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I am just getting familiar with report services and making a report with Business Intelligence. I think you can do the same with Report Builder 2.0 – if someone would comment I will update the post. I wanted to add a mailto: link with a subject. You are allowed in expressions, to use any .net function you want, but there is a way to do this.<\/p>\n

Not every dll is included by default, and what I wanted to use was the System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode()<\/a> function. Here is the magic that makes it work:link<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In short, if you are a programmer you would normall put an Imports System.HttpUtilty at the top and then use the function with HttpUtility.UrlEncode()<\/p>\n

If you do this, the Intellisense (when the code completes the strings for you) will kick in. This is how you know if it is working.<\/p>\n

Basic Steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Click menu Report->Report Properties\n
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    1. what? no report menu? Ok – right mouse click in the area just outside the tablix and choose Report Properties<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    2. Click References on the Left, then Add at the top and the … button to get a list<\/li>\n
    3. Scroll down and include System.Web, click OK, then OK again<\/li>\n
    4. Put a place holder in any cell by R-Click->Create Placeholder<\/li>\n
    5. Click, THEN Right Mouse click on the placeholder and choose Placeholder Properties\n
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      1. General Tab fill in the name, the text to show (might be an expression of =”my text here” and tooltip<\/li>\n
      2. Action Tab: Choose “Goto URL” and fill the function listed below<\/li>\n
      3. Format your text<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      4. Click OK twice<\/li>\n
      5. Click Build-Build Project_Name to see if it worked<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
        \r\n\r\n="mailto:me@mycompany.com?subject=" & System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode("Topic:" & Fields!Topics_ID.Value & " " & Fields!TopicText.Value).ToString.Replace("+"," ") & "&body=" & System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlEncode("Q: " & Fields!Topics_ID.Value & "." & Fields!Questions_ID.Value & " " & Fields!QuestionText.Value & vbCrLf & vbCrLf).ToString.Replace("+"," ")\r\n\r\n<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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