Shared Variable Problem

[knagy]

I am having problems getting any shared variables to work going from a subreport to the main report. I am using Crystal Reports 9 and created a simple test to figure out what I am doing wrong. In my subreport I wrote the following formula:

@Text Test
WhilePrintingRecords;
shared stringvar TESTTEXT := "Test";


I put this in my group 1 footer and in my subreport it displayes "Test" in each group footer. I then wrote the following formula in my main report:

@Get Test
WhilePrintingRecords;
shared stringvar TESTTEXT;
TESTTEXT

No matter what I do, all I get in the main report is a blank field. I have placed the subreport in different places (the report header, the page header, the group header, a second details section, etc.) all with the same blank results. I have placed the @Get Test formula in different places all with the same blank results. I have tried to link the subreport to the main report by the @Get Test formula, the field which is being used to create the Group 1, and other options that I can't even remember any more. No matter what I do, all I get on the main report is a blank field. Can someone either tell me what I am doing wrong, or post a small sample of a shared variable that would work. What is even more frustrating for me is that I can get global variables to work. Thank you in advance for any help you can give me.

 

[knagy]

I have figured out that part of my problem has to do with suppressing the subreport. If I don't suppress it, I get the results I want on the main report. However, when I suppress the subreport, I get a blank field.

 

[Turkbear]

Hi,
If the sub is supressed, then it will not assign the value to the shared variable..That will only be there after the sub runs...










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