Refresh Crystal Report

[cdulong]

Hello All,

I am wondering if there might be a way to force the software to refresh a report (F5) as soon as it is opened.

Thanks,

 

[lbass]

If you don't have file->"save data with report" checked, the report will have to be refreshed upon opening.

-LB

 

[cdulong]

I tried your suggestion and turned off "save data with report". Now when I open the report I'm presented with the design page for the report. I would like the report to automatically refresh upon opening. Might there be a way to doing this?

Thanks,

Cdulong

 

[IdoMillet]

afaik, you can't achieve this with Crystal Designer.

If this is for a user who wishes to simply view reports, get one of the 3rd-party viewers listed at:

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

- Ido

view, email, export, burst, distribute, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com

 

[cdulong]

Thanks,

I can accept the fact that I will have to have the users manually refresh the report everytime they open it. But might there be a way to force the report to always prompt for new parameters without asking the user every time.

Thanks,

Cdulong

 

[kskid]

As IdoMillet said, Crystal Report is a design tool, not a user viewing tool. Either you obtain an additional viewing tool or you run the reports for the users and export the output in the appropriate format.

 

[kenhamady]

cdulong,

If the report is not saved with data then the user will not be asked if they want to use the existing parameters when the OPEN the report. There will be no existing parameters at that point. They WILL be asked if they want to use existing parameters if they try to refresh a second time after opening it.

Ken Hamady, On-site Custom Crystal Reports Training & Consulting
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