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Updated Add Formatting Options (markdown)

ericpfeifer-izenda committed 2015-10-23 14:52:18 -0400 commit dc96e1e341c388e37b709eaf7a0d486d399b83ef

				FAQ/Questions/Add-Formatting-Options.md
			
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           Here we will show you how to easily add a new formatting option to the "Formats" dropdown menu on the Fields tab of the Report Designer. These should be handled in your ``InitializeReporting()`` method in your global.asax.

          +##Exporting to Excel

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          +Excel uses internal formatting and attempts to 'guess' what the proper format for a value should be. This means that sometimes, Excel guesses incorrectly and while the correct value might be exported to Excel, the format will be wrong - for example, .623 instead of 62.3%. In this case, it is necessary to specify the data type group exactly using the full constructor to specify data type:

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          +`AdHocSettings.Formats.Add("{0:P2}", new SimpleFormat("Percent", "{0:P2}", new SqlTypeGroup[] { SqlTypeGroup.Numeric, SqlTypeGroup.Money, SqlTypeGroup.Real }));`

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           ##Example 1 - Bold

           In this example, we will quickly add a new format option to the list called "Bold". New formats added this way will be available for every type of data and will not override the existing built-in formats for each type of data. The symbol {0} acts as a token to represent the data that is returned by the query.

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7	7	Here we will show you how to easily add a new formatting option to the "Formats" dropdown menu on the Fields tab of the Report Designer. These should be handled in your ``InitializeReporting()`` method in your global.asax.
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	9	+##Exporting to Excel
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	11	+Excel uses internal formatting and attempts to 'guess' what the proper format for a value should be. This means that sometimes, Excel guesses incorrectly and while the correct value might be exported to Excel, the format will be wrong - for example, .623 instead of 62.3%. In this case, it is necessary to specify the data type group exactly using the full constructor to specify data type:
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	13	+`AdHocSettings.Formats.Add("{0:P2}", new SimpleFormat("Percent", "{0:P2}", new SqlTypeGroup[] { SqlTypeGroup.Numeric, SqlTypeGroup.Money, SqlTypeGroup.Real }));`
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9	15	##Example 1 - Bold
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11	17	In this example, we will quickly add a new format option to the list called "Bold". New formats added this way will be available for every type of data and will not override the existing built-in formats for each type of data. The symbol {0} acts as a token to represent the data that is returned by the query.