I'm working on a report which displays a configuration for a product, which depending on the product choosen has specific properties. I thought it would be handy to have one rectangle with a table on the left (tblDetailsB) and one on the right side of the report (tblDetailsA) (don't mind the order of A and B here...).
Under the rectangle I have another table which shows a list of drawers (if they're part of the configuration), this list comes from another dataset.
My problem is the size of the rectangle which holds tblDetailA and tlbDetailB is fixed (that's usually why one chooses a rectangle to hold..) and my tlbLade subreport for the drawers is under a lot of whitespace..
I could use subreports for tblDetailsA and tblDetailsB but I don't want to have too many of them..
I got myself into this mess, maybe someone knows a much better idea to solve this?
Thanks to http://www.sqldev.org/sql-server-reporting-services/hidden-rows-still-displayed-9660.shtml
I found out I have to suppress / hide the rows in the static row group under the details group (switch to advanced mode first..).
When I did that the size of the Rectangle (container) was ignored when the rows where hidden :)
Regards,
Mike
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I need the gray box in my report to print in the Details section to the right of the actual details:
The defect code box is a subreport that serves as a key to various defects that pop up in the details. How do I get it to appear on the right without increasing the height of the Detail section, and such that the gray box does not repeat.
There's a few ways to do this, but due to the nature of Crystal Reports it might be difficult to pull off.
I'd recommend placing the white table on the left into its own subreport. Then you just arrange the subreports so one is on the right and one is on the left. That's probably the least amount of work.
If that's not an option, you could in theory turn the gray box into a very weird, very specific formula. (Not recommended, but still doable.)
You'd write this formula to contain a large if-else statement based on the record number. (If it's the first record, the report displays "DEFECT CODE". If it's the second record, display "SI - SLAG INCLUSION" and so on and so forth. Change the background color of the formula to gray, and suppress it if the record number goes past the final line.
Again, I don't recommend this last suggestion, but if you absolutely can't put the white table into a subreport you can get this to work with a little elbow grease.
Hi Experts,
Is there any way to automatically grow the content of dynamic text
field in crystal report. I will give you an example this way.
I have values to display in crystal report as (which we fetch dynamically fromt the database)
Employee_ID, Employee_name, Employee_address
Now, the Employee_ID, Employee_name would be ok. But for
Employee_address the value can be anything from the database, i.e. it
can be lengthy also(like with 80 charectors also). That is it will come in next row and
overlap the below the row column ('address') value.
Now, is there any way(or formula), when one dynamic text field grows
like address, then previous two Employee_ID and Employee_address
should grow automatically and for next row the data should not overlap
also.
Please give ideas.
Thanks in advance.
If you mark the three fields can grow, then each field will expand (vertically) as necessary to accommodate the data. If the field does NOT need to expand, it won't. Moreover, if the three fields are arranged side-by-side in the same details section, there will be no overlap--either horizontally or vertically.
If you are trying to always bottom-align the three fields, regards of the vertical size of any of the fields (the address field in your example seems to be the issue), then you have a different problem:
Relative Positions
This option allows you to lock the relative position of a report object next to a grid object within a section. For example, if you place a text object one centimeter to the right of a cross-tab object, during report generation the program will push the text object to the right, so that the one centimeter space is maintained regardless of the width of the cross-tab object.
Note:
Only horizontal locking is possible. If you need to preserve relative vertical positioning, you should create a new report section.
Once Relative Positions is selected for a section, you can no longer drag objects to new positions within that section. To change an object's position, use the Object Size and Position dialog box.
Relative positioning applies only to objects placed to the right of grid objects (that is, objects that can grow horizontally).
I am trying to create a report in SSRS using Report Builder 3.0 where there is an ungrouped section of data (in the screenshot this is called "Risks") followed by a grouped section of data "Controls". There can be many controls to one risk row as seen in the row with the "Ref" 3a. After the grouped set of controls it goes back to the ungrouped risk info (see below).
screenshot
I have made this work by using a nested table inside one of the cells, this all looked fine until I added a larger amount of data in the cell "Consequences". As you can see this does not look good at the moment as the inner table does not grow.
My question, is there a way to make the inner table grow, so the 2nd row text would be in the middle of that row and the background colour would take up the whole row, so it does not leave a white space?
I really appreciate any help you can give.
Thanks,
Glenn
I do not believe this to be possible as the nested tablix is by its own right optimised for space and visual appearance.
I know what you want to do and I can only suggest you tweak yourn report to query this data in one and produce one tablix. Not ideal I know as this will mess the arrangement.
Designing forms in silverlight is a PAIN.
The grid does make it easy to align stuff right or left, but when you start building more complex forms, It quickly becomes a hell.
(Think multicolumns forms, separating parts of the form in sub-usercontrol, with Localized labels so that you need the label column to be set to Auto...)
One particular problem I face is when I need to insert a new row in a form.
Is there any way to select all the
controls on multiple lines and move
them all 1 row down?
Right now, I have to go through every line and move them down, one by one.
How do you effectively build complex forms? I know about the DataForm control from the toolkit, but it is in "preview" quality and from what I have read, it is too inflexible when you need to customize and build multiple-columns forms.
Yes, complex Grid's can be annoying to change. Here are a few thoughts and ideas for you.
If you use Expression Blend and insert the Row or Column using the Blue Bars in the Artboard, Blend will attempt to do this for you. It works with varying degrees of success, largely based on the amount of the control the new row or column snap lines overlaps. For the best results, zoom into the Artboard and add the new snap line very close to the row above or column to the left.
At this point you'll still have a lot of cleanup to do, but the Grid.Row and Grid.Column properties will be correctly adjusted. Correcting the row and column sizes is one of the few times I choose to manually edit the XAML, so you'll probably be faster fixing those values manually.
If odd Margins are created (as they often are) you can select all the affected properties at once and reset the Margins en masse.
Probably the best advice would be to consider using a different control. If you find yourself constantly rearranging the contents of a Grid, perhaps you would be better off with a DockPanel. You can achieve a Grid-like result by adding elements (Grids) docked to the Top and binding the row or column height's to a Resource:
<UserControl.Resources>
<GridLength x:Key="StandardColumnHeight">32</GridLength>
</UserControl.Resources>
Now you can bind the ColumnDefinition Width to the static resource ensuring they all have the same width (of course this could also work with column widths).
<ColumnDefinition Width="{StaticResource StandardColumnHeight}"/>
If you define each of the subsequent Grid's using the same set of ColumnDefinitions (another quick XAML copy-n-paste job).
This may be a little extra work to set up initially, but inserting a new row in your DockPanel is a simple matter of XAML order and would not require as much work.
Is it possible to create a table with this crystal reports, because I need to layout or format my data into a table(not cross tab), is there a way to do this cause I think my tool box is only limited to lines and boxes and basic shapes.
There's a few things you can do to make it look like a table:
Create Each row in your report represents a row in the table.
Put a border/box around the table use the 'Insert Box' from the toolbar and simple start drawing the box in the header of the (or group header) and finish in the footer (or group footer) and when you preview the report you'll see a box around the whole table [report]
Column grid lines can easily be done by linking the top and bottom of your box. they will then expand out in preview mode.
Top Tip: Zooming right in, to say 300%, makes getting the joins much easier, and investigate snap-to-grid you may want to simple disable it it may actually make life easier,(when ultimate precision is required)
If you need to display the data as a table, you can get creative with details, groups, subsections, and formulae. For example, the formula sum({A},{B}) adds all the values of {A} for each group {B} (best used in a group footer). If you have any specific questions, I can try to answer them.
Sorry, but Crystal reports can not create tables. It can execute a stored procedure that creates tables, but that's really the procedure creating the tables.