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Manually Open Multiple Crystal Reports and Use Same Parameters by Entering Once

Hello,

Does anyone know if it possible to manually open a bunch of Crystal Reports .rpt files and only enter the parameters once to be used for all reports? I find a need to open reports that all use the same parameters and it is time consuming to manually enter the same parameters in each individual report. It would be great if I can enter the parameters in one report and have the other reports use the same parameters. Not sure if that is a feature or if it needs to be done programatically. I'm looking only for the manual process, not to be done programically. Thanks.

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Mike McCracken

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craigbtg

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OK, thanks. No objetion to an application, was just wondering if there is a nice quick way to do it without needing to write anything special. I was hoping there would be an option such as "check off this box and it will do what you need". Wishful thinking!

Mike McCracken

Sorry, I have never seen such an ability.

There are several inexpensive schedulers or you can write your own

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

mlmcc

vasto

My company provides an inexpensive report viewer that can do that. Basically you can define a group of reports and set the parameters on the group level. You can set the parameters' values manually or calculate them on the fly using C# or formulas similar to crystal reports formulas. You can schedule the group or run it manually. There is also a workflow which will allow you to not run some reports depending on some conditions (for ex. if parameter A=1 run report 1,2 and 3, if parameter A=2 the run reports 1, 3 and 4). You will be able to process report results separately or to combine them in one pdf or excel file. Results can be delivered by e-mail, to SharePoint or Document management, local network ..

The viewer is listed on Ken Hamady's website site. By experts-exchange.com rules I cannot point you to our website or to mention the name since this will be considered as an advertisement.