How to display the results of the grouping horizontally

Question

Hello,
I still cannot understand what am I doing wrong when trying to display the results of the grouping horizontally. Here is the original thread: How to group report vertically
In the Section expert, for Detail section, I check the box Format with Multiple columns. Under the Layout tab, I check Format groups with multiple columns and set the width of the column at 3.3 in. This should give me 3 columns for Landscape orientation.
Now if I select Printing direction Down then Across, I just have the regular vertical grouping.
If I check Across then Down, then I do get 3 columns, but all the records in the Detail section are also spread across first instead of staying in the column.
There should be something else that I should do to get the display like this:
Header1    Header2    Header3
record11   record21   record31
record12   record22   record32
record13   record23   record33
etc.            etc.            etc.
Thank you.

Answer 1

I'm not at all sure columns are gonna help here, as there is no way that I am aware of to tell Crystal to start a new column.
The only way that I can think of to achieve what you are trying to accomplish is to do something like this:
In your group header's Suppress formula, keep track of the first (/ next) three groups that you want to print, using something like (basic syntax):
global grouplist(3) as string
global groupcount as number
groupcount = groupcount + 1
grouplist(groupcount) = {db.GroupingField}
' The NextIsNull below implies End-of-Data...
if groupcount = 3 or NextIsNull({db.GroupField}) then
  formula = false  ' print the group header
else
  formula = true  ' suppress the group header
end if
Then, create three formula fields to get each value in grouplist().  The group header format will then show the three formula fields.  Underneath these three formula fields, add subreports, which will show the details for one specific group.  The subreports should have a parameter for which group's details to show.  Use the three formula fields as the link to the three subreports.
In the group footer, clear out the grouplist() array, and set groupcount to zero.
This report will take a while to run, because having three subreports next to each other makes it difficult for Crystal to determine page formatting.
HTH,
Carl