VB Forum / Crystal Report / December 2004

Here's what I've got on my dev machine:
Visual Studio.NET 2002
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Crystal Reports 9 Advanced Edition

I had the "left-hand" toolbox showing on my CR report designer.  Then I
closed it and now I can't get it back...on even NEW reports!
How???
TIA,

I have a webapplication using crystal reports, the reports display the
application users company logo on the top left.  At the moment the reports
have to be recreated for each new install , with the clients company logo.
What's the best approach to making the logo's dynamic, so ...

hi all !!!
I have a quite complex Cristal Report and now I need to be able to include
JPG images in many parts of the report; these images are not logos to be
located at headers or footers; are a new kind of data type that we want to

We have a VB app with approx. 500 reports.  We are considering upgrading to
CR 10 for various reasons.
Will there be much to do in terms of converting the reports formats from 8
to 10?

I have a crystal report tied to a dataset and before, the report filled
whether the dataset was empty, full, or anywhere in between.  Then, I added
some "formula fields" to the report.  Now, unless those db/DataSet fields
involved in the formula fields are not filled, the report ...

i have following problem:
I made a big report (datasource is a dataset).
Now i edited/add some fields of that dataset which i want to add to my
report, too.

I have a formula:
// Check if order is 1 day late
If ({PO.Due_Date}< CurrentDate and IsNull({PO.Last_Recv_date}) and
(CurrentDate - {POReceiptsInvoicesUnionFix.Due_Date}=1))then

I have setup a Crystal Report in a web service.  I wanted the report
to use a dataset as a source so i first filled a dataset with some
data and did an XML dump of the dataset.  I used the XML file to
design my Crystal Report in the Webservice.  So now the Crystal Report

I can not depend on my software consultants to write crystal reports at a
fair price.  I have also lost some faith in the limitations that they claim
are present.  I am looking for someone that I can use to write custom
reports.

we use a software program that uses crystal reports.  the manufacturer of
the software did some custom reports for us.  the original software used
crystal 8.  since then, they have come up with a new version of the
software.  this new version uses crystal 8.5.

How can I insert the current year into a string?
My text object is "Copyright {@YearOnly} MegaCorp."
For the YearOnly formula, I've tried
Year (CurrentDate)

I have 1 group, part
With QtySum Qty Min QtyMax totals for the group.
I want the option to sort the report either part number or qtysum.
HOWEVER since the part IS the group it always will sort by part number.

I have a page header that i like to hide for the last 3 pages of report
Formula courtesy of Bob Holmes is
suppress:
pagenumber >= totalpagecount - 3

I am using CR10 in a .NET windows app and I have a formula field as shown
here:
{Print.ShowName} & " - " & {Print.Date}
I want the date portion  as a short date (e.g. mm/dd/yy) but it is coming