Crystal Report for Generating ID Cards

Question

Post Author: fritzjeran
CA Forum: General
Good day,
I'am a newbie to Crystal Report. My boss requires me to make a report that would pull employees data from MySql Server and Generate ID Cards for printing. I'am using C# .net for my programming language. I'am confused since i'am a newbie as what i have observe the on the detail area of the report (.rpt) the data pulled from the database is filled in a row vertically going down. However in my project, since i'd be using A4 size paper, two id cards would fit in a row that means two records is displayed horizontally and if there are more than 2 records so the additional records would be added on the next row of the report. I'am also concerned with the back part area of the id card that would match the front area upon printing.. how can we solve this in Crystal report? any suggestion is appreciated.. 

Answer 1

Post Author: V361
CA Forum: General
I have CR XI, first setup your page to be A4, select section expert and click on details, near the bottom you should see Format with multiple columns, when you click the check box, you should see an additional tab pop up at the top, (Layout).  If you are using any grouping be sure to check the format groups with multiple columns (near the bottom of the layout page), while in the layout section you can set the gap between details, width and control if your data goes, left right, or top down. once you get the layout correct, save the report.  You will want to open that same report and rename / replace fields for the back of the cards. I don't know if you plan to print front back in the same operation or not. If you plan to duplex, you may want to create two sections, one for the front, one for the back instead of two reports.  Hope this gives you a good start.