Wildcard parameters
Greatly increase the flexibility and effciency of your reports by using a wildcard parameter. This nifty trick can be quite useful when..
Crystal Reports – Design
Crystal Reports Barcode Font Freeware
A customer recently wanted to convert an employee ID number into a barcode in his crystal reports. With that request, we that..
Underlay sections
The art of underlaying sections is a pretty handy one to master. You can take ordinary grouped data and turn it into something very..
Suppressing blank lines in embedded fields
When you embed multiple fiends within a text object, you may encounter times wher an feild causes a blank line. You can suppress the blank..
Display parameter values that where chosen at run time
For string parameters with multiple discrete values: Join(@Your_Parameter, chr(10) & chr(13)); For non-string parameters with multiple..
Shading every other line of the detail section
To shade every other line of the detail section of the report 1. Start by opening up the Section Expert by clicking on Go to Report,..
Repeating Group Headers
In Crystal Reports there is a feature to force group headers to repeat on each page. This can be done by checking the box next to..
Print “Cointinued on Next Page”
When a group will go beyond one page, you can print a messageat the bottom of the page using the following three formulas: 1. Open the..
Print a checkbox / bullet for a boolean column
Within Crystal Reports, you simply cannot create a checkbox for Boolean operators. WIth the use of a formula and the Wing Ding font, this..
Prevent truncated text-based object
When a text-based object is placed on a report, it is represented by an object frame. The height of the object is based on the height of..
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