On Apr 22, 12:40 am, "Andrus" <kobrule...@hot.ee> wrote:
> I have 3 textboxes in report:
>
> 111111 222222 333333
>
> If second textbox visibility hidden expression evaluates to true,
> ReportViewer shows
> third textbox immediately after first like
>
> 111111 333333
>
> I need that empty space if preserved if textbox is hidden::
>
> 111111 333333
>
> How to preserve space without adding other elements to report ?
>
> Andrus.

> Instead of setting the visibility hidden expression, can you set the
> contents of the textbox instead?
>
> E.g. =Iif(hiddenExpression, "", "what I want to display")

On Apr 23, 7:15 am, "Andrus" <kobrule...@hot.ee> wrote:
> > Instead of setting the visibility hidden expression, can you set the
> > contents of the textbox instead?
>
> > E.g. =Iif(hiddenExpression, "", "what I want to display")
>
> Thank you.
> Some my texts are labels, some expressions.
> Hidden expressions are complicated.
>
> So it is a lot of work to change labels to expressions, change existing
> expressions and remove hidden expressions.
>
> Is'nt there a better solution like specifying absolute left position ?
>
> Andrus.

> Actually, you could try this:
>
> If you have your textboxes like this:
>
> 1111 2222 3333
>
> You could try putting them in rectangles to preserve the positioning?
>
> For example, put 1111 and 3333 in a rectangle (leaving a gap), then
> position 2222 in between 1111 and 3333 but not inside the rectangle.