Using Crystal Reports 11 and I need to display 20 rows where the database may supply any number of rows upto 20.
Hi.
I'm converting a Sage Retrieve 4GL based report to Crystal in conjunction with PHP and COM to produce a PDF.
This report prints a "collection ticket". Each ticket has upto 20 items (with additional data). This is a hand written document which is scanned and stored and then hand entered into the system for processing.
Once entered and verified a tidy copy is printed and used internally or snail mail posted.
The report prints a line saying [Nothing received] where the line is blank.
So, on a collection ticket with 3 items on it, there will be 17 [Nothing received]s.
How do I get Crystal to report non existent data?
I'm new-ish to Crystal, but point me in the right direction and I'll have a go.
Richard.
I'm converting a Sage Retrieve 4GL based report to Crystal in conjunction with PHP and COM to produce a PDF.
This report prints a "collection ticket". Each ticket has upto 20 items (with additional data). This is a hand written document which is scanned and stored and then hand entered into the system for processing.
Once entered and verified a tidy copy is printed and used internally or snail mail posted.
The report prints a line saying [Nothing received] where the line is blank.
So, on a collection ticket with 3 items on it, there will be 17 [Nothing received]s.
How do I get Crystal to report non existent data?
I'm new-ish to Crystal, but point me in the right direction and I'll have a go.
Richard.
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I get it. This will take me a little while to set up (I've got the web side to do first). Probably not get around to this until tomorrow.
ASKER
So, rather than have ...
Page Header
Details
Page Footer
Have
Page Header
Group Header (supressed)
Detail (from DB)
Group Footer (with formula to create a block of text)
Page Footer
And by having the block of text printed, I get my [Nothing received]s.
Yes?
Page Header
Details
Page Footer
Have
Page Header
Group Header (supressed)
Detail (from DB)
Group Footer (with formula to create a block of text)
Page Footer
And by having the block of text printed, I get my [Nothing received]s.
Yes?
It should work.
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ASKER
Ah! I just checked with the users if they wanted the blank lines. And they said no. ARGH!!! I asked why they had them on the other system (which I wrote for them over 10 years ago), they said they didn't know it could be changed.
I'm really having one of those weeks.
And I get home tonight, after telling them that this will be finished tomorrow, and what do I find? My wife just starting labour. So I think from now on I'm going to have to start quoting truly Scotty estimates for everything. No matter how simple or even if it has already been done. Nothing less than 2 days. But with the possibility of longer if they keep changing their mind.
Thanks Michael for the pointers.
I only recently got around to using CR, so the odd stuff is not so obvious yet. So be prepared for a LOAD of maybe daft questions.
Thanks again.
Richard.
I'm really having one of those weeks.
And I get home tonight, after telling them that this will be finished tomorrow, and what do I find? My wife just starting labour. So I think from now on I'm going to have to start quoting truly Scotty estimates for everything. No matter how simple or even if it has already been done. Nothing less than 2 days. But with the possibility of longer if they keep changing their mind.
Thanks Michael for the pointers.
I only recently got around to using CR, so the odd stuff is not so obvious yet. So be prepared for a LOAD of maybe daft questions.
Thanks again.
Richard.
Count({TicketId},{TocketId
To get the correct one insert a summary on you ItemListId field in the group footer.
When you want to use it simply select it from the Report Fields
mlmcc