Open Word From Crystal Report

[coolscan3]

Is it possible to print a page in crystal then pass a path to open word, print the document, close word and continue the report. The path would be variable depending on a defined field. The creation of the path is straightforward it is the opening of Word and passing the path that is the problem

 

[Madawc]

As far as I know, the only possible connection to Word is an export. Since no one else has answered, I assume that there is no way.

You can use an Excel spreadsheet as input to a Crystal report. I've never done it, but you should find details here using Search. Moving your Word data to Excel and then using it as input is an option worth considering.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Windows XP & Crystal 10

 

[coolscan3]

Thanks for your reply. It does look as though it is not possible to do what I am trying to to using Crystal

 

[crimsntyd]

If you have Visual Basic, you could design a report viewer using the RDC component, then open the viewer and Word behind the scenes in VB and do it that way. Just a thought.