Teport can display SubString with FieldReference like =Substring(Fields!ProductName,0,3)

src/AddIns/Misc/Reports/ICSharpCode.Reports.Core/Project/BaseItems/BaseDataItem.cs

@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core
 
 		public override void Render(ReportPageEventArgs rpea)
 		{
-//			string toPrint = CheckForNullValue();
 			base.Text = StandardFormatter.FormatOutput(DBValue, this.FormatString, base.DataType, this.NullValue);
 			base.Render(rpea);
 		}
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core
 		[Browsable(false)]
 		public virtual string DBValue {get;set;}
 			
-
 		public virtual string ColumnName {
 			get {
 				return columnName;

src/AddIns/Misc/Reports/ICSharpCode.Reports.Core/Project/DataManager/ListStrategy/TableStrategy.cs

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
 using System.Data;
 using System.Linq;
-
+using ICSharpCode.Reports.Expressions.ReportingLanguage;
 namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core
 {
 	/// <summary>
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core
 	internal class TableStrategy: BaseListStrategy,IEnumerable<BaseComparer>
 	{
 		private DataTable table;
+		private IExpressionEvaluatorFacade expressionEvaluator;
 		
 		public TableStrategy(DataTable table,ReportSettings reportSettings):base(reportSettings)
 		{
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core
 				throw new ArgumentNullException("table");
 			}
 			this.table = table;
+			expressionEvaluator = new ExpressionEvaluatorFacade (null);
 		}
 		
 		#region Methods
@@ -64,28 +66,49 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core
 		
 		void FillInternal (DataRow row,IDataItem item)
 		{
-			BaseImageItem bi = item as BaseImageItem;
+			if (item != null)
-			if (bi != null) {
+			{
-				using (System.IO.MemoryStream memStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream()){
+				BaseImageItem bi = item as BaseImageItem;
-					Byte[] val = row[bi.ColumnName] as Byte[];
+				if (bi != null) {
-					if (val != null) {
+					using (System.IO.MemoryStream memStream = new System.IO.MemoryStream()){
-						if ((val[78] == 66) && (val[79] == 77)){
+						Byte[] val = row[bi.ColumnName] as Byte[];
-							memStream.Write(val, 78, val.Length - 78);
+						if (val != null) {
-						} else {
+							if ((val[78] == 66) && (val[79] == 77)){
-							memStream.Write(val, 0, val.Length);
+								memStream.Write(val, 78, val.Length - 78);
+							} else {
+								memStream.Write(val, 0, val.Length);
+							}
+							System.Drawing.Image image = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(memStream);
+							bi.Image = image;
 						}
-						System.Drawing.Image image = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(memStream);
-						bi.Image = image;
 					}
 				}
-			} else {
+				else
-				if (item != null) {
+				{
-					item.DBValue = row[item.ColumnName].ToString();
+					var dataItem = item as BaseDataItem;
+					if (dataItem != null) {
+						dataItem.DBValue = ExtractValue(row,dataItem).ToString();
+						//dataItem.DBValue = row[dataItem.ColumnName].ToString();
+					}
 					return;
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		
+		object ExtractValue(DataRow row,BaseDataItem item)
+		{
+			var val = row[item.ColumnName];
+			if (item.Text.StartsWith("=")) {
+//				string s = expressionEvaluator (
+				return val;
+			} else {
+				return val;
+			}
+			return null;
+		}
+			 
+			
+		
 		
 		public override CurrentItemsCollection FillDataRow(int pos)
 		{

src/AddIns/Misc/Reports/ICSharpCode.Reports.Core/Test/ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.Test/DataManager/TableStragy/GroupTableFixture.cs

@@ -177,8 +177,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.Test.DataManager.TableStrategy
 		
 		private IDataNavigator PrepareDateTimeGrouping ()
 		{
-			Console.WriteLine("PrepareDateTimeGrouping ()");
-			
 			GroupColumn gc = new GroupColumn("RandomDate",1,ListSortDirection.Ascending);
 			ReportSettings rs = new ReportSettings();
 			rs.GroupColumnsCollection.Add(gc);

src/AddIns/Misc/Reports/ICSharpCode.Reports.Core/Test/ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.Test/DataManager/TableStragy/TableDataManagerFixture.cs

@@ -139,8 +139,6 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.Test.DataManager.TableStrategy
 				DataRow r = dataNav.Current as DataRow;
 				string actual = r["last"].ToString();
 				Assert.GreaterOrEqual(compareTo,actual);
-//				string ss = String.Format("< {0} > <{1}>",compareTo,actual);
-//				Console.WriteLine(ss);
 				compareTo = actual;
 			}
 		}
@@ -148,6 +146,34 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.Test.DataManager.TableStrategy
 		
 		#endregion
 		
+		#region	Substring
+		
+		[Test]
+		public void EnumSubStrings()
+		{
+			ReportSettings rs = new ReportSettings();
+			IDataManager dm = ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.DataManager.CreateInstance(this.table,rs);
+			DataNavigator dataNav = dm.GetNavigator;
+			BaseDataItem bdi = new BaseDataItem(){
+				Name ="MyDataItem",
+				ColumnName = "last",
+				Text ="=Substring('Sharp',0,3)"
+			};
+			var ri = new ReportItemCollection();
+			ri.Add(bdi);
+			
+			while (dataNav.MoveNext())
+			{
+				dataNav.Fill(ri);
+				DataRow r = dataNav.Current as DataRow;
+				string actual = r["first"].ToString();
+				Console.WriteLine("{0} - {1} - {2}",actual,bdi.DBValue,bdi.Text);
+				Console.WriteLine("{0} - {1}",actual,actual.Substring(0,2));
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
+		#endregion
 		
 		#region Standart Enumerator
 		/*

src/AddIns/Misc/Reports/ICSharpCode.Reports.Core/Test/ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.Test/DataManager/TableStragy/TableStrategyFixture.cs

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.Test.DataManager.TableStrategy
 		#endregion
 		
 		
-		#region Setup7TearDown
+		#region Setup/TearDown
 		
 		private ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.TableStrategy SortTableStrategyFactory (SortColumn sortColumn)
 		{

src/AddIns/Misc/Reports/ICSharpCode.Reports.Core/Test/ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.Test/ReportingLanguage/IntegrationTests/SubstringFixture.cs

@@ -50,20 +50,33 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.Reports.Core.Test.ReportingLanguage.IntegrationTests
 		}
 		
 		
+		[Test]
+		public void Substring_Result_Has_Correct_Length()	
+		{
+			string expression = "=Substring('Sharp',0,3)";
+			string val = this.evaluator.Evaluate(expression);
+			Assert.That(val.Length, Is.EqualTo(3));
+		}
+		
+		
 		[Test]
 		public void Concat_Substring_With_SubString()
 		{
 			string expression = "=Substring('SharpDevelop',0,5) + '-' + Substring('SharpDevelop',5)";
 			Assert.That(this.evaluator.Evaluate(expression), Is.EqualTo("Sharp-Develop"));
 		}
-				
+		
-		 
+
+		
 		[Test]
 		public void Too_Much_Args_returns_Err_Message()
 		{
 			string expression = "=Substring('Sharp',0,3,5)";
 			Assert.That(this.evaluator.Evaluate(expression),Is.StringStarting("Wrong number"));
 		}
+		
+		
+		
 		[TestFixtureSetUp]
 		public void Init()
 		{