DataReport Designer 1

[Bojangles]

Not being able to get PDW to grab all the necessary DLLs so that my application would preview/print Crystal reports on TARGET machines, I finally changed over to Microsoft's DataReport Designer.&nbsp;&nbsp;Would someone PLEASE tell me a way to 1)concatenate two trimmed fields on the report and 2)print a telephone number with raw data 1234567890 as 123/456-7890.&nbsp;&nbsp;Crystal Reports has a FORMULA Builder that makes the above as easy as falling off a log.&nbsp;&nbsp;It is also easy in Microsoft Access. BUT in DataReport I see nothing about how to accomplish these simple tasks.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>How do I accomplish the above tasks using DataReport Designer?<br><br>Many thanks for your help!<br>Bojangles

 

[Asif]

First of all at the time of deployment of application you have to add Crystal *.dep and *.oca file with your deployment package. Otherwise Crystal OCX will not register perfectly. I am sure the Crystal OCX is added with your application if not add that also. <br>I would say better to use Crystal Report writer rather then DataReport Designer. In that you can do simple kind of reports and if you go for complex report development you will face hell of trouble like you are facing.<br><br>Can you please specify which Crystal Report version you are using.

 

[Bojangles]

Thank you very much for your reply.&nbsp;&nbsp;At first I used Crystal 4.6.&nbsp;&nbsp;Then I downloaded the demo version of Crystal 8. The problems I am having when I use Crystal are the following:&nbsp;&nbsp;During installation, I get a message that there was a problem with CRAXDRT.DLL and CRVIEW.DLL. (I'm quoting those file names from memory, I could be off some.)&nbsp;&nbsp;Also, not every time but periodically I get a message that ST6UNST file was not loaded properly.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am deploying to diskettes.&nbsp;&nbsp;I think that might have something to do with the ST6UNST file sometimes fouling up.&nbsp;&nbsp;Not sure though.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>I have been stuck on this problem for 3 months.&nbsp;&nbsp;It's about to drive me crazy.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you can help me any more, I will greatly appreciate it.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Bojangles

 

[Handson]

Concatenate and format the data in a string in our code then print the string to a label on your data report. <br>data report labels are variable fields and will accept any type of formatted data.

 

[Handson]

Concatenate and format the data in a string in our code then print the string to a label on your data report. <br>data report labels are variable fields and will accept any type of formatted data.

 

[yuana]

Hi,
You might have the solution by now but this is my experience.
I'd used the Crystall 4.6 with VB 6 and installed it at my clients PC with no problems. I have face the same problems with the multiple disk deployment utility. I solved it by create deployment to a single directory and use pkzip to multiple disk. Hope this solve your problems.