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Category: Crystal Reports 9 through 2020
Forum Name: Report Design
Forum Discription: The best way to design a report and problems you have encountered
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Printed Date: 06 May 2024 at 2:02pm


Topic: parameter prompting
Posted By: rabroch
Subject: parameter prompting
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 1:52am
i am unable to get crystal reports viewer 2008 to prompt for new parameters. i have a report developed in seagate crystal reports that i was able to save in Crystal Reports XI. it is set to NOT save data with report. but when i try to open the report in the viewer, i get a message saying i have to set the report to save with data.
 
anyone have any ideas?



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Posted By: kostya1122
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 5:21am
there is an option that might be helpful 
options>reporting tab
check box next to discard saved data on open


Posted By: rabroch
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 5:43am
thank you so much.
i tried this, but unfortunately i am still getting the same message, that i neeed to change it to 'save data with report'.
i am also trying other viewers and not having much luck.
 
thanks again
 


Posted By: kostya1122
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 7:36am
then just do it go to
File tab and click save data with report 


Posted By: rabroch
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 7:47am
but if i do that then then it won't prompt me for the parameters when i open the report in reports viewer, right? that's what i need. and i should be able to do that with crystal reports viewer
 
i've read in a few places that this works for other people
 
thanks again


Posted By: kostya1122
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 7:53am
well that is why i told you to do this
options>reporting tab
check box next to discard saved data on open
with this option checked even if you putt save data with report
it should still ask for parameters when you open the report.


Posted By: rabroch
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2012 at 7:58am
gotcha, sorry. i will try that now. i'm a little slow Confused


Posted By: rabroch
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2012 at 2:24am
okay, i tried every possible combination. there are two places  where you can set to save with data.
 
anyway. the result is either the report is opened with the saved data, even though i have checked it to discard saved data on open. or i get the message saying i need to save data with the report.
 
i may have to give up on this. i'm thinking maybe because the report was developed in a much older version of crystal
 
thank you so much for your help.  
 


Posted By: IdoMillet
Date Posted: 10 Mar 2012 at 1:14pm
The free Crystal viewer CANNOT refresh data. 
If you wish to refresh data, get one of the free or inexpensive 3rd-party Crystal Reports viewers listed at http://kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html


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Posted By: rabroch
Date Posted: 12 Mar 2012 at 2:28am
good to know. i have also been looking at trial versions of crystal report viewers from kenhamady.com, including your DataLink Viewer.
 
thank you Smile


Posted By: Motib
Date Posted: 09 Apr 2013 at 8:47pm
hi all,
     i have a parameter. which have 500 hundred values. i want to search one value from my parameter. is any one know how can i make on my parameter.??



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