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Quote riaano Replybullet Topic: printing multiple copies
    Posted: 15 May 2007 at 6:48am
Hi all,

Is there any way to hardcode a report to print multiple copies AND format them...

ie. : automatically print 3 copies of an invoice.
       copy 1 saying "Tax invoice"
       copy 2 saying "Copy Tax Invoice"
     and copy 3 saying "Sales Copy Invoice"

Thanks in advance :)
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Quote BrianBischof Replybullet Posted: 15 May 2007 at 10:14am
I don't know of a way to do this without tricking Crystal Reports. I would use a Command object to create a fake table with three records in it and then use that as a the outermost group around the invoice. Then you can put the group name field at the top so that it says what you want.
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Quote riaano Replybullet Posted: 15 May 2007 at 11:04pm
Excuse the ignorance but...
I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about...hehe Embarrassed
im running this report from ACCPAC.
what do do you mean with a "command object" ?
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Quote BrianBischof Replybullet Posted: 15 May 2007 at 11:17pm
If you're running this from ACCPAC then I don't think you can do what you want to do. A command object is when you use the SQL language to add a new table to the report and link this table to the other tables already being used. But with an ACCPAC report, I would think that you don't have this minute control over a report to add tables and link them to the report. So I don't think you are going to be able to do what you wish to do. Sorry.
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Quote riaano Replybullet Posted: 16 May 2007 at 1:44am
Brian,

the invoice is actually created in crystal 8.5/9/10/11 its only initiated from accpac. when you print it you get the option for multiple copies...now if i understand you correct, there is not a way to automate multiple copies ?

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Quote riaano Replybullet Posted: 18 May 2007 at 5:59am
We managed to do it :D your suggestion helped...
we created a "fake" table with 1 common field to the driving table in the report. then linked it in and sorted by the request "copy"

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