Re: Report label caption expression

Author: Joe Yoder

Posted: 2016-08-24 at 21:22:47

I thought I had found a way to do it in a label field but maybe I just gave

up and used a textbox. Is that what you are suggesting?

Joe

On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 9:58 PM, Fred Taylor <fbtaylor@gmail.com> wrote:

> Be sure your putting it into a text field not a label.

>

> Fred

>

> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 6:14 PM, Joe Yoder <joe@wheypower.com> wrote:

>

> > I want the header on a report to display the year from a variable along

> > with some text. When I set the value to "str(m.Year) + 'Auto Mileage

> > Report'" that string is displayed rather than "2015 Auto Mileage Report."

> >

> > I think I solved this years ago with the use of a special character or

> > syntax but I can't remember what it was.

> >

> > Thanks in advance for any help,

> >

> > Joe

> >

> >

> > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---

> > multipart/alternative

> > text/plain (text body -- kept)

> > text/html

> > ---

> >

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