Passing Formula field to Subreport

Hi All,
I have a date parameter in my main report and in a formula field I am changing the format to string. Then I am linking this formula to the subreport parameter, but when i refresh this report I am not able to see the subreport data unless I click on the subreport. I want that the subreport should be displayed when I open the main report and pass the parameter value to the main report.
Please suggest how can i achiev this.
Thanks in advance!!

I think you have inserted an on demand sub report. Try to right click on the sub report and go to format sub report and in the sub report tab unchek the option "on demand".
Regards,
Raghavendra.G

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Hi,
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Post Author: DubbleOh7
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I haven't tested this but is should look something like this(VB.NET code)
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Post Author: Jagan
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Post Author: synapsevampire
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When your tagline is about the size of your post, you probably didn't convey much.
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