"Support Mechanic" wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> This message appears to be related to a problem I have with date formats,
> however the solution given only makes the report display in one format or
> another. My problem is that I have users all over the world that want to
> display the same report. I would like to have the same report display for
> them all without having to specify one language over another and have it
> automatically handled by Reporting Services. Does anyone know of a way to do
> this? or am I stuck creating multiple reports, one for standard date format
> and the other for each different format?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> "Charles Kangai" wrote:
>
> > There is no need to change the Language property of every field. Just change
> > it for the report. The Language property of the report takes effect unless
> > you change it at textbox level. Textbox setting overrides Report setting.
> >
> > You are obviously aware of the Microsoft Office language setting in Tools,
> > Options. Have you tried using it and seeing whether new reports automatically
> > take the language that is set in Microsoft office? I am also in the UK, but
> > unfortunately have the US language installed as I am working for a US company.
> >
> > Failing that, use the Report language property and not have to change it for
> > each textbox.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Charles Kangai, MCT, MCDBA
> >
> > "Dave Phillimore" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I'm using the product in the UK so the international settings are important.
> > > On the Tools, Options route I only get the choice of 'English (United States)
> > > or 'Same as Microsoft Office (Language Neutral)'. I'm not sure if this is
> > > because I'm an MSDN subscriber or not.
> > >
> > > I'm not keen on having to manually change the properties in every field on a
> > > report so I can get dates, currencies etc in the right format. Is there a way
> > > of using the machine regional settings as is done by most other products?
> > >
> > > If this is just a problem because I'm using an MSDN version then I'll have
> > > to bite the bullet and get rid of my MSDN developer subscription.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Dave
> > >
> > > "Charles Kangai" wrote:
> > >
> > > > There is a language property for the report and a textbox. You can for
> > > > example select English (United Kingdom), and the date will display as
> > > > dd/mm/yy. There is also an International Settings option in Tools,Options of
> > > > the development enviromnent.
> > > >
> > > > The report property setting overrides the global setting, and the textbox
> > > > property overrides the report property.
> > > >
> > > > The language property can also be left as Default on the report or textbox.
> > > > If left as Default, the more global settings takes effect.
> > > >
> > > > Finally, you can use custom expressions such as
> > > > =Format(Fields!MyDateField.Value, "dd/MMM/yy")
> > > >
> > > > HTH
> > > >
> > > > Charles Kangai, MCT, MCDBA
> > > >
> > > > "Rudi Groenewald" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > In our whole system (Sql server, forms applications etc) I have configured
> > > > > our date formats to be dd/mm/yyyy, as this is the easiest for my users. My
> > > > > problem is that Reporting services only respond to the format mm/dd/yyyy
> > > > > ..... How can I configure reporting services to only use the format
> > > > > dd/mm/yyyy?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks alot in advance
> > > > >
> > > > > R
> > > > >
> > > > >