In this Crystal Reports tutorial, we’ll see how we can set up a parameter field and put a little bit of code behind it to allow it more flexibility when a user wants to make different choices. Want to learn more about these and other …
In this Crystal Reports tutorial, we’ll look at how to use the “ToText” function to join numerical information with text. When a formula field needs to contain both kinds of information, we have to convert the numbers to text in order to concatenate them. Want …
The IsNull function in Crystal allows us to deal efficiently with nulls, or empty fields, in a data source. I talked about this in an earlier post. We don’t want to skip partly empty records, in most cases. But if we bring in nulls, we …
Project allows for things like calculated fields and other custom data. It holds some fields “in reserve” aside from the ones set up for task names, durations, etc. This way, users can insert data the program couldn’t know about in advance. (I mentioned custom text …
When we use conditional formatting, we usually think of it in terms of things like making better sales numbers green and lower numbers red. But we can be more subtle than that in Crystal. A common example is where records are incomplete, or where data …
Alright, I admit it—this item on conditionally formatting sections has a little nostalgia for me, but it’s useful nostalgia. If you run a web search for “greenbar paper” you’ll see where this is going. The reason is a sound one, though. The horizontal stripes, sometimes …