Can we create Hyperlinks in Crystal Reports

[darkradar]

Hi

I had created a Report which contains Invoice no and other
product details. If the user clicks on Invoice no It should
open the particular Invoice in VB. Is there any way can we create any Hyper link sort of thing in Crystal Reports.
I am using Crystal Reports 7, VB 6, and SQL Server 7.0.
Thanks in advance

 

[IdoMillet]

My DataLink Viewer software provides this functionality.

Cheers,
- Ido CUT, Visual CUT, and DataLink Viewer:
view, e-mail, export, burst, distribute, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com

 

[roatis]

Crystal Reports V7 does not support hyperlinks in reports. They are only supported in versions 8 and above. Rod Oatis
Venturi Technology Partners
Crystal Decisions Certified
Trainer/Consultant/Developer
Rod_Oatis@hotmail.com

 

[IdoMillet]

Rod,

I don't believe that even later versions of Crystal can invoke an application AND pass to it an argument (the question specified the need to pass Invoice Number as a command line argument).

DataLink Viewer can do this by creating a string formula (following simple guidelines) and placing it in a Crystal report section.

When the user views the report in DataLink Viewer,
a double click on that section results in launcing the application and passing to it arguments (according to the formula string content).

Cheers,
- Ido CUT, Visual CUT, and DataLink Viewer:
view, e-mail, export, burst, distribute, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com

 

[roatis]

I understand that some 3rd party apps provide much greater functionality as related to parameters and passing data commands though. There are methods in V8.5 and V9 to accomplish something similar. It does involve quite a bit of code, though.

DataLink Viewer might be adequate, but if the default is the web or another Crystal viewer, the overcost cost of purchasing licenses for the DataLink Viewer might not be an option.

Without knowing more about the VB app used and their familiarity with interacting with the V7 API, we are just guessing. Rod Oatis
Venturi Technology Partners
Crystal Decisions Certified
Trainer/Consultant/Developer
Rod_Oatis@hotmail.com