No Custom Controls in 2003?

If i'm understanding some previous posts by Robert Bruckner, you really can't
do extensive or fancy custom controls in RS.
Is the following to fancy? I have a integer field which tracks contact
method (Email, Fax, Mail, or any combination of the 3). Depending on what
this number is, will determine if there are 5 address fields or an email
address or an fax number printed on a report. I want a control to do this. Is
such a thing possible with RS 2003?
Thanks!What you can do is to have standard controls on the report and hide or show
the control based on an expression.
Bruce Loehle-Conger
MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
"CraigZello" <CraigZello@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> If i'm understanding some previous posts by Robert Bruckner, you really
can't
> do extensive or fancy custom controls in RS.
> Is the following to fancy? I have a integer field which tracks contact
> method (Email, Fax, Mail, or any combination of the 3). Depending on what
> this number is, will determine if there are 5 address fields or an email
> address or an fax number printed on a report. I want a control to do this.
Is
> such a thing possible with RS 2003?
> Thanks!|||You can certainly do fancy custom controls - even in RS 2000. However, you
need to write your own custom rendering extension (which can be a lot of
implementation work if you want to do more than just output a simple text
file and support complex reportitems any layout).
-- Robert
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"Bruce L-C [MVP]" <bruce_lcNOSPAM@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> What you can do is to have standard controls on the report and hide or
> show
> the control based on an expression.
>
> --
> Bruce Loehle-Conger
> MVP SQL Server Reporting Services
> "CraigZello" <CraigZello@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7F8F4F7D-F50C-4C7B-9C06-36804596427D@.microsoft.com...
>> If i'm understanding some previous posts by Robert Bruckner, you really
> can't
>> do extensive or fancy custom controls in RS.
>> Is the following to fancy? I have a integer field which tracks contact
>> method (Email, Fax, Mail, or any combination of the 3). Depending on what
>> this number is, will determine if there are 5 address fields or an email
>> address or an fax number printed on a report. I want a control to do
>> this.
> Is
>> such a thing possible with RS 2003?
>> Thanks!
>