Me.Value bug in SSRS 2008

our reports use me.value in the format property extensively. reports that run fine in 2005 get numerous "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" errors when run in 2008. the reports run, but the formatting is really messed up. this has stopped our move to 2008.
has anyone seen this or know anything about it? i need a workaround to apply en mass to hundreds of fields.

found the bug!
to answer your question- only some of the failing textboxes use custom code. it is not the problem, i deleted the function & all references w/same result.
the problem is caused by a global variable (eg page#) in the page footer.
simple steps to replicate
in new 2005 report
create dataset with "select -1 as col1 union select 1"
add a table
drag col1 to detail
set color property =iif(me.value<0,"red","black")
add page footer & textbox
set value =Globals!PageNumber
should run fine w/-1 in red
now run in 2008 (doesn't work, no red)
delete the footer textbox value & it works
how should this be submitted?
Steve

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SSRS 2008 R2 is extremely slow. The query runs in less than a second in the dataset designer but if you try to view the report it takes over 10 minutes. I have read this is a bug in SSRS 2008 R2. We installed the most recent patches and service packs.

SSRS 2008 R2 is extremely slow. The query runs in less than a second in the dataset designer but if you try to view the report it takes over 10 minutes. I have read this is a bug in SSRS 2008 R2. We installed the most recent patches and
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Hi Kim Sharp,
According to your description that when you view the report it is extremely slow in SSRS 2008 R2 but it is very fast when execute the query in dataset designer, right?
I have tested on my local environment and can‘t reproduce the issue. Obviously, it is the performance issue, rendering performance can be affected by a combination of factors that include hardware, number of concurrent users accessing reports, the amount
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2276203
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If you don’t have, you can do some action to improve the performance when designing the report. Because how you create and update reports affects how fast the report renders.
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After you determine whether the delay time is in data retrieval, report processing, or report rendering:
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Troubleshooting Reports: Report Performance
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Hello Everyone,
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You need to specify "Default Values" in the report parameter property. Choose similar option used in the "Available Values" option, this will allow the parameter to check "Select All".
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Hi veerapaneni,
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Follow below steps,
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Hi there,
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Andrew
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SSRS 2008 R2 Report parameters have default values and report not to auto run

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Katherine xiong
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Hi everyone,
DB--SQL server
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Hi veerapaneni,
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