Crystal Reports 8.5 Questions


Migration issue from 8.5 to 11.5
I use an application which generates Crystal Reports. This application currently uses Crystal Reports 8.5 when I tried to migrate the Crystal Reports to 11.5 and tried generating reports, an error is thrown which says”failed to load database information”.

Answer Question   |  April 5, 2013  11:46 AM
Crystal Reports 11.5, Crystal Reports 8.5
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5 pts.

Add Database Field to Report
Why am I barred from adding new fields (e.g. Text, Fields, Formulas) to my report. I am able to move and alter existing fields but not add new one. This problem began suddenly and after reloading Crystal 8.5, the problem still exists.

Answer Question   |  November 21, 2012  10:57 PM
Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports fields
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10 pts.

Large data text block in Crystal Reports 8.5
My report has a large text block, this is causing problems because it keep jumping to the second page rather than starting from page one spilling over to page two naturally.

Answer Question   |  October 29, 2012  3:30 PM
Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports error messages
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5 pts.

Crystal 8.5 export trouble
My Application is developed in Vb6,Sqlserver2003 and crystal report 8.5.this application is well run on windows XP,Server2003 etc. but now we are Shift our OS to Server 2008 R2 32 bit. application running well but when I trying to export reprot(i.e click on export button of the crystal report) suddenly application going to crash.I cant [...]

Answer Question   |  June 5, 2012  9:48 AM
Crystal Reports 8.5, SQL Server 2003
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5 pts.

Data Fields outside of report section
I am looking at a previously written Crystal 8.5 report in which most of the data fields are outside of the report section. I can only see these fields if I reduce the report size to 50%. I have tried landscape orientation and adjusting the paper size to 11X17, but I still have many fields [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  4:45 PM
Crystal 8.5, Crystal Reports 8.5, SQL, SQL Reports
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15 pts.

Date parameters within crystal reports 8.5 still brining up all records
Hi, I have created a date parameter as I would like to be able to view absence within the company during certain dates. When I run the parameter it still brings up all the records. Is anyone able to help?

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  9:04 AM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 8.5, Parameters
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5 pts.

set location of the database in the crystal report version 8.5 through vb 6.0 program
I have developed small system in vb 6.0 and using crystal reports 8.5 as reporting tool, if i have prepared the report format in crystal report the location of the database ( MS Access 2003 ) is set after selecting the database name. I would like to set the location of the database through vb [...]

Answer Question   |  February 25, 2011  4:59 PM
Crystal Reports 8.5, VB 6.0
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Sdd
5 pts.

Crystal Reports 8.5 export troubles
I have an older application which uses Cryst 8.5 and we use the viewer. We recently turned on the export button in the viewer. The export feature works on some machines but on others it works up to the point of displaying the window that allows the user to choose where to save the file. This [...]

Answer Question   |  February 17, 2011  1:19 PM
Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports Export, Crystal Reports Viewer, Visual Basic 6.0
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5 pts.

Crystal Reports 8.5 iMIS 10.6 database
I am using Crystal 8.5 with iMIS 10.6. In the database we collect Annual Fund gift information. Each Annual Fund year is a discrete value (AF_2011, AF_2010, AF_2009 etc. I am having difficulty writing a formula that will give me new (AF_2011 only) gifts. I want to show those who only gave to AF_2011 after [...]

Answer Question   |  January 24, 2011  3:11 PM
Crystal Reports 8, Crystal Reports 8.5, iMIS, SQL Server
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15 pts.

Crystal Reports 8.5 and Oracle 9i
Hi Brothers and lovers,          I’ve tried in designing the crystal report.while designing,i used multiple columns to view the records.Here i’ve a problem in designing.the problem is , i selected the down the across in the layout of details section in the crystal report 8.5.Through this i can’t control the record to next column before [...]

Answer Question   |  December 11, 2010  3:59 PM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 8.5, Oracle 9i
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5 pts.

Crystal Reports 8.5 compatibility with SQL 2005
Is crystal 8.5 compatible with SQL Server 2005?

Answer Question   |  December 10, 2010  4:45 PM
Crystal Reports 8.5, SQL, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005
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5 pts.

Giving in Date Range in Crystal Reports 8.5
I am trying in Crystal 8.5 to get records for those who did not donate in a given date range, but did give in a different date range (i.e. did not donate 5/1/1985 thru 4/30/2009, but did donate 5/1/2009-4/30/2010). Those who meet the criteria are then marked as “new donor”. I am getting too many [...]

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2010  4:36 PM
Crystal 8.5, Crystal Reports 8.5, Date format, iMIS
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15 pts.

Crystal Reports 8.5 Cannot insert Field or Text Objects
I have been using 8.5 for years without any problem. Recently I have been unable to create any new reports. I am not allowed to insert any field or text objects. I am also unable to modify any of the existing thousands of reports. I have reinstalled a number of times. It will work for [...]

Answer Question   |  November 24, 2011  9:13 PM
Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports error messages, Crystal Reports Errors, Oracle 10, Windows XP
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5 pts.

Crystal Reports header/footer formatting
I was able to create a group header to print memo then statement page following memo for each employee but now am having trouble with the header and footer appearing on the memo. I only want the header and footer to appear on the statement not my memo. How can I fix this?

Answer Question   |  April 13, 2011  6:17 PM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports Conditional Formatting, Crystal Reports printing
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10 pts.

New Page Insert to an existing report in Crystal Reports 8.5
I am trying to insert a new page to an existing report, I want two pages to print per person and am having trouble with this. Please help.

Answer Question   |  August 12, 2011  5:45 PM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports printing, PeopleSoft
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10 pts.

Crystal Reports 8.5 to Crystal 11.5.0.313
Can you convert Crystal 8.5 reports to version 11.5.0.313?

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2010  3:17 PM
Crystal 8.5, Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 11.5, Crystal Reports 8.5
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10 pts.

Crystal Reports 8.5 prints numbers as if divided by 100
My report prints values from an Ingres database and totally at random some of these values are divided by 100. For instance 63.00 prints as 0.63. This report runs in 25 sites, every day about 1000 times and this happens like once every year.

Answer Question   |  October 26, 2010  10:49 AM
Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports Central Management Console, Crystal Reports printing
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5 pts.

Initializing/resetting subreport and shared values
In CR 8.5, I am passing a subreport value to the main report, then using the subreport field value in the main report.  (I have the calculation in the step [em]below[/em] the step that is returing the sub-report value.)   My issue is that once the subreport value gets populated with a non-zero value, it populates [...]

Answer Question   |  October 4, 2010  8:50 PM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports Subreports, Initlialize Shared Fields, Subreports
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5 pts.

Crystal Reports 8.5 export functionality and Windows vista
I’ve encountered a problem with Crystal 8.5, on Vista, and exporting reports.

Answer Question   |  September 14, 2010  5:31 PM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports Errors, Crystal Reports Export, DLL files, RDC, Windows Vista
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15 pts.

Crystal Reports – Rounding Nearest 1/8 Mile
I’m trying to create a report that will estimate our cost to a taxi vendor. I have the exact mileage, however I need to round to the nearest 1/8 of a mile. Does anyone have any idea how to do that either is Crystal Reports formula or SQL?

Answer Question   |  August 12, 2010  1:59 AM
Crystal Reports, Crystal Reports 8.5, Crystal Reports formulas, SQL Server, SQL Server 2005
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5 pts.