Re: Crystal Reports: Passing Parameters

2009-09-19 Thread Elry
Hi Folks... I though I would post this - for others who might find themselves in a similar position. Here is quick and easy way to pass parameters to Crystal reports. 1) Create your own console and add the following fields: - Server Name - Form Name - Default View - Report Name - Query - S

Re: Crystal Reports: Passing Parameters

2009-09-17 Thread Elry
Hi Rod... Thanks buddy. We will try using subreports. The only other technique I have read about is to create a table that stores the selected report number - then use a join to generate the desired results. I was looking for a cleaner way to do this...and it looks like subreports might do it..

Re: Crystal Reports: Passing Parameters

2009-09-16 Thread Rod Harris
I hope I understand what you are trying to do. As far as I know you can't pass parameters to crystal as such. You can allow the crystal report to ask for parameters and you can control the report by specifying the record selection query in the open window action.This is fine in most cases. There a

Crystal Reports: Passing Parameters

2009-09-16 Thread Elry
Hi Folks.. Environment: SQL Server 2005 Windows Server 2003 ARS 7.5.2 Crystal Reports XI Issue: How do you pass a a simple parameter like Request ID to a Crystal report to ensure that you can generate a fixed report from a Dialog form. Any ideas. __