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Hi Guys,
Enviroment:
- Crystal Reports 2008 Visual Studio Basic Edition (10.5)
Scenario:
- I have two or more product groups
- for each product group I've designed a report
- "Product group A" contains the fields "A" and "B" while product group B contains the fields "C" and "D"
This is not really difficult, but now I met the following challenge:
- I've to implement a bulk export to pdf file format
- Mixing the Product Groups should be possible
Me first thoughts were that I've to merge the reports for a bulk export to the pdf file format, but now I think this isn't possible. Now I'm thinking about building a new report with each field "A" to "D" in a separated in sections and hiding each section, if the one field contains no data.
For a single product, this works fine with C# and the following code:
ReportDocument report = new ReportDocument();
if(field A == "")
report.DetailSection1.SectionFormat.EnableSupress = true;
After that a build my DataSet and pass the DataSet to my report. This is why dynamically hide the sections only works with the first product in the DataSet. All other products will be displayed like the first one, even if there should be other sections to show.
Is it possible to define within the report that (with no code behind class), if a DataField contains no data the parent section should be supressed?
I hope i could explain my problem reasonable...
Kind regards,
Christian

Ok. A bit of a warning to anyone trying to follow in Edgar's footsteps.
This is a dangerous path to take (working with CR XI r2 and .NET 2008). I've seen cases where this works for a time, then mysteriously stops working. Works on one box, not on another. Also be aware that should you need to create a phone case, you will not be able to with this set up (E.g.; unsupported). If you find something in this environment that you suspect is a CR bug, it will not be escalated to R&D for a fix.
So, I'm not trying to do a sales job here, just throwing out a warning. Due diligence and all that, to be technical about it...
Ludek
Edited by: Ludek Uher on Apr 8, 2010 1:28 PM

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