Displaying Date Parameters in Report Heading

Post Author: Jim-1003
CA Forum: Formula
Hello,
I am new to Crystal Reports, and I am trying to improve an existing report definition so that the beginning and end dates selected by the user are displayed as part of the report heading. I saw something similar in the report samples, but the sample uses custom functions that apply only to that report -- cdFormatDateRange and cdSpecialDateRange. I have not found any documentation on how those functions were created or how to use them. Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Jim

Post Author: Jim-1003
CA Forum: Formula
After some digging, I did find out more. First of all, in the options for my Parameter, the option to allow multiple entries was set to true, so I didn't really have a range, but an array of ranges, which confused the editor.
Second, I finally did find the source code for cdFormatDateRange, which allowed me to reuse it by copying it into the clipboard and pasting it into my report.

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