How to format numerics with the sign on the right?

I've got an amount field in a report where I want the values to have the sign
(if negative) on the right. But I also want the numbers to line up properly.
I can't seem to find a way to format this. In Excel, you'd use a format like
#,##0.00_);#,##0.00-. But that does not quite do it in Reporting Services. I
see you can use custom formats and the syntax is similar to Excel but not
quite the same. I tried:
#,##0.00 ;#,##0.00-
but RS seems to ignore the whitespace. I also tried:
#,##0.00' ';#,##0.00-
also to no avail.
Any suggestions?What about using double quotes: " " ?
"virtualfergy" wrote:
> I've got an amount field in a report where I want the values to have the sign
> (if negative) on the right. But I also want the numbers to line up properly.
> I can't seem to find a way to format this. In Excel, you'd use a format like
> #,##0.00_);#,##0.00-. But that does not quite do it in Reporting Services. I
> see you can use custom formats and the syntax is similar to Excel but not
> quite the same. I tried:
> #,##0.00 ;#,##0.00-
> but RS seems to ignore the whitespace. I also tried:
> #,##0.00' ';#,##0.00-
> also to no avail.
> Any suggestions?|||Tried it. No luck I'm afraid. Works the same as single quotes. Any other
advice out there?
"Albert" wrote:
> What about using double quotes: " " ?
> "virtualfergy" wrote:
> > I've got an amount field in a report where I want the values to have the sign
> > (if negative) on the right. But I also want the numbers to line up properly.
> > I can't seem to find a way to format this. In Excel, you'd use a format like
> > #,##0.00_);#,##0.00-. But that does not quite do it in Reporting Services. I
> > see you can use custom formats and the syntax is similar to Excel but not
> > quite the same. I tried:
> >
> > #,##0.00 ;#,##0.00-
> >
> > but RS seems to ignore the whitespace. I also tried:
> >
> > #,##0.00' ';#,##0.00-
> >
> > also to no avail.
> >
> > Any suggestions?