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  1. rcman

    Report documentation input?

    If you are using stored procedures for your business logic which is not available to Crystal, then you are right that 3rd party tools will not do the job. However, they will certainly give you a good starting point. There are several which we have tried, and ended up using Report Miner. It...
  2. rcman

    Visio Architect Portable Data Types?

    I am using Visio Architect (10.0 - XP). I had a model which worked fine until recently and now any data fields added have different portable data types (e.g., SBCS VarChar(10) vs. VarChar(10)) which is causing it to fail the model check. Anybody know what I have doen wrong? Thanks
  3. rcman

    MS Great Plains and Crystal assistance please

    I have only done a little work with GP, but you might try their website and try to download their eval copy. link is http://www.greatplains.com/solutions/demoOverview.asp I have not gone beyond this link, but this might be your best bet...
  4. rcman

    Can Any one Pls Help (SQL)

    I am not sure what you are trying to pass. SInce CR uses the SQL to control the data it needs and the grouping, you have little control. You should be able to further filter your report by using a "Selection Formula" and passing it to the report. This would can be done by most...
  5. rcman

    software configuration management of crystal reports

    If you are looking for full VSS capabilities, including comparing difference between versions, you must store your file as text, which is not possible. There are several ways to get the report details to a text file which you could then check in which would allow comparisons. (Export as a...
  6. rcman

    CR 9 release date?

    Is there any official date set for the release of version 9? (I have seen references to the 9.0 beta...) Does anyone know how this differs from CR .NET?
  7. rcman

    How to stop a database login

    Unless, of course, this is for your own use and you set the user ID and password in your ODBC definition...
  8. rcman

    "Export as text" error?

    Further testing indicates a slightly different issue. The preview shows only one record to preview (based on SQLQuery created in visual linking), but when the export file is created, it appears to be for a different record than the one in the preview screen! Thoughts?
  9. rcman

    "Export as text" error?

    I have tried .chr. It can be converted to .txt and made to look like the .txt file should if I want to write my own report, but that is why I use Crystal. This works fine except in these formulas which involve multiple lines and formatting - for example: stringvar outline := "This...
  10. rcman

    Documenting Reports

    If you want documentation on what the report does (including listing all your formulas), you can use the export report definitions which is part of Crystal. If you want something more polished including a 'picture' of the report layout, check out Report Miner. Works for me!
  11. rcman

    exporting the definition layout, besides TEXT

    We use the Report Miner Extract utility which gives a lot more than the export function.... There is also a product called SpeedSpeccer.
  12. rcman

    Searching 100 reports for hard coded values in formulas

    you might try checking the report miner utilities - they have several which list various aspects of reports and may have something useful.

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