Having just discovered that linked reports do not retain any print formating applied to the original report I thought I'd check out the forum and see if it was just me having a senile moment or if Microsoft had in fact dropped a clanger of massive proportion.
After reading one or two questions from other RS users it does seem as if Microsoft have stuck again and completely diminished a useful feature by stripping it of anything, well....... useful. Well done MS, you once again have my applause for mind-boggling ineptitude of what should be impossible magnitude. Ah, you've got to laugh.
Maybe this and other bugs with RS2005 will be ironed out in Microsoft Reporting Services 2008 - The Search for More Money.
I was also disappointed that linked reports did not retain the print format from the source report. Below is a link with a couple of possible work arounds.
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1880227&SiteID=1
|||Thanks, I did come across these when I originally searched this problem on the forum but I haven't yet had chance to read or try any of them.
Using scripts and code kind of makes me feel like I've just bought a new Jag but I'm still required to delve into the engine bay and hot-wire it because the key fails to work, if you know what I mean. In any case there doesn't seem to be any alternative so I'll have to get my fingers dirty.
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