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peter Groupie Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 51	Topic: How to create Dynamic Pick List with CR X Posted: 08 Apr 2007 at 10:25pm
	How can I get a way to create a Dynamic Pick List in CR X ? I know CR XI provides that feature but I am stuck with version X for a while and my users wnat to have that feature ! Any idea would be great !!!
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BrianBischof Admin Group Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2458	Posted: 08 Apr 2007 at 11:21pm
	The only way to do it is to write a custom interface for your application. You either have to write a Windows application or an internet page that has a dynamic pick list built-in. That's why they added this feature to XI b/c it is such a hassle to do it yourself (and impossible if you aren't a programmer).
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peter Groupie Joined: 08 Apr 2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 51	Posted: 12 Apr 2007 at 9:22am
	Thank you for your response, Brian. OK, the GUI window for users to enter values for parameters on the CE 10 looks awful. I want to customize that window. Questions: 1) Can It be replaced by a piece of VB.NET or C# ? 2) Can I develop my Crystal Reports using the MS VS.NET with al the prompt for users input then publish it onto the CE as normal. I want to continue using the Schedule, History etc that the CE provides. Please give me your idea of expertise! Thank you very much.
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BrianBischof Admin Group Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2458	Posted: 12 Apr 2007 at 10:58am
	I don't know how CE works, so I can't answer #2. But for #1 you can easily write a .NET interface for parameters and pass them to the ReportDocument object. Also, read my online chapter about parameters b/c at the end I talk about using CSS to modify the CR parameter layout.
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hilfy Admin Group Joined: 20 Nov 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3702	Posted: 12 Apr 2007 at 3:49pm
	Unfortunately, I don't think CE has a .NET interface. The CE user interface uses a slightly modified version of ASP, using the file extension .csp instead of .asp. So, you could modify the .csp page that CE uses to request parameters. I'm not sure what the file name is, but it should be pretty obvious. I think .csp pages will read CSS files, but I'm not sure. -Dell Edited by hilfy - 12 Apr 2007 at 3:50pm
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