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Unexpected behavior difference between IReportContext.setGlobalVariable/setPageVariable [message #830951]

Wed, 28 March 2012 09:04

Alexey Romanov

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Registered: May 2010

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When trying to set a non-existent variable, setGlobalVariable adds it (as I expected), while setPageVariable silently ignores. Is this really desired behavior?

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Re: Unexpected behavior difference between IReportContext.setGlobalVariable/setPageVariable [message #832180 is a reply to message #830951]

Thu, 29 March 2012 21:45

Jason Weathersby

Messages: 9167
Registered: July 2009

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Alexey,

I believe this is because page variables are added graphically in the
Data Explorer view and this is the designed behavior.

Jason

On 3/28/2012 5:04 AM, Alexey Romanov wrote:
> When trying to set a non-existent variable, setGlobalVariable adds it
> (as I expected), while setPageVariable silently ignores. Is this really
> desired behavior?

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