Example 2. Ask for a text from the user

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In this example, we will create a dialogue, which will be asking for an arbitrary text from the user and later print the entered value in the report.

 

Create a new report and add a dialogue into it. On the dialogue, place LabelControl and TextBoxControl controls:

 

dialogExample2

 

In the given case, the value we have entered is contained in the "Text" property of the TextBoxControl. In order to print this value in the report, add a new "Text" object on the "Report Title" band and write the following in it:

 

You have entered: [TextBox1.Text]

 

where TextBox1 is a name of the TextBoxControl control.