CHECK BOX OPTION 1

[mibeach7]

I NEED TO HAVE A CHECK BOX OBJECT THAT CAN BE SELECTED BY CLICKING THE MOUSE ON IT. IF YOU CLICK THE EMPTY "CHR(111)" CHECK BOX THEN A CHECKED "CHR(254)" BOX WILL APPEAR ON THE CRYSTAL REPORT. THEN WHEN THEY PRINT, THE BOX WILL PRINT OFF AS CHECKED. THIS WILL ENABLE THEM TO CHECK THE BOXES THEY WANT, SAVE THE DOCUMENT IN ADOBE .PDF, THEN EMAIL BACK, RATHER THAN PRINTING HARD COPY AND FAXING BACK.

I HAVE CR VERSION 8.5

IS THIS POSSIBLE, OR DO I NEED .NET OR VB.NET WITH CR.
I DO HAVE VB, ACCESS, HTML, ASP, ORACLE AVAILABLE.

 

[synapsevampire]

Crystal doesn't really allow for this by itself, it's not a programming language, it's a report writer.

You "might" create an on demand subreport which could display a chr(254), but it's a poor solution.

VB, Access or ASP could all handle prompting a user with a check box, but I suspect your intent is to build a data set, let the user decide how to deal with sections of data, and then email it off.

I'd probably address this with a program to interact with the users/data, once you've gotten the appropriate responses from the user, pass the appropriate data set and parameters (controlling which check box is needed) to a report.

-k

 

[MColeman]

I had a form with checkboxes that I printed from Crystal 8.5.

I cheated though. I created a tiny box by drawing lines on the report. And then put a label inside with 'X' in it.
Then conditionally suppressed the 'X' based on conditions.

Hope this helps!

 

[synapsevampire]

Right, same idea, Mcoleman, as a CHR(254) is the same.

You might also use a font which has a box checked and unchecked and conditionally supress.

-k