format number in ssrs report

Question

argh!

Can\'t stand it that i can\'t figure it out myself....

i\'ve used this in the formatting of a number in my report:

\'€\' #,0.00;(\'€\' #,0.         


        

Answer 1

You can find the definition of the comma and period dynamic behavior here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0c899ak8.aspx

I think the best way to reliably get what you want is to hard code a locale into the expression for this field.

= (new Decimal(11123.55)).ToString("€#,0.00;(€#,0.00)",
        new System.Globalization.CultureInfo("es-ES"))

This will always use the comma as decimal, and period as millions, thousands &c.

There are ways to be more dynamic and always return in the clients local set format, that would usually be preferable.