BeforeReadingRecords in XI

[jschya]

Hi,
migrating Crystal Reports from version 9 to XI generates an error if you evaluate a formula "BeforeReadingRecords".

though mentioned in the documentation it's obviously not supported anymore.

Any help on this topic is appreciated,

joe schya
nuremberg, germany

 

[IdoMillet]

Please provide more detail. As far as I know, the limitation applies only to certain types of expressions (e.g., formatting expressions).

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[synapsevampire]

Try the following formula:

beforereadingrecords;
numbervar x:=0

Works in XI here.

So, rather than guessing at what is happening, why not post what you actually tried and the error it returned.

-k

 

[jschya]

Sorry folks for not answering your questions in time, but
I had a accident riding my bike to the office and was knocked out by a broken ellbow for almost 3 weeks.

I have a report with a parameter which is either "a company" or a wildcard "*" for the companies alltogether.
Depending on the parameter given I have different layout options for the report.

In CR Version 9 something it worked like this:
-----------------------
BeforeReadingRecords
If {?company} = "*" then
formula = true
Else
formula = false
End if
------------------------
and triggered the different header and footer section.

Migrating to BOXI XI we got the following error message at runtime:

Fehler in Datei "D:\Programme\Business Objects\BusinessObjects Enterprise 11.5\Data\procSched\n2358021.dst.baintern.de.crjobserver.1\~tmp22d448da78bdb1d7.rpt": Fehler in Formel <Section_Visibility>. 'BeforeReadingRecords; ' Formatierungsformeln müssen Druckzeitformeln sein. Details: errorKind.

The german error message means literally: "formatting formulas" must be evaluated "whileprintingrecords"

My workaround was to change the formula like this:

-------------------------
WhilePrintingRecords
If {?Regionaldirektion} = "*" then
formula = true
Else
formula = false
End if
-------------------------
and it works in XI.

From my point of view it's at least a bit strange:

- the parameter is given to the report and is neither read from nor compared to a database item i.e. could imho used "beforereading" as it worked in CR 9.

regards,

a one-armed programmer with aching ellbow

- of course the left one because I'm left-handed