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Crystal Reports Basic Report Design

Crystal Reports Basic Report Design. Getting Ready for Report Design. Install Crystal Reports full product Tell halFILE the location of the CRW32.EXE file Copy the file CRPE32.DLL into your halFILE program directory

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Crystal Reports Basic Report Design

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  1. Crystal ReportsBasic Report Design

  2. Getting Ready for Report Design • Install Crystal Reports full product • Tell halFILE the location of the CRW32.EXE file • Copy the file CRPE32.DLL into your halFILE program directory • Think about the information you want reported and how you would like it formatted • SoftPro users name the existing C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CRPE32.DLL to .SAV, install Crystal Reports, copy the new CRPE32.DLL to HALFILE program directory, then name CRPE32.SAV back to .DLL

  3. “Techie” Names to Know • HALREPORTS.DSN - The Microsoft Text File Data Source halFILE creates to run reports • HALCARD.TXT - Database records for a card format report • HALREPORT.TXT – Database records for a non-card format report • CRITERIA.TXT – Search criteria text • HITLIST.TXT – Records from the hit list only • SCHEMA.INI – Tells Crystal field formats (date, number, etc. to facilitate report design)

  4. Design a Market Share Report • Perform a search in halFILE • Click REPORT button • Click INSERT REPORT • Card or not Card Format? • Name your report, set path and .RPT file name • DESIGN REPORT takes you to Crystal

  5. We Performed the Following Functions inside Crystal... • Use Crystal Reports Field Explorer • Change report orientation and size • Change fonts and pitch • Suppress sections • Group records • Resize fields and move fields around • Format dates and dollar amounts

  6. And then added some“Bells and Whistles”... • Add SQL based tables to report • Link tables together • Added amount totals and percentages • Added system fields like date, page numbers, etc. • Added lines and formatting to make the report easy to read and understand

  7. Crystal Support Resources • www.businessobjects.com • www.halfile.com Tech Support Database • hal Systems Support (non-maintenance) • Community College or Vendor-sponsored classes of instruction

  8. Questions?

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