Crystal Reports Printing

[lgmin]

I have a report with a parameter so that you can select an unique ID and print out the data for that ID. There are approximately 500 IDs. Is there a way to batch print these reports instead of pulling up every report individually and printing them?

Thanks.

lg

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
Several ways , depending on what you actually want to do:

You can make the parameter a multi-value one and enter many IDs or make it a range one and enter a start and end ID, etc..You can forget the parameter altogether and return all the records ( if you group on ID and set New Page After, each ID will have its own page(s))..

Can you provide more info on what you want to 'end up' with as output.











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[kskid]

Make a copy of the report (ReportX).

Open the copied report, ReportX, in Crystal and
[ol][li]Delete the parameter from the report canvas[/li]
[li]Delete the parameter from the Record selection[/li]
[li]Bring up the field explorer and open up the parameter section.
See if it's OK to delete (it should not have a green check next to it).
Delete the parameter from the field explorer[/li]
[li]Insert a group on ID[/li]
[li]Format group footer section and check new page after[/li][/ol]

That should do it.

-LW

 

[lgmin]

I tried the multi-value parameter but that combined all the reports into one instead of printing out a separate report for each.

Taking out the parameter selection however and returning all the records may work. It will require me to publish two reports instead of one, which I try to avoid, but I am happy to find a solution.

Thanks much!

lg

 

[kskid]

It's pretty much common practice. The minute you create one report listing everyting, someone will comeback and ask, "I just want to see...."

I have several reports that are basically duplicates... one report that lists all items and one report with a parameter to select one item at a time.

Welcome to the world of Crystal Reports!

-LW

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
There is a difference between allowing the user to choose whether to see all records in a report or subsetting them with a passed parameter ( an easy thing to do with Crystal), and what lgmin needs - the ability to print separate reports for whatever parameters are passed..For that you usually will need some kind of 'bursting' third-party add-on.





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[ShortyA]

APOS do a product called "Bursting Manager" which would do what you are after if I understand your requirements correctly.

Their website is

http://www.apos.on.ca

I haven't used this product specifically but have experience of a few of the others. The others do the job they are meant to effectively and APOS' support is not too bad.

ShortyA