Formatting with Multiple Columns
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Category: Crystal Reports .NET 2003
Forum Name: Report Design
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Printed Date: 03 May 2024 at 9:49pm
Topic: Formatting with Multiple Columns
Posted By: SolidataBaz
Subject: Formatting with Multiple Columns
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2006 at 4:47am
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Hi there! I was wondering if anyone knew how to programattically alter the information seen in the Layout tab of the Section editor for the Details section. How to do this inside the IDE can be seen here... http://www.crystalreportsbook.com/Crystal_Reports_XI.asp?Page=8_2 I need to alter this at runtime... doesn't seem like I can do this at present though...  Many thanks in advance |
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Posted By: BrianBischof
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2006 at 11:32am
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In .NET 2003 these properties aren't available via the ReportDocument object model. I haven't researched the CR.NET 2005 classes to see if you can in the lastest version, but I doubt if it lets you get that granular. If you check out the Crystal Reports Developer edition, that offers more granularity. They have a 30 day trial version you can download and experiment with it to see what it offers. |
Posted By: BrianBischof
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2006 at 11:34am
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Hmm, I have an idea that I haven't tried before. But if you have a limited number of changes to make to the column formatting, then create different sections and each has its own formatting. Then you can turn off the sections you don't want via your program using the object model. However, if you have a lot of variations then this wouldn't be practical. HTH, Brian |
Posted By: SolidataBaz
Date Posted: 08 Dec 2006 at 1:16am
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Thanks for the reply Brian!
However, I don't think it would be practical, as I am writing a mailing label wizard, where the user can selected from a list of already defined labels (Avery type etc) or they can specify their own. So not practical - good idea though!
Baz
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