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  1. bhfmc

    Formula Field with For loop can't be used in Group sort?

    In 8.5 I just wrote my first 2 Formula Fields (FF) using a "For loop." The FF's work great EXCEPT when I try to concatenate them into another FF on which one of my Groups is (grouped and) sorted. The error message I get is "Group specified on a non-recurring field." Just printing these 2 FF's in...
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    Table altered after report written in CR 8.5; where is field?

    In CR 8.5 a table has been altered after a somewhat extensive report was written. The table is joined to a number of other tables in the report. The new version of this table includes a new field which I want to include on the report, but that field and other new fields are not visible to me...
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    Oversized "Report Footer b" prevents CR 8.5.0 use!?

    In Crystal Reports 8.5.0, somehow, in typing notes in Report Footer c, I managed to merge all of Report Footer c into Report Footer b, making the footer too long for CR, I imagine. This has rendered my report virtually useless. When I try to view the extra text in Report Footer b, I get this...
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    Attemping change of Group Sort causes CR 8.5 to close!

    Turkbear and Synapsevampire, I reintalled CR 8.5 and re-recreated the shortcut. filling in the "Start in" blank with: "C:\Program Files\Seagate Software\Crystal Reports\crw32". This didn't do the trick. When right-clicking Group Header #2a and choosing Change Group... I get this prompt...
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    Attemping change of Group Sort causes CR 8.5 to close!

    Thank you, Turkbear. I tried to do what you suggested, with the same poor results. I created a shortcut icon and in the shortcut tab of Properties, I filled in the previously blank "Start in" box with: c:\WINDOWS\Prefetch\CRW32.EXE-22A217D6.pf Was this what you intended? Any other suggestions?
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    Attemping change of Group Sort causes CR 8.5 to close!

    When in the Design tab of CR 8.5.0, I right click and use "Change Group..." to choose a sort on a different formula field for either Group Header #1a and/or Group Header #2a. When I click on the Preview tab, Microsoft closes out CR with this message: "Crystal Reports has encountered a problem...
  7. bhfmc

    Single FMLSuffix name field to 3 fields: Last, 1st Mid+Sfx

    In CR 8.5, my database has names lists in a single NAME field, First Middle Last Suffix, e.g., John Q. Public II Eve Mary Ellen Smith Joe Blow John Carl Normal I want to create 3 formula fields that would parse this single string into LAST, FIRST & MIDDLE+SUFFIX. This would allow sorting on...
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    How to return integers in a formula field, Seq Number

    This formula field, Seq Number: If IsNull ({SEQ_NO}) then "n" else If {SEQ_NO} = 1 then "-" else ToText ({SEQ_NO}) returns a "2.00" if the value of {SEQ_NO} is "2". How can I alter this to return the integer format of "2"?
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    1 column of names in CR exported to a paragraph?

    Sorry for being so vague. My field is in Group Header 1. The data actually contains over 200 names. I would like to see these names in one long "paragraph" in mircosoft word, without any paragraph "carriage returns" embedded, so that the number of names per line would be...
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    1 column of names in CR exported to a paragraph?

    I have an 8.5 CR with a single field containing names: Joe Blow Jane Doe John Doe John Q. Public I want to print-- export that information into paragraph form with microsoft word: Joe Blow, Jane Doe, John Doe, John Q. Public How can I do that? Can I use excel in an intermediate step?
  11. bhfmc

    How to calculate @age?

    dave and k, Thank you for the quick response. I adapted Ken Hamady's formula with success. Thank you synapsevampire once again!
  12. bhfmc

    How to calculate @age?

    How do I calculate a parameter field, @Age, given a parameter field, @Date-on-which-age-is-calculated, and a data field, BIRTHDATE? CR 8.5.
  13. bhfmc

    Error: A Cross-Tab column... on a non-recurring field.

    In CR 8.5, I definded a formula field, {@Credit Hours Hold} as follows: "Sum ({SFRSTCR.SFRSTCR_CREDIT_HR_HOLD},{@CAPSName})" where {CAPSName} is the formula field by which the only group is sorted. After using {@Credit Hours Hold} in another formula field, {@Full-time Part-time Hrs}...
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    System-wide Formula/Parameter Fields?

    Is it possible to create, in effect, a system-wide set of formula and parameter fields? I'd like to have these defined in one report, then access them from a number of other reports. For example, I'd like to input term-value in a parameter field, then use the corresponding date value from the...
  15. bhfmc

    How do I add percent to a cross-tab report?

    LB, I'd like to take the plunge from 8.5 to 9.0, but I don't want to drown in a flood of alterations that are necessary in order to maintain the format of existing .rpt files. I'd be a bit more courageous about this move if someone could assure me that percentages within cross-tab 9.0 is as...
  16. bhfmc

    How do I add percent to a cross-tab report?

    Thank you, lb. I think I can do that. I'm a bit surprised and disappointed that percentage doesn't just fall out of the insert cross-tab feature. I was beginning to like it so well.
  17. bhfmc

    How do I add percent to a cross-tab report?

    In spite of some effort in reading FAQs, I haven't figured out how to add a percentage column to a cross-tab report. The (simplified) report looks like this now: Female Male Total Black 4 6 10 White 16 14 30 Total 20 20 40 I'd like it to look like...
  18. bhfmc

    CR 8.5 Show SQL Query is grayed out?!

    After logging on to Crystal Reports and successfully opening a previously-saved report, I opened a report that had the Database -- Show SQL Query grayed out; I can't select that option. What gives?
  19. bhfmc

    How do I list only active faculty for most recent term?

    IdoMillet, Thanks for the help; I'll use the suppress attribute option in another report. It turns out that my Group Selection Formula DOES work. When I eliminated a conflicting Record Selection Formula criterion which evidently messed me up on the "1st pass," the Group Formula did...
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    Record Selection Formula print size limitation

    Budbeth, Thanks for the "can grow" tip; I'll use it elsewhere. In this case, I've got plenty of space for characters, but the special field isn't passing all of them to the report. Synapsevampire, I quickly counted 244 characters, including end-of-line returns. The field name that...

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