Hi,
I've been struggling for a while to find a solution to a particular reporting problem we have.
- Essentially what we need to do is allow a user to preview a crystal report (v.10) from within a web application, and alter that report if need be. The altering of the report will take the form of adjusting column widths and row heights, changing font sizes and styles, splitting the report onto another page at a chosen point, changing paper orientation, and exporting to PDF.
We're using Crystal Enterprise for the preview part, but about 5% of the reports previewed will need altering. My question is, can I use the RDC component to do all this? I know you can't really use the RDC from within a web app, but the plan was to call a windows app from the web app, the modify the report using the RDC from there.
Ideally we'd like to modify cross-tab reports, but from what I've seen the object properties are fairly limited, so instead I'll probably be building manual crosstabs.
Can I have some thoughts on this? Is the RDC powerful enough to modify a report as above?
Many thanks in advance for any ideas on this.
Gavin
I've been struggling for a while to find a solution to a particular reporting problem we have.
- Essentially what we need to do is allow a user to preview a crystal report (v.10) from within a web application, and alter that report if need be. The altering of the report will take the form of adjusting column widths and row heights, changing font sizes and styles, splitting the report onto another page at a chosen point, changing paper orientation, and exporting to PDF.
We're using Crystal Enterprise for the preview part, but about 5% of the reports previewed will need altering. My question is, can I use the RDC component to do all this? I know you can't really use the RDC from within a web app, but the plan was to call a windows app from the web app, the modify the report using the RDC from there.
Ideally we'd like to modify cross-tab reports, but from what I've seen the object properties are fairly limited, so instead I'll probably be building manual crosstabs.
Can I have some thoughts on this? Is the RDC powerful enough to modify a report as above?
Many thanks in advance for any ideas on this.
Gavin