Help with Invoice design anybody!

Hi,
This issue is driving me nuts (well.. more nuts).
Our invoices have lines which run from the top of the page to the bottom.
How would we achieve this in reporting services assuming we are using a
table to show the items on the invoice?
thanks
MattYou can apply Border to the the text boxs in the table...for line running
from top to bottom..apply solid border on left and rigth of the text box.
Also u can use expressions to manage when u want the borders to be visible ...
I hope thats what u r looking for ...
"Matt" wrote:
> Hi,
> This issue is driving me nuts (well.. more nuts).
> Our invoices have lines which run from the top of the page to the bottom.
> How would we achieve this in reporting services assuming we are using a
> table to show the items on the invoice?
> thanks
> Matt
>
>|||Hi Sunny,
thanks for the reply, actually I need the lines to run from the top of the
page to the bottom of the page - unfortunately, they stop when the rows in
the table stop.
"Sunny" <Sunny@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> You can apply Border to the the text boxs in the table...for line running
> from top to bottom..apply solid border on left and rigth of the text box.
> Also u can use expressions to manage when u want the borders to be visible
...
> I hope thats what u r looking for ...
>
> "Matt" wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This issue is driving me nuts (well.. more nuts).
> >
> > Our invoices have lines which run from the top of the page to the
bottom.
> > How would we achieve this in reporting services assuming we are using a
> > table to show the items on the invoice?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Matt
> >
> >
> >|||Greetings,
Matt wrote:
> Hi,
> This issue is driving me nuts (well.. more nuts).
> Our invoices have lines which run from the top of the page to the bottom.
> How would we achieve this in reporting services assuming we are using a
> table to show the items on the invoice?
> thanks
> Matt
I would suggest you add the line(s) as a background image to the report.
--
Regards,
Neale NOON|||I had to do this very thing for both quotes and invoices; although it's been
a while, I seem to remember I placed rectangle and vertical line elements
down the length of the page, carefully ensuring that the vertical lines
lined up with the columns of the table. For a reason I forget, I also had
to send the table to the "back" of the page, behind the rectangle and line
elements.
"Matt" <NoSpam:Matthew.Moran@.Computercorp.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi Sunny,
> thanks for the reply, actually I need the lines to run from the top of the
> page to the bottom of the page - unfortunately, they stop when the rows in
> the table stop.
> "Sunny" <Sunny@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C618BC15-C56A-47E6-82DE-6A5AB27443B1@.microsoft.com...
> > You can apply Border to the the text boxs in the table...for line
running
> > from top to bottom..apply solid border on left and rigth of the text
box.
> > Also u can use expressions to manage when u want the borders to be
visible
> ...
> > I hope thats what u r looking for ...
> >
> >
> > "Matt" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This issue is driving me nuts (well.. more nuts).
> > >
> > > Our invoices have lines which run from the top of the page to the
> bottom.
> > > How would we achieve this in reporting services assuming we are using
a
> > > table to show the items on the invoice?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > Matt
> > >
> > >
> > >
>|||Thanks Greg,
was the Table contained within the rectangle element?
"Greg Clark" <gclarkmail@.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I had to do this very thing for both quotes and invoices; although it's
been
> a while, I seem to remember I placed rectangle and vertical line elements
> down the length of the page, carefully ensuring that the vertical lines
> lined up with the columns of the table. For a reason I forget, I also had
> to send the table to the "back" of the page, behind the rectangle and line
> elements.
> "Matt" <NoSpam:Matthew.Moran@.Computercorp.com.au> wrote in message
> news:eKU060TpEHA.1668@.TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > Hi Sunny,
> >
> > thanks for the reply, actually I need the lines to run from the top of
the
> > page to the bottom of the page - unfortunately, they stop when the rows
in
> > the table stop.
> >
> > "Sunny" <Sunny@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:C618BC15-C56A-47E6-82DE-6A5AB27443B1@.microsoft.com...
> > > You can apply Border to the the text boxs in the table...for line
> running
> > > from top to bottom..apply solid border on left and rigth of the text
> box.
> > > Also u can use expressions to manage when u want the borders to be
> visible
> > ...
> > > I hope thats what u r looking for ...
> > >
> > >
> > > "Matt" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > This issue is driving me nuts (well.. more nuts).
> > > >
> > > > Our invoices have lines which run from the top of the page to the
> > bottom.
> > > > How would we achieve this in reporting services assuming we are
using
> a
> > > > table to show the items on the invoice?
> > > >
> > > > thanks
> > > >
> > > > Matt
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
>|||Thanks for the suggestion. This might work if each page was identical.
Unfortunately, the first page has additional detail including address
information etc.
Further, I guess if you needed to resise/add/remove a column you would have
to re-create the image.
"noonie" <noonie1155@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
> Matt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > This issue is driving me nuts (well.. more nuts).
> >
> > Our invoices have lines which run from the top of the page to the
bottom.
> > How would we achieve this in reporting services assuming we are using a
> > table to show the items on the invoice?
> >
> > thanks
> >
> > Matt
> I would suggest you add the line(s) as a background image to the report.
> --
> Regards,
> Neale NOON