2 textboxes on my report (for example textbox1 and textbox2.)
Both textboxes are using IIF statements to return a sum of values and the number is displayed as the result in these 2 textboxes.
Now I have a 3rd textbox called textbox3.
I want to do a sum of textbox1 + textbox2 and display the result in textbox 3.
So textbox 3's expression will look something like this:-
Sum((textbox1.Value)+(textbox2.Value))
How can I do this?

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Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 1

You need to use the ReportItems collection like this:

=ReportItems.textbox1.Value + ReportItems.textbox2.Value

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Zeetec SSC Eights! Points: 844 More actions · Answer 2

I am getting an error with that:-

The value expression for the textbox3 contains an error[BC30456] "textbox1" is not a member of Microsoft.ReportingServices.ReportProcessing.ReportObjectModel.ReportItems

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 3

Then your textbox is not named textbox1. Check to see what it is named.

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Zeetec SSC Eights! Points: 844 More actions · Answer 4

I have re-named them but it's coming up with the exact same error message. Just with the names changed.

My first textbox is now called 'self1'. The second one is called 'self2'.

the third one displaying the result is called 'result'.

I noticed after my textbox name in my expression 'value' was not an option in the drop down list brought up by intellisense.

This is my expression:-

=ReportItems.self1.Value + ReportItems.self2.Value

There is a red line under the first ReportItems saying wrong number of arguments

Jack Corbett SSC Guru Points: 184394 More actions · Answer 5

Sorry, my bad. It's not:

=ReportItems.textbox1.Value + ReportItems.textbox2.Value

it is:

=ReportItems!textbox1.Value + ReportItems!textbox2.Value

Replace the period after ReportItems with an "!". I always do that:w00t:

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Zeetec SSC Eights! Points: 844 More actions · Answer 6

That worked, thanks for all your help with this.

parkerbeck88 SSC Journeyman Points: 83 More actions · Answer 7

Thank you gentlemen for the question and answer, but damn you Google!

I, along with who knows who else, grabbed the first (and wrong) answer only to be flabbergasted just like OP, and had to come back and read the rest of the thread.