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How It Works<br />

Chapter 17: Reporting for Duty, Sir! A Look At Reporting Services<br />

Under the covers, there is what is called Report Definition Language — or RDL. RDL is actually an XML<br />

implementation. As we make our changes, the RDL is changed behind the scenes so the report generator<br />

will know what to do.<br />

To see what the RDL looks like, right-click the report in the Solution Explorer and choose View Code. It’s<br />

wordy stuff, but here’s an excerpt from one of the fields we just edited in our report:<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

true<br />

true<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

=FormatDateTime(Fields!OrderDate.Value)<br />

<br />

Tahoma<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Right<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

OrderDate<br />

<br />

<br />

LightGrey<br />

Solid<br />

<br />

2pt<br />

2pt<br />

2pt<br />

2pt<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Were you to become an expert, you could, if desired, edit the RDL directly.<br />

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