Crystal Reports – Adding a Watermark to a Report

If you have ever looked for the watermark feature in Crystal Reports, you no doubt walked away smothered in soul-crushing despair wondering how Life could be so cruel.

True, there is no official tool in Crystal Reports that adds a watermark to a report, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.  Adding a watermark just takes a bit of creativity and a handful of mouse click and keystrokes.

The trick is to add a subsection and underlay the following sections in the report.  The steps are as follows:

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Crystal Reports Clear Recent Reports History

Crystal Reports – Clear Recent Reports History

As with most applications, Crystal Reports maintains a history of the last several reports opened so as to facilitate repeated access.

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This is a very helpful feature, but there comes a time in every report user’s life when they just want to clear the list and start clean.

Many applications contain a mechanism that allows the user to clear either individual entries or empty the entire list.  Sadly, Crystal Reports contains no such feature.

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Crystal Reports Training Courses

SkillForge offers a comprehensive line-up of Crystal Reports training courses. From introductory to more advanced topics our instructor-led, online and onsite Crystal Reports courses are delivered by expert instructors. Our Crystal Reports 2011 Training class – like all of our classes –  includes an in-depth …

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