How to create unbound fields

Question

How can I create unbound fields in a report? Which means, a self-defined field, not coming from a DataSet or Object.

In VS2008, we have 2 report designers.

1). When you add a new Report (Under the category "Reporting") to your project
2). When you create a "Report Server Project" (Under the category "Business Intelligence Projects")

I think 1) comes with VS2008, and 2) comes with SQL Server 2008 BI studio. So when you save the reports, 1) will generate the RDL 2005 format, and 2) will generate the RDL 2008 format.

In the designer for 2), I can assign a query as the data source, which means I can achieve the goal of unbound fields. But in the designer for 1), I cannot create a query.

However, if I use the Report Viewer in VS2008 in Local Mode, I can only feed it with a report in RDL 2005 format, which means I cannot use the designer for 2).

So, I have to stick to designer 1). Then the question is, how can I create unbound fields in designer 1)?


Thanks

Answer 1

HI,

open rdlc in designer mode and in tool box you find text box contorl, which will suits you problem try IT.

Hope this helps U

-Raja Sekhar

Answer 2

Hi, thanks for the reply. But that's not what I asked. A textbox is used to display the value of a specified data field. But my question is how you can create a dataset in the report that has fields which do not map to any actual database table fields.