Display Serial Number as Roman letters in Crystal Reports - crystal-reports

Question

need to display serial no as roman letters(i,ii,iii,iv etc) in my crystal reports. I have the serial number captured as record number (1,2,3,4...).so what i have to do for it in crystal report.

Answer 1

Just use the Roman() function provided by Crystal Reports

Answer 2

I can't take much of the credit; I simply ported the code from this VB Helper article into Crystal, but it was a fun exercise:
NumberVar iCounter := 0;
Local StringVar ch := "";
Local NumberVar result := 0;
Local NumberVar new_value := 0;
Local NumberVar old_value := 0;
Local StringVar temp := "";
temp := UpperCase({?#Roman});
old_value = 1000;
For iCounter := 1 To Len(temp) do
(
// See what the next character is worth.
ch := Mid(temp, iCounter, 1);
if ch = "I" then new_value := 1
else if ch = "V" then new_value := 5
else if ch = "X" then new_value := 10
else if ch = "L" then new_value := 50
else if ch = "C" then new_value := 100
else if ch = "D" then new_value := 500
else if ch = "M" then new_value := 1000;
// See if this character is bigger
// than the previous one.
If new_value > old_value Then
// The new value > the previous one.
// Add this value to the result
// and subtract the previous one twice.
result := result + new_value - 2 * old_value
Else
// The new value <= the previous one.
// Add it to the result.
result := result + new_value;
old_value := new_value;
);
// Format the number without commas or decimals
ToText(result, 0, "");
Simply replace my {?#Roman} parameter placeholder with your variable, and you're all set.

Answer 3

I tried to fix it [enter image description here][1]
<https://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=887691>
or
<https://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1613334>
and
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_UaulmICtM&list=TLPQMTUwMjIwMjMRAYZJzCsXDQ&index=6>
specifically: at crystal report
TH1: Fomula fields/new/"nameabc"/enter/"Roman(GroupNumber)"/ ctrl+S/and pull it out
TH2: Fomula fields/new/"nameabc"/enter/
select GroupNumber
case 1 : " I"
case 2 : " II"
case 3 : " III"
case 4 : " IV"
case 5 : " V"
case 6 : " VI"
case 7 : " VII"
case 8 : "VIII"
case 9 : " IX"
case 10 : " X"
case 11 : " XI"
case 12 : " XII"
case 13 : "XIII"
case 14 : " XIV"
case 15 : " XV"
case 16 : " XVI"
case 17 : "XVII"
default : ""
/ ctrl+S/and pull it out
But it really doesn't help t so there will be this 3 case (t improved from link 2-3) it can apply to the 3rd or even 10th group of headings
TH3: ex: (you want to create a text message for group 3)
Formula fields/new/"nameabc"/enter/
"
WHILEPRINTINGRECORDS;
GLOBAL NUMBERVAR INTSTTGRTEST;
INTSTTGRTEST :=0;
/ ctrl+S/ drag it out and put it in heading group 2 and hide it (= right click/format field/common/ check Suppress/ok) you can go to link 3 to see
Formula fields/new/"nameabcd"/enter/
"
WHILEPRINTINGRECORDS;
GLOBAL numbervar INTSTTGRTEST := INTSTTGRTEST + 1;
stringvar y;
STRINGVAR ARRAY X := ["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","H","I","J","K", "L","M","N","O","P","Q","R","S","T","U","V","W","X ","Y","Z"];
if INTSTTGRTEST <= 26 then (
redim preserve X[INTSTTGRTEST];
y := X[INTSTTGRTEST]
);
y;
/ ctrl+S/and pull it out and place it at group 3
and the alphabet can be whatever we want. ex:
X := ["I","II","III","IV","V","VI","VII","VIII","IX","X","XI" ,"XII","XIII","XIV","XV","XVI","XVII","XVIII","XIX","XX","XXI","XXII","XXIII"," XXIV","XXV","XXVI","XXVII","XXVIII","XXIX","XXX","XXXI","XXXII","XXXIII","XXXIV","XXXV","XXXVI" ,"XXXVII","XXXVIII","XXXIX","XL","XLI","XLII","XLIII","XLIV","XLV","XLVI","XLVII","XLVIII"," XLIX","L"];
or
X := ["a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m","n","o","p","q","r","s","t","u","v","w","x","y","z"];
hope it can help you
enter code here [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/OeBBQ.png