Format Data
This document demonstrates how to specify value formatting for report elements (for instance, format numeric values as a currency or apply a percent format).
Warning
Use the approach below if expression bindings are not enabled in the Report Designer (the Designer does not provide the Expressions panel).
See Format Data if expression bindings are enabled in the Report Designer (the Designer provides the Expressions panel).
After you bound your report to data and specified a bound data field in a report control's Data Binding property, you can format data values in a report.
Expand the Actions category and click the Text Format String property's ellipsis button.
This invokes the Format String Editor where you can specify the required format.
When switching to Print Preview, you can view the report control displaying values with the specified format.