SSRS Parameter values in Dropdown not Labels?

I'm fairly new to SSRS and I am trying to set up a report with parameters in VS2010 against SQL Server 2012.
I've come across two distinct problems, the first appears to be a bug. When I create a parameter I set the values to the key and the Label to the friendly name for the key value from my dataset. (e.g. select customerid, firstname + ' ' + lastname
as customername - putting customerid as the value and customername as the Label) When my report runs on IIS the parameter always shows the id whether the Label is set to customer name or not. Has any one come across this?
The second problem could be a problem with my set up, if I try and preview a report I get an error saying the windowsbase.dll assembly cannot load. I have repaired both VS 2010 and SQL Server 2012 and the problem still persists. Again any ideas?
regards,
Anthony

Hi Tanman321,
According to your description, you have one problem about the labels in parameters. The other problem is missing some assembly file when previewing report. Right?
In this scenario, if we get the error "Could not load windowsbase.dll", we should add reference in Visual Studio. Please see the link:
Finding WindowsBase.dll . If the .dll file is corrupted, you can download this file on Microsoft site:http://www.microsoftfixit.us/windowsbase-dll/
For your first issue, we haven't encountered this issue as we tested in our local environment. We suggest you check the dataset and data fields in your parameter and preview this in Visual Studio first. If it still exists, please try to restart the Report
Server.
If you have any question, please feel free to ask.
Best Regards,
Simon Hou

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