Expressions are a crucial part of Stimulsoft Reports - without them, it would not be possible to produce any reports at all. An expression is a combination of one or more of the following:

 

Text;

Mathematical and Logical operators;

Constants;

Functions;

Field names;

Controls;

Properties.

 

Stimulsoft Reports processes the expressions defined in a report to calculate the value to be displayed or printed for each one. This value is saved and can be used in further calculations when generating the report output.

 

The most common expressions used in the report generator are text expressions. These expressions are used to define any text displayed or printed in the report that is not the subject of any calculation, such as a text heading. Text expressions are always converted into strings.