Control Source Type Property (Report)

Specify the type of data source that will provide data for the control.

Applies to

Label (Report)

Description

The type of data source from which the control gets its value. This can be one of the following:

Setting Description
Database Column
(default)
The control value will come from a column within a database table.
Code Expression The control value will be derived from an expression specific to the particular programming language being used. This could be a function that returns a value, a pre-existing variable or any other valid language construct that will evaluate to a definite value.
Special Value The control value should be one of the following: RowNumber, PageNumber, CurrentDate, CurrentDateTime, CurrentTime.
Use Control Source property to specify exact value

See Also

Control Source property, Data Source property, Using Special Values example