I was trying to add a Rich Text Content Control or a Group around multiple lines of a Word table in order to achieve a master-detail view where I can have multiple master rows and show details in sub rows.
Is there any way to put such content controls around multiple rows with MS Word or should I use nested tables(at least try to).
At this stage adding them by code is not an option.
Thanks
EDIT: Apparently you can only use a single row or the entire table, even if clearly the header row shouldn't be repeated!
In Microsoft Word 2013 a new type of control has been added i.e. Repeating Section Content Control.
It exactly meets your requirements. You can read more about it # http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff838936(v=office.15) under Enhancement to content controls section.
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I am putting a footnote in an .rtf template, and before generating a report it seems ok,
but when I load an XML sample and preview the document (.pdf or .doc etc.)
the footnote content goes right into the body of my report (example is in the picture).
I've tried using text boxes, but it doesn't help.
I've also tried just making a paragraph look as a footnote, but since I have a lot of
tags in my template, the footnote-looking text doesn't stay at the
bottom of the page.
and I can't use footers/headers because I need only one footnote at one page.
Try to draw a borderless table with one column and two rows where the first row has fixed hight (exactly) of the size of body, and the second row fixed hight of the size you want to reserve for the footer. Then you place your xml data in those two rows of the table the same way as you put it on the page. I use that for different forms when the position of the data is fixed. There are also other table/row/column properties that you might want to use.
I am using ActiveReports 7 and exporting to XLS with a very large amount of rows and columns. The report "randomly" splits large cells over two rows. I say randomly, if i run the same report multiple times it will always break on the same row but there's nothing special on the row.
We are using
exporter.UseCellMerging = True
exporter.AutoRowHeight = True
exporter.RemoveVerticalSpace = True
Are there any other properties I need to include in order to prevent this from happening?
Large cells will split over two rows when the TextBox is splitting in the rendered view of the report as well. This is the design behavior. The textBoxes(or other controls in ActiveReports) split over pages when their is no space on the current page to display the full control. If you don't want these textBoxes to split over pages, please set the KeepTogether property of the Section in which the respective textBox is situated in, to True.
Moreover, ActiveReports 7 is a legacy product. We suggest you to try with the latest version i.e. ActiveReports 16 (https://www.grapecity.com/activereportsnet/download).
You can also post your query on our forums - https://www.grapecity.com/forums/ar-dev
or create a ticket through our support system - https://www.grapecity.com/my-account/my-support
I am trying to generate a 'layered' Crystal Report using the Crystal Report plugin for Visual Studio 2015. I am having formatting problems and would like suggestions on grouping or formatting that will help me achieve something like the below image (what I am trying to achieve).
The first layer includes headers--the row beginning with Time of Search. There are multiple results for that section. I.e. Time of Search could have that 11/12 value pictured and an 11/14, 11/19...
The second layer returns a list of details associated with the first result. In fact, for this example there would be 187 results. My difficulty is that this second section has its own header as well. After printing the seconds sections details, I would like the first header to be displayed, followed by the first header's data, then second header, then second headers data.
There is no way I can know prior to generating the report how many section ones will be needed. Additionally, I do not know how many section twos will be associated with the given sections one. Any help is greatly appreciated!
This was achieved by using two groups and placing the Time of Search row in one group header say 1A. The details from that row were placed in group header 1B.
A second group say 2 contained the blue box row as its header. The list below was filled within the details area.
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.
I am looking for a way out in cross tab, so that if the columns exceed in cross tab, they shouldnt go on next page..rather a new cross-tab should repeat after the first one.
For example, two columns are displayed in a cross tab :
Now if a new column is added, and assuming that it could not be accomodated within the given page width limit, it will go to a page next to it in CR by default.
But in my report it is required to be shown below the first cross tab (and not on next page), which will look as follows:
Please do suggest me if there's a way out :)
Thanks in advance
Your question is perfectly reasonable, but I'm pretty sure that in CR-XI, there is no automatic way to do this. I recommend skipping the cross-tab designer completely and just making your own:
Make a new CR using a placeholder table that has exactly 1 record.
In this CR, suppress everything but the details section. Add a new details section so you will have Da and Db.
In Da, add a subreport. Use your real datasource and add Column1 and Column2.
In Db, add a subreport. Use your real datasource and add Column3 and Column4.
I don't have time to test this, but I think it will display all the columns as you requested.
(Instead of step 1, you can probably use a placegrouper group in your report that only has 1 group. Then, when you add the subreports, make sure to not add any links to the main report.)
Edit
A dynamic number of columns makes this request much more difficult to do in Crystal.
Maybe you could autogenerate the entire report from a script. I couldn't help you with that, but I'm sure someone else on StackOverflow will.
You can use MS Excel to achieve something similar. Use MS Access or something similar to set up a crosstab of your data. Open a new Excel workbook and import your crosstabbed datasource using Data->Import External Data->Import Data (this imports the entire table, regardless of number of rows). In Page Setup, change settings to Fit to (blank) pages wide by 1 pages tall. You can format the data however you like and the format will be retained. This Excel method will squeeze all your columns into a 1-page wide area. It's not quite what you're asking for, but it will work.
The number of columns may be dynamic, but do you know what the field names could be? For example, your columns include 0-50 US States, then you know what the column names will be, just not which ones or how many. If this is your situation, then use my first suggestion (check off the suppress if blank options to hide unneeded subreports). It won't be pretty (alot of white space), but it can get the job done.
A possible solution can be a multi column report. But it can be difficult to make the row labels and values in the same line.
If you can create an additional row grouping then you have the solution that you want. For example if your columns have number like in your sample. Then you can add a formula like:
columnId \ 2