Formatting parameter/record selection fields in crystal reports vs 2005
i have a web app which uses crystal reports for reporting purposes. the app pages are in asp.net with c# codebehind
to view the crystal report, i have defined 2 record selection formulas - one for day and one for month
the default values of these are set in the parameter fields of day and month - 1,2,3...31 & jan, feb, mar...dec respectively
the report works absolutely fine, but i want to format the parameter/record selection fields a bit
i don't seem to have any control over it right now
please see attached screenshot
i want to remove the following label texts:
"The report you requested requires further information."
"Parameter Field(s)"
"Value" (for both date and month)
the only labels i want to show are Date and Month, both of them next to each other with their respective drop down boxes exactly under them respectively
further, in the screenshot you can see that when i load the report, the values in the drop down boxes are the first values in that particular drop down box
i want the user to see the yesterdays date by default when the report first loads
meaning, if today is 16th july... then when the user loads the report, he should have 15 on the date drop down and july in the month drop down
can anyone please tell me if this is possible? if so, how?
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to view the crystal report, i have defined 2 record selection formulas - one for day and one for month
the default values of these are set in the parameter fields of day and month - 1,2,3...31 & jan, feb, mar...dec respectively
the report works absolutely fine, but i want to format the parameter/record selection fields a bit
i don't seem to have any control over it right now
please see attached screenshot
i want to remove the following label texts:
"The report you requested requires further information."
"Parameter Field(s)"
"Value" (for both date and month)
the only labels i want to show are Date and Month, both of them next to each other with their respective drop down boxes exactly under them respectively
further, in the screenshot you can see that when i load the report, the values in the drop down boxes are the first values in that particular drop down box
i want the user to see the yesterdays date by default when the report first loads
meaning, if today is 16th july... then when the user loads the report, he should have 15 on the date drop down and july in the month drop down
can anyone please tell me if this is possible? if so, how?
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Agree.
mlmcc
mlmcc
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isn't there a way to control this via crystal reports itself?
maybe by using some css stylesheet or whatever?
when i right click on the parameter field, i get option to format the field where i have an option to define a css class
unfortunately, i don't have access to the c# code... i can only design the reports
hence, i need to do this via crystal reports itself
any help is appreciated
maybe by using some css stylesheet or whatever?
when i right click on the parameter field, i get option to format the field where i have an option to define a css class
unfortunately, i don't have access to the c# code... i can only design the reports
hence, i need to do this via crystal reports itself
any help is appreciated
it would really be hard to control since you do not have access to the Source Code.
What you want is a way to use a formula for the default value. I don't think this is possible in the VS versions of Crystal.
mlmcc
mlmcc
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i can specify formulas for reports even in vs version of crystal
can you tell me what i need to do
can you tell me what i need to do
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what you are looking for is really difficult to achieve without source codes.
if you have access to source codes then we can elaborate as to what can be done to achieve your requirement
AR
if you have access to source codes then we can elaborate as to what can be done to achieve your requirement
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sorry, no source codes
is it really impossible to do this w/o source code?
is it really impossible to do this w/o source code?
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What he want to achieve can only be done with the help of source code which he does not have access to
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maybe in my first post itself i should've mentioned that i do not have access to c# code and that experts should provide the solutions only if they can do so w/o source code
i don't know whether or not i should accept the answer even though i haven't recieved a solution
i don't know whether or not i should accept the answer even though i haven't recieved a solution
Sorry mate but as i have said it is pretty hard for any1 to provide solution if you do not have access to source code.
its because crystal report will be called view the crystalreportviewer on the website and its how you control the crystalreportviewer on the page makes the difference
its because crystal report will be called view the crystalreportviewer on the website and its how you control the crystalreportviewer on the page makes the difference
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i understand that, Ashish
but why shouild i accept any solutions posted if it really doesn't answer my query?
i do thank you for your inputs... but unfortunately, they do not help me
but why shouild i accept any solutions posted if it really doesn't answer my query?
i do thank you for your inputs... but unfortunately, they do not help me
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all right
i will definitely adhere to rules
perhaps next time i will be more careful while framing the question and mentioning beforehand what i require exactly
i will definitely adhere to rules
perhaps next time i will be more careful while framing the question and mentioning beforehand what i require exactly
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thank you
If you want controll over it then you can create a textbox/Dropdownlist and ask for the user input there and then supply the parameters to the crystal report. In that case the crystal report will not prompt for parameters.
For reference how to supply parameters programitically
http://www.aspfree.com/c/a/ASP.NET/Working-with-Parameters-with-Crystal-Reports-and-ASP-NET-2-0/