Crystal XI subreport supression not working 1

[chuchuchui]

I'm using Crystal Reports XI with Windows XP.

I am coming from Crystal 8.5 and i used to be able to insert a subreport and supress the section that subreport was in and the subreport variable would get passed. With XI when I try supressing the subreport or supress/hide the section the variable does not get passed at all. The subreport is in group footer 1a and the report information is in group footer 1b. Is this just a new "feature" in XI or am I just placing information incorrectly?

 

[synapsevampire]

You're mistaken, if a subreport was suppressed in CR 8.5, no variables were passed from it because it did NOT run.

There are numerous threads here on this topic, as well as on the Business Objects site.

Subreports for this purpose are a bad idea anyway, use a SQL Expression or a database object to supply the data if possible.

-k

 

[lbass]

You can suppress all sections within a subreport, set the subreport to suppress if blank, and set the section to suppress blank section, and still have shared variables pass to the main report. You cannot, however, suppress or hide the section the subreport is in or suppress the subreport itself.

-LB