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How to maintain order of selections in parameter

Asked by magneticskg in Crystal Reports Software

Tags: Crystal Reports, static parameter

I have a report that sums balances for selected months from the general ledger master account which has a field for each month. I used a static parameter for month selection by user, with 1-12 and descriptions are each month name. Attached is the formula I'm using to select the period field to sum up. The problem is if a user selects months out of order, say March, April, February, then the selected periods would actually be 3,4 and 5. Is there a way to keep the parameter in original order (in this example I would want 2,3 & 4)?

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             // How many months selected in parameter ?Month
//Parameter ?Month is a static list with month name as description and 1-12 as value. Number parameter, prompt with description only
WhileReadingRecords; 
numberVar Array Input := {?Month};  
NumberVar howmany:= count (Input); 
 
 
 
//To sum up the month fields selected by the user
Whileprintingrecords;
numberVar Array Input;
numbervar howmany;
local numbervar psum;
local numbervar i;
numbervar array P := MakeArray({gl_master.glm_amt_period1},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period2},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period3},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period4},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period5},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period6},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period7},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period8},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period9},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period10},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period11},
    {gl_master.glm_amt_period12});
//select the periods to sum based on the months selected
For i := 1 to howmany Do 
        psum:= psum + P[Input[i]];
psum

           
         

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How to maintain order of selections in parameter

Asked by magneticskg in Crystal Reports Software

Tags: Crystal Reports, static parameter

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