Is there a way to create a function that concatenates

Hello,
I constantly find myself needing to create a forumla tha concatenates employee's ID, last name, and first name.  Is there a way to create a function in Crystal that will allow me to create a function that already has this concatenation in place?  I am using Crystal XiR2.
Thanks,
Z

Hi Zack,
Custom function is a function that can be used in any report and it doesn't depend on database. We have to provide the values in order to claculate what we want and basing on the values provided it calculates accordingly. We cannot use global variables in custom functions and also evaluation time functions (like whileprintingrecords,whilereadingrecords). So I think it is not possible to get the strings concatenated without passing the values.
Alternatively you can go for a query using Add Command like this
select IDFirstNameLastName as value from table
Regards,
Raghavendra

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