Multiple paged report

Question

Hi, I am somehow new to SAP CR for VS2010 and I am trying to create a report that is divided in 3 pages with data in each page related to the previous page. How can i create a multiple paged report? What i want to do is something like this.
======will be printed in page 1==========            =======will be printed in page 2====             ===========will be printed in page 3=====
Rec no. Employee name EmpID Gross income   |      Basic Salary    Bonus  Compensation     |          Exemption code      Tax withheld      Tax due
1            Peter parker      0001      $5,0000         |         $450               $200        $2.50           |                M1                           $50              $60
2            Emma stone   0002      $15,000           |         $500                $350       $10              |                S3                            $80              $55
this is just a sample data/field needed in each page. I tried using section expert and inserted another section under details but it does not give me what i want. TIA.

Answer 1

Yes, but this is going to be a bit tricky.
1.  Create a formula called "InitPage":
     NumberVar page = 1;
     Place this formula in the report header - it won't display because of the final ";"
2.  Create another formula called "SetPage":
     NumberVar page;
     if page = 3 then page := 1
     else page := page + 1;
     Place this formula in the page footer.
3.  Create a formula called "InitRows": (NOTE:  This assumes that your data for each row is using a numeric ID as the key)
     Global NumberVar Array rowInfo := [-1];
     1;  //formulas cannot return an array, so we give it a meaningless value to return
     Place this formula in the report header.
4.  Create a formula called "ClearRows":
     EvaluateAfter({@SetPage});
     Global NumberVar Array rowInfo;
     NumberVar page;
     if page = 1 then
          Redim rowInfo[1];
          rowInfo[1] := -1;
     1;
     Place this in the page footer below the {@SetPage} formula.
5.  Create a formula called "SetRow":
     Global NumberVar Array rowInfo;
     NumberVar page;
     if page = 1 then
          if not ({MyTable.ID} in rowInfo) then
              if rowInfo[1] = -1 then
                    rowInfo[1] := {MyTable.ID}
              else
                   //Add one element to the array.
                   Redim Preserve rowInfo[UBound(rowInfo) + 1];
                   //Set the element to the value you need for linking the data.
                   rowInfo[UBound(rowInfo)] := {MyTable.ID}
     1;
     Place this formula in your details section - it won't show anything, but it will set up the array for use in the subreports.
6.  Keep your subreports in the details sections as they are.
7.  In the Section Expert, do the following:
     a.  Turn off "New Page After" on the first details section.
     b.  For the second details section, set the Suppress formula to:
               NumberVar page;
               page <> 2
     c.  For the third details section, set the Suppress formula to:
               NumberVar page;
               page < 3
7.  In your subreport, create a Formula called "FilterArray":
     Global NumberVar Array rowInfo
     Note that there is NO semi-colon on the end of this!
8.  In the Select Expert, edit the selection formula to add something like this:
     {MyTable.ID} in {@FilterArray}
I haven't tested any of this other than to make sure that Crystal will verify the formulas.  But, it should get you close to what you're looking for.
-Dell