Help with an expression

The error is:
The value expression for the textbox â'BillAddressâ' contains an error:
[BC30201] Expression expected.
=If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) > 0
And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) > 0 Then
Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value + Chr (10) +
Fields!BillTo_City.value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
" " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
"ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)
> 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) > 0 Then
Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
" " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
"ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)
> 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) > 0 Then
Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
" " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
"ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value) = 0 AND
Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) > 0 Then
Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
" " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
"ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) = 0 AND
Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value)= 0 AND Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)> 0 Then
Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
" " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
"ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)= 0 AND
Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value)= 0 AND Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) > 0 Then
Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
" " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
"ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.value)= 0 AND
Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value)= 0 AND Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.value) = 0 Then
Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
"No Address Available" + Chr(10) +
"ID: " + AccountNumber
Many ThanksJeff,
I thought VB was the scripting language to be used in expressions. Why
are you concatinating with '+' operators, when you should be using '&'
operators?
thx
-jsh
"Jeff Metcalf" wrote:
> The error is:
> The value expression for the textbox â'BillAddressâ' contains an error:
> [BC30201] Expression expected.
>
> =If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) > 0
> And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) > 0 Then
> Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value + Chr (10) +
> Fields!BillTo_City.value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)
> > 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) > 0 Then
> Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)
> > 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) > 0 Then
> Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value) = 0 AND
> Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) > 0 Then
> Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
>
> Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) = 0 AND
> Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value)= 0 AND Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)> 0 Then
> Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)= 0 AND
> Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value)= 0 AND Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) > 0 Then
> Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value + Chr(10) +
> Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.value)= 0 AND
> Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value)= 0 AND Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.value) = 0 Then
> Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> "No Address Available" + Chr(10) +
> "ID: " + AccountNumber
> Many Thanks|||Beats me...I'm just trying to get it to work. The '+' operator works for
for concatinating in other SRS reports and in SQL. I'm not a VB or .Net
programmer, so I have no idea if it's right or not, lol.
"jsh02_nova@.hotmail.com" wrote:
> Jeff,
> I thought VB was the scripting language to be used in expressions. Why
> are you concatinating with '+' operators, when you should be using '&'
> operators?
> thx
> -jsh
> "Jeff Metcalf" wrote:
> > The error is:
> >
> > The value expression for the textbox â'BillAddressâ' contains an error:
> > [BC30201] Expression expected.
> >
> >
> > =If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) > 0
> > And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) > 0 Then
> > Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value + Chr (10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_City.value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> > " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> > "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> >
> > Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)
> > > 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) > 0 Then
> > Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> > " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> > "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> >
> > Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)
> > > 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) > 0 Then
> > Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> > " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> > "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> >
> > Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value) = 0 AND
> > Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value)= 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) > 0 Then
> > Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> > " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> > "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> >
> >
> > Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) = 0 AND
> > Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value)= 0 AND Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)> 0 Then
> > Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> > " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> > "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> >
> > Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)= 0 AND
> > Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value)= 0 AND Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) > 0 Then
> > Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value + Chr(10) +
> > Fields!BillTo_City.Value + ", " + Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value +
> > " " + Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
> > "ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value
> >
> > Else If Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.value)= 0 AND
> > Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value)= 0 AND Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.value) = 0 Then
> > Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
> > "No Address Available" + Chr(10) +
> > "ID: " + AccountNumber
> >
> > Many Thanks|||I'm not sure if this is what's causing the problem but SRS uses an
"inline if" -IIF- instead of IF THEN ELSE.
The syntax is =IIF(test expression,true action, false action).
Using your expression from above it would be something like this:
=IIf( Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value)= 0 And
Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value) > 0
And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) > 0 ,
Fields!AcctName.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value + Chr(10) +
Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value + Chr (10) +
Fields!BillTo_City.value + ", " +
Fields!BillTo_StateOrProvince.Value + " " +
Fields!BillTo_PostalCode.Value + Chr(10) +
"ID: " + Fields!AccountNumber.Value ,
IIF( Len(Fields!BillTo_Line2.Value)= 0 And
Len(Fields!BillTo_Line1.Value) > 0 And Len(Fields!BillTo_Line3.Value) >
0 , and so on
Nested IIFs can get really ugly. If I were you and if it's possible
I'd do as much as you can with case statements in SQL.
Good luck