Crystal Reports 8.5: Report with Subreport: Nearly empty pages?

Post Author: alois2805
CA Forum: General
Hallo!
I am using Crystal Reports 8.5.
I have created a report with a subreport.
My problem: When I print the report, there is always a large empty space after the subreport entries?
Can anybody help me?
Alois Blaimer

Post Author: Evans
CA Forum: General
Originally the stored procedure had the last parameter as an integer. I tried everything with the formulas, CDBL(1.00) ToNumber(1.00) 1.00 1 hoping it just wasn't recognizing that the value needed to be a number but nothing worked. I changed the stored procedure to require a VARCHAR for the last parameter, updated the report and it worked for me.

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Crystal Report with subreports breaks when running on different databases.

HI there
I have a report with 5 subreports on that only works on the database I am designing it on. As soon as I run the report through my application on a database different to the one I design on, it seems to have lost all the parameter fields I created in one of the subreports (the one I have just added, the other 4 work fine) used to link to the main report.
It then pops up with the Parameter Value box and asks for values for 2 parameters that I do not use to link to the subreport, nor have added to the subreport in design time, and in code when I step through the parameterfields list property, the parameters I added in design time to the subreport are not in the list but somehow these 2 parameter fields have been added to the subreport? These 2 parameters have the same names as some main report parameters which have been set already, but as mentioned these somehow now belong to the subreport.
When I run the report through my app on the database I design on all parameters are present and the report works fine.
The parameters in the subreport are all command parameters, linking to a command field, a formula field and another non-command parameter in the main report. All these are set and work fine in the main report.
I set all the parameter values in code to the main report, and the subreports all use those to link to.
I am using CR v10.2 with VB2008 using .NET 2.0 framework (although I had similar problems in VB2005), where the report links directly to a SQL databse via commands. There are 4 commands in the main report and one in the problematic subreport. The subreports command incudes a SQL "IF" statement based on one of the parameters I am linking from the main report.
Please let me know if more info is required.
Thanks.

Hello, Eugen;
I understand you are using Visual Studio .NET 2008 with bundled Crystal Reports Basic for 2008 (10.5). Do you have a full version of Crystal Reports you use to design reports with or are you designing inside Visual Studio .NET?
I would like to suggest some ways to test and narrow down the issue.
One subreport appears to be changing the parameters used when the underlying database changes. Is there a change in the Command it is based on?
Create a simple report using the same command and the same database as is used in the problem subreport. Run it to confirm you get the same data as in the original.
Now in design, go into Database|Set Datasource location and change to the new datasource. Do a Database|Verify database. Do you see the change in parameter fields you are seeing at runtime? Has the Command changed? Does it run through the application?
If you see the same change there, it will have to be addressed in the designer first. If it runs well there, let us look further at the application.
What is the order of your code?
   Open main report
   Logon to database
   Pass parameters
   Open each subreport
   Logon to the database
   Pass parameters
   View the report.
Do you set all database locations before passing parameters?
Were any of the parameters created as "NULL" in the designer?
Once I have the answers to these questions we can look a little further.
Elaine

Login error with report viewer when opening Crystal report with subreport

Hi
I have a problem with a login error (database vendor code 18456) when I try to open a crystal report to view it.
The report uses data from an external payroll database but I'm running it via our Accounts system (it's a convenient front end for users to run the report from). This works fine for another report that doesn't have any subreports. However when I run the Crystal report that has subreports, the report generation process works but when the crystal reports viewer tries to open the report I get the login error. It doesn't seem to be passing the login details for the payroll database down to the subreport.
I'm using Crystal Reports version 11.0.0.1282. The Accounts system is Technology One. Tech One have provided a report template that has several formulas designed to allow Tech One to play nicely with Crystal. One of these formulas allows me to enter the nickname of the external database that the report needs to use. The external database's connection details are fully specified in the Tech One configuration section (server console). So in this case the report says use database U1 & the server console identifies U1 as being the payroll database, specifies the connection path & has the username & password required to logon to the payroll database/server.
The report is running ok & retrieving data, but for some reason the viewer is erroring. If anyone has any ideas for how I can get the login details used to run the main report to flow through to the subreport it would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Sue

I understand your frustration. We can do a few things. But really, it should be Technology One contacting us. To use an analogy (which you are free to share with Technology One). They built a car and sealed the hood. You bought the car, but he engine does not quite run as it should. You bring the car to the mechanic and all he can do is look at the car as he can not even open the hood.
In any case, here is what I would do if I could open the hood (e.g.; if I was dealing with Technology One):
1) Look up database vendor code 18456. This is simply the error our print engine is receiving from the database client and it simply passes it through relatively unhandled. This you should be able to do your self or ask Technology One to tell you what that means.
2) Break out the subreport and see if it runs on it's own in the application (if this is a permissions issue - which I doubt - it should come up here too). Unfortunately, this is for Technology One to do...
3) Run the report (with the subreport) in the CR designer. Does it work there? If this is a win app and it works, we again eliminated permission issues. And we also confirmed that the report is good. Again, Technology One should do this for you.
BTW.; CR 11.0 is out of support - not sure if you or Technology One are aware of this...
4) Can the developer duplicate the issue on his development computer?
Now, there are couple of instances where you say something like; "the report works and gets data, but the viewer errors out":
+The report is running ok & retrieving data, but for some reason the viewer is erroring.
However when I run the Crystal report that has subreports, the report generation process works but when the crystal reports viewer tries to open the report I get the login error. +
How do you know the report is retrieving data? From the error I would say the report never connects, thus the error / request for a logon...
So, the short of all of this is; get Technology One to contact us. They can do it over the forums or obtain a phone case here;
http://store.businessobjects.com/store/bobjamer/en_US/pd/productID.98078100
Now, here is a warning. As CR 11.0 is out of support Technology One will have to upgrade to CR 11.5, before that can create a phone case, which for them and you brings up another bunch of issues...
If you do not get any joy from the support person at you are talking to at Technology One, get him to escalate the issue. They are the ones that should be talking to us...
Ludek

Publishing Crystal Report with subreport in BOE

Where can I find specific step-by-step instructions on how to publish a Crystal Report in BOE that contains an on-demand subreport that contains links (passed parameters) to the main report? I havepublished the 'main' report and the subreport in the CMC and have run the main report in Infoview. But I can find no instructions on how to link the subreport to the main report at run time. The user should be able to click on a summary field that will in turn run the subreport that generates details about the specific summary he clicked on.
Thanks very much for your help,
Holly

Alright, so you wish to click on the summary field and open a Detail report that should be an on-demand sub-report that is linked with some other field in the Main report?
You can insert the sub-report and place it on the section where you want it to be in. Link the Main report to the subreport on a field and then right-click the subreport > select Format subreport > Check On-demand Subreport > Click the formula button beside On-demand subreport caption and type the name of the summary field in the formula.
This will make sure, the sumary field value is printed as the caption and it appears as a hyperlink.
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Scheduling Crystal Report with Subreport in BOE 12.0.0.683

I have scheduled a crystal report in BOE that contains a subreport. The report successfully completes, but the data for the subreport is blank. I know there are records for the subreport because they are there when I run the subreport manually in crystal. Is there a way to fix this?

hi,
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Embedding Crystal Reports with parameters in web page

Hi,
I have created a sample report file and configured it with a parameter field. On embedding this report file in the web page, as expected I am prompted to enter value for the parameter. After entering value and clicking OK, CrystalReportViewerServlet delegates the call to the custom JDBC connector implementation which is the data provider. However, the web page doesnu2019t show the retrieved resultset but shows a page with some text like this:
{"update":{"children":[{"children":[
{"args":{"curPage":1,"numPages":"1"},"cons":"bobj.crv.newSelectPageControl"},{"args":{"searchText":""},"cons":"bobj.crv.newSearchTextControl"}
],"cons":"bobj.crv.newToolbar"},{"args":{"displayDrilldownTab":true,"initTabIdx":0},"children":[{"args":{"isMainReport":true,"label":"Main Report","viewStateId":"1"},"children":[{"args":{"content":"\r\n
On debugging I could see, that the parameter value from the prompt is correctly passed from the CrystalReportViewerServlet to the custom Connector (i.e., the sql query is updated with the parameter value) and the connector fetches the data also.
I also tried embedding another .rpt file with few parameter fields configured (where user input values are just passed to the details section of the report for display). However on running this web page also I get the same error.
Report files with no parameter fields configured are working fine when embedded in web page.
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Running Crystal report( with subreport) from VB6 using CRAXDRT.Report

The application (vb5 with CRAXDRT.Report version 11.5) works for more than 50 different reports.
This special report has a subreport with 5 Link elements.
Report works fine with Crystal XI. But when gets fired from vb6 application, after 2 or 3 times
(sometimes at the first time), application crashes with following error message pops up:
vb6.exe-Application Error.
Instruction at 0x0000000 referenced memory could not be "read"
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(MSP for Main report's stored proc, SSP for Subreport's stored proc)
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MSP . @managerID -> SSP.@managerID
MSP . @showall -> SSP.@showall
MSP . officeid-> SSP.@officeid
MSP . manager -> SSP.manager (items with @ sign are Parameters)
If I delete the last link element this error never happens !
Any clue ?

For starters, get the latest Service Pack for CR XI r2 from here:
https://smpdl.sap-ag.de/~sapidp/012002523100013876392008E/crxir2win_sp5.exe
Make sure you also have the latest SP for VB 6.
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JRC bug: apostrophe in string parameter passed to Crystal Report with Command datasource to SQL Server

Post Author: nl11087
CA Forum: JAVA
A single quote/apostrophe in string parameter passed to a Crystal Report with Command datasource connecting to a SQL Server database, using sqljdbc driver does not escape the special character correctly. When doing a preview in the Crystal Reports IDE it allows you to escape the input parameter as expected and work correctly, but through the JRC component it fails. For string parameters without special sql server characters I experience no problems at all. When replacing the Command with a direct table there is also no problem.
Reproduction:
1. create a database db1, create a table table1 with a String type column col1.
2. Create new report Report1.rpt, create a connection to above, Add Command using 'SELECT col1, col2, col3 FROM table1 WHERE col1 = '{?Par1}' . Add a parameter field Par1 : String
3. In your java stand alone application using JRC add the parameter Par1 with a value "Jon Doe's Value" containing a single apostrophe. Export to PDF. (I also tried MSWord and this failed too, similar behavior). Additionally, in another test try to replaceAll("'","''") to escape it, preventing the code to break, but now it does not retrieve the expected row anymore and you end up with an empty report.
Exception StackTrace:
com.crystaldecisions.reports.exportinterface.exceptions.ExportException: JDBC Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.a.c.if(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.a.c.a(Unknown Source)
at com.businessobjects.reports.sdk.b.b.int(Unknown Source)
at com.businessobjects.reports.sdk.JRCCommunicationAdapter.request(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.x.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.q.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.dd.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.ReportSource.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.ReportSource.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.sdk.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.c: JDBC Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.objectformatter.bv.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.objectformatter.bv.if(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.e.l.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.e.p.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.e.p.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.a.c.a(Unknown Source)
... 17 more
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.be: JDBC Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.n.else(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.n.nr(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.n.bn(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.n.bp(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.n.else(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.s.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.aa(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.a(Unknown Source)
... 23 more
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.reports.reportdefinition.datainterface.n: JDBC Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.reportdefinition.datainterface.p.a(Unknown Source)
... 35 more
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.driverImpl.m: JDBC Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.driverImpl.o.eC(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.driverImpl.o.if(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ap.ea(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ap.h(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ap.dV(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ax.if(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.bc.if(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.bc.do(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.bc.do(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ae.cy(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ae.cz(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.b1.bc(Unknown Source)
... 36 more
Caused by: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.makeFromDatabaseError(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.IOBuffer.processPackets(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement.getNextResult(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement.doExecuteStatement(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement$StatementExecutionRequest.executeStatement(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.CancelableRequest.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.executeRequest(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement.execute(Unknown Source)
... 48 more
- JRCAgent3 detected an exception: An error occured while exporting the report
at com.businessobjects.reports.sdk.b.b.int(Unknown Source)
at com.businessobjects.reports.sdk.JRCCommunicationAdapter.request(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.x.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.q.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.dd.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.ReportSource.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.ReportSource.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.sdk.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)

Post Author: nl11087
CA Forum: JAVA
A single quote/apostrophe in string parameter passed to a Crystal Report with Command datasource connecting to a SQL Server database, using sqljdbc driver does not escape the special character correctly. When doing a preview in the Crystal Reports IDE it allows you to escape the input parameter as expected and work correctly, but through the JRC component it fails. For string parameters without special sql server characters I experience no problems at all. When replacing the Command with a direct table there is also no problem.
Reproduction:
1. create a database db1, create a table table1 with a String type column col1.
2. Create new report Report1.rpt, create a connection to above, Add Command using 'SELECT col1, col2, col3 FROM table1 WHERE col1 = '{?Par1}' . Add a parameter field Par1 : String
3. In your java stand alone application using JRC add the parameter Par1 with a value "Jon Doe's Value" containing a single apostrophe. Export to PDF. (I also tried MSWord and this failed too, similar behavior). Additionally, in another test try to replaceAll("'","''") to escape it, preventing the code to break, but now it does not retrieve the expected row anymore and you end up with an empty report.
Exception StackTrace:
com.crystaldecisions.reports.exportinterface.exceptions.ExportException: JDBC Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.a.c.if(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.a.c.a(Unknown Source)
at com.businessobjects.reports.sdk.b.b.int(Unknown Source)
at com.businessobjects.reports.sdk.JRCCommunicationAdapter.request(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.x.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.q.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.dd.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.ReportSource.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.ReportSource.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.sdk.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.c: JDBC Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.objectformatter.bv.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.objectformatter.bv.if(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.e.l.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.e.p.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.formatter.e.p.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.formatter.a.c.a(Unknown Source)
... 17 more
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.be: JDBC Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.n.else(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.n.nr(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.n.bn(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.n.bp(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.n.else(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.s.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.aa(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.dataengine.bk.a(Unknown Source)
... 23 more
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.reports.reportdefinition.datainterface.n: JDBC Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.reportdefinition.datainterface.p.a(Unknown Source)
... 35 more
Caused by: com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.driverImpl.m: JDBC Error: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.driverImpl.o.eC(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.driverImpl.o.if(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ap.ea(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ap.h(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ap.dV(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ax.if(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.bc.if(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.bc.do(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.bc.do(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ae.cy(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.ae.cz(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.queryengine.b1.bc(Unknown Source)
... 36 more
Caused by: com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException: Incorrect syntax near 's'.
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerException.makeFromDatabaseError(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.IOBuffer.processPackets(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement.getNextResult(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement.doExecuteStatement(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement$StatementExecutionRequest.executeStatement(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.CancelableRequest.execute(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerConnection.executeRequest(Unknown Source)
at com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerStatement.execute(Unknown Source)
... 48 more
- JRCAgent3 detected an exception: An error occured while exporting the report
at com.businessobjects.reports.sdk.b.b.int(Unknown Source)
at com.businessobjects.reports.sdk.JRCCommunicationAdapter.request(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.x.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.proxy.remoteagent.q.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.dd.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.ReportSource.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.ReportSource.a(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.sdk.occa.report.application.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)
at com.crystaldecisions.reports.sdk.PrintOutputController.export(Unknown Source)

Link to a crystal report with prompt from xcelsius dashboard

Hi
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If I named the prompt ContryParam in Crystal.
And I want to open this crystal report by sending f.eks UK as countryname to this report.
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Hey Sadaf,
This example uses prompt# to pass "CA" as a value to the first parameter:
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ports/viewrpt.cwr?id=1152&prompt0=CA
search for follwing document title for further reading
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Hi,
I am a new user of Crystal Reports 2008.
I have created a report with charts in it. The input data comes from a csv text file.
Can I set the name of this text file as an input parameter?
as I need to generate 44 similar reports with different text filenames(and data)?
Thank you.
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Brian,
Thanks much.
I did exactly what you said.
Just to see any change, I first gave a bad report file name just to see if I am accidentally pointing to a different file,
but I got an error saying report not found.
Then I renamed my original datafile name and generated a report and it still generated one without giving an error.
Then I also gave a junk name to the logoninfo and printed that name, the new name was assigned to logoninfo, but the code did not error out.
It ended up generating the report.
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Crystal Report with text(csv) data file, can we set it as input param? C#

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Can someone help me with my problem? following is the thread that I have started.
Crystal Report with text(csv) data file, can we set it as input parameter?
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Crystal report with prompts takes very long time to open in infoview BOXI3.

Crystal report with prompts takes very long time to open in infoview BOXI3.1?
Is there any way to increase the performance.

Ramsudhakar,
There are several items that could cause these slow down problems. Without knowing more about the way your environment is setup, I could cause more problems, by giving out performance tips. You would need to be more specific in your post.
What we know. BOXI3.1
What we don't know.
O/S
App. Server
Hardware Spec's
ETC.
I see that this post has been out here for some time. So if this is still a problem for you I'll try and help, if you provide more information.
Thanks
Bill

Getting Error while integrating Crystal reports with Java

Hi All,
I am getting below error while integrating crystal report with java
[java] os.arch = x86
[java] java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.crystaldecisions.Utilities.d.<init>
(Ljava/awt/Image;I)V
[java] at com.crystaldecisions.Utilities.af.try(Unknown Source)
[java] at com.crystaldecisions.Utilities.af.a(Unknown Source)
[java] at com.crystaldecisions.Utilities.af.<init>(Unknown Source)
[java] at com.businessobjects.crystalreports.viewer.applet.g.a(Unknown
Source)
[java] at com.crystaldecisions.ReportViewer.ReportViewer.start(Unknown
Source)
[java] at ReportViewerFrame.<init>(ReportViewerFrame.java:51)
[java] at JRCViewReport.launchApplication(JRCViewReport.java:29)
[java] at JRCViewReport$1.run(JRCViewReport.java:50)
[java] at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:
178)
[java] at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:443)
[java] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForHierarchy(EventDi
spatchThread.java:190)
[java] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDisp
atchThread.java:144)
[java] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.j
ava:138)
[java] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.j
ava:130)
[java] at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:98)
Any help can be appreciated
Kalyan

Hi All,
For got to mention i am using crystal reports XI release 2 with JDK1.4.
Kalyan

Crystal Report with VS 2003 How to define bar colour in design or code?Urgent

Post Author: sterlingrelocation
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
Hi, I am using Crystal report with Visual Studio 2003 and i am creating a graph for user satisfaction (Excellent,Good,Satisfied,Unsatisfied). I want to define color for each bar like Blue for Excellent and Red for Unsatisfied. I tried alot and searched all over as well but did not get any option. If somebody can help me, will be great.
Thanks in advance.
Sterling

Post Author: sterlingrelocation
CA Forum: Crystal Reports
Hi, I am using Crystal report with Visual Studio 2003 and i am creating a graph for user satisfaction (Excellent,Good,Satisfied,Unsatisfied). I want to define color for each bar like Blue for Excellent and Red for Unsatisfied. I tried alot and searched all over as well but did not get any option. If somebody can help me, will be great.
Thanks in advance.
Sterling

Exporting Crystal Reports with embedded Xcelsius content to PDF

Hi,
I have a crystal report with an embedded xcelsius chart. I would like to schedule this report using Crystal Server 2008, sending it monthly as a PDF file attached to an email. But after exporting the report through Crystal Server, the xceslsius content is just blank. Shouldn't this be working?

What is the version of Adobe Reader? Adobe Reader 9 should be there.Also check whether you have Flash Palyer/ flash Active X control installed.
If you can view the dashboard after exporting it to PPT,it means you have Flash Player installed. You need to try with Adobe Reader 9.

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