[quoted text, click to view] Jadranka wrote:
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> I've tried putting the text boxes into a rectangle, even a list, but
> to no avail. I can't really see any pattern to the problem...the two
> copies of the report are returning exactly the same data, but the
> company name text boxes randomly disappear.
>
> Can anyone shed some light on this problem? Is it a bug?
>
> Thanks in advance.
The "export engines" as they are often called are black boxes and yes,
I think you are seeing evidence that the PDF export engine has defects.
I have "solved" similar problems through hours of fiddling redesign.
The PDF engine has problems with the widths of things, with things next
to each other horizontally, and don't ever overlap ReportItems by so
much as a single twip or you'll regret it.
Interesting that for you also there is no obvious consistent pattern to
what works and what does not, my experience precisely.
I have moaned and groaned about these issues for a week or two without
getting any meaningful answers from Microsoft support, sometimes
without getting any answers at all.
One hopes that SP2 will address these genuine showstopper issues. It's
one thing for members of an IT organization to put up with a
not-done-yet product like Microsoft SQL Reporting Services, quite
another for business users: they WON'T put up with it. They won't buy
solutions based on it. They will renege on deals already made because
of it. They are uninterested in WHY I can't do for them what needs
doing in a way that is useful to them, all they care about is that I
didn't do it as I said I would.
Under the gun but smiling, smiling, I am
