Display the Current Date and Time in a Report

This tutorial demonstrates how to insert the current system date and time into a report using the PageInfo control.

Do the following to include information about the current date and time into a report:

1. The current date and time are usually displayed in the Report Header band. To add it to the report, click Insert Report Header Band in the context menu.

   

2. Drop the PageInfo control from the Toolbox onto the Report Header band.

   

3. Set the control's Page Information property to Current Date and Time.

   

4. To apply a format string to the control's contents, type Created at {0:h:mm tt dd MMMM yyyy} into its Text Format String property.