Set default value parameters in CR2011

[RenaG]

We are converting from CR10 to CR2011. I have noticed that the input date parameter windows don't default to today's date. I tried to set the "Default Value" in the Edit Parameter window to CurrentDate or Today() but that didn't work. How do I indicate that I want it to default to today's date?

TIA!

~RLG

 

[Madawc]

What we do is set dates to a default value of 1/1/1957, which happens to be Day Zero in our mainframe system. Then use a formula field that uses CurrentDate when this value is encountered.

We use Crystal 2008, upgraded from Crystal 11.5. I found that the upgraded system threw away various default dates that we had carefully set. But it did also allow us to restore them.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 2008 with SQL and Windows XP

 

[RenaG]

Hi Madawc -

I am not following your suggestion. Or maybe my question wasn't clear.

I am talking about the parameter window that pops up when you run a report when there are parameter fields. It use to be (in CR 10) that if it was a date field, the default was today and the user could just click ok if today is what they wanted. Now, you HAVE to click the calendar icon. I would just like to set the default to today.

So, going with your suggestion, I created a Formula Field called Parm_SDate and set it to CurrentDate. But I wasn't able to put it any place on the Edit Parameter screen for OrderDate.

I hope that makes more sense. Any suggestions anybody?

TIA!

~RLG

 

[Madawc]

The formula field checks the parameter and substitutes the current date for a blank. Then use the formula field result for processing.

Madawc Williams (East Anglia, UK). Using Crystal 2008 with SQL and Windows XP