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SSRS custom code [BC30037] Character not valid

I am using the following custom code in SQL Services Reporting Services (2005).
Function fmtreg(ByVal regtime As string) As String
dim newregtime As String
dim length As Integer
length = len(trim(regtime))
Select Case length
      Case length < 4
            return "error"
      Case = 4
            newregtime = "0" & left(regtime,1) & ":" & "0" & mid(regtime,2,1)
            return newregtime
      Case = 5
            newregtime = "0" & left(regtime,1) & ":" & mid(regtime,2,2)
            return newregtime
      Case = 6
            newregtime = left(regtime,2) & ":" & mid(regtime,3,2)
            return newregtime
      Case length > 6
            return "error"
End Select
End Function
Function GetDays(ByVal CDateofReg As Date, CdateNewDocSees As Date, DocSees As Date)As Integer
Dim minsinhour as Integer
Dim RegToDocSees2 As Integer
Dim Sameday As Boolean
If Day(CDateofReg) = Day(CdateNewDocSees) Then
      Sameday = true
Else
      Sameday = false
End If
minsinhour = 60
If IsNothing(DocSees) Then
      RegToDocSees2 = 0
      Return RegToDocSees2
End If
If Sameday = true Then
RegToDocSees2 = DateDiff("n",CdateNewDocSees,CDateOfReg)
Return RegToDocSees2
Else
      RegToDocSees2 = ((minsinhour Minute(CDateofReg)) + Minute(CdateNewDocSees))
      Return RegToDocSees2
End If
End Function

When I execute, I get the following error message:
There is an error in line 38 of custom code [BC30037] Character not valid

Can anyone help me with this?

ptakja

This is a shot in the dark, since I don't know what code is on line 38, but this code is close given your listing:

RegToDocSees2 = ((minsinhour Minute(CDateofReg)) + Minute(CdateNewDocSees))

Looks like to !! (exclamation points) between "minsinhour" and Minute(....

I think that is C# syntax, which isn't valid in VB.

Jeanniem

ASKER

I don't know why that line of code shows up like it does above - in the actual report there is a minus sign (-) between minsinhour and Minute(...). I retyped the line just to be sure it didn't contain any weird errors but still get the same error message.

RobSampson

Hi, what editor are you using? Is it possible that the editor you are using is autoformatting the minus sign to a longer hyphen or something?

Rob.

Jeanniem

ASKER

I'm using Visual Studio 2005 - do you think that would autoformat?

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RobSampson

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