>i have cvl as variable in my report,
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>[pre] IIF(dtrupcode="VL",1,0) [/pre]
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>it works fine if i put a text box and write in expression "cvl".
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>if i want to only print the cvl when cvl>0 i do,
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>[pre]
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>IIF(cvl>0,cvl,0)
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>[/pre]
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>but say cvl=4, i want it to display "VL: 4" so i do it like this,
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>[code]
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>IIF(cvl>0,"VL: "+trim(str(cvl)),0)
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>[/code]
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>it only prints "4".
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>what's wrong, any help pls?

Try making the space for the field wider on the report.