Wednesday, 02 August 2006

I'm working a bit with SQL Server Reporting Services 2005 these days, and discovered a pretty funny bug. Somebody has probably found it already, but I think it is kind of funny. This is how it's reproduced:

  1. Create a new report in the report designer.
  2. Click some element, the report itself, for instance, and select Background Color: Expression in the properties window.
    bgcolor1.JPG
  3. Select "Custom", pick a color, red for instance, and double click it do put it into the expression window.
    bgcolor2.JPG
  4. Click OK and watch the report turn.... BLUE!
    bgcolor3.JPG

It looks like the hex-formatted color string is reversed when it is inserted into the expression editor window.

So where do I find the guys who wrote it, hmm. Was it out my office door, to the right and 50 meters straight ahead?

posted on Wednesday, 02 August 2006 04:27:38 (W. Europe Standard Time, UTC+01:00)  #    Comments [0]