Multi-Column Reports - ReportViewer Reports

Multi-Column layouts allow you to design reports so that the data flows down adjacent columns instead of straight down each page.
Creating multi-column reports is simple using Microsoft Reportviewer reports and Microsoft Visual Studio 2008


Creating a multiple-column ReportViewer Report.
In this example we are going to create a mailing label report with three columns containing multiple rows of address details.

1. Open the report that you wish to format with multiple columns. Open the properties tab

IMAGE: Properties Tab.

2. Under the Layout options set the number of ‘Columns’, Column Spacing and Column Size. Your report design should now appear with multiple columns as follows.

Image:Multicolumn Report
3. Add a repeating region to the design.In this example a List is used. Add bound Textboxes into the list as follows.

Adding Bound Textboxes

Image: Insert bound Textboxes

3. Adjust the column spacing and page margins according to the label printer settings and paper size.

Image :Complete Mail Label Report



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One Response to “Multi-Column Reports - ReportViewer Reports”

  1. Chris Dalla Piazza Says:

    Do you know how to get the report to create the labels left to right and then top to bottom? The default seems to be to create the labels top to bottom in column 1 and then fill in column 2 top to bottom.

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