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Quote namitanamburi Replybullet Topic: Qns about Colored borders and Summary info
     Posted: 30 Mar 2009 at 1:40pm


Hello,

I have successfully completed designing my report with the help of this forum.

Thanks a lot.

I have another question now.

Qns 1 :

I was looking at some of previously created Crystal reports by my seniors and they were in earlier versions. May be 7. When I open them in Crystal reports 10,I could see some fields in design tab have red borders on one side.


Few of them have a red colored border on one side and black on the other. This happens even when the fields are not highlighted. Can anyone tell me what is the reason for this?


Qns 2:

Is there any way we can delete or hide the Statistics information of the Summary info in File.

It displays all information about how long it took to edit and how many minutes , when last saved etc. I do not want people to see this when I send this report for roll out and have an impression that I have put long hours?

Is there any way or is it something not worth bothering out?

I was unable to find the way to attach my image.Let me know if want to see that to answer my concern ,in the mean while I shall try to explore ways to attach and send .

Bear with me as the font and text and color are horrible.But I am unable to fix it now.

Thanks in advance.

Namita



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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 30 Mar 2009 at 2:07pm
For question #1 are you sure this is all text borders? Could the last designer have put a line that was red on one side of the object?
I have not seen that nor do I know how to change the color for just one portion of the border of a field.
Check the Field Format Border tab and see if there is any conditional formating in the border color.
 
Not sure about question 2...
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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 30 Mar 2009 at 2:56pm
Sorry, just reread your post more carefully and noticed that you are indicating the red is in the designer view not report preview.
These are items that are anchored to a vertical or horizontal guideline. When you anchor an item to a guideline that side of the field will turn red too indicatre it has been anchored. Once anchored if you move the guidelines it will move the items that are also anchored to them.
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Quote namitanamburi Replybullet Posted: 30 Mar 2009 at 3:13pm

Hello,

Thanks for the reply.

At the moment I do not really know what is all about anchoring and guideline stuff in Crystal reports 10, though I have created a report and there are actually few fields that have red borders. Strange,,,,:) I have created something unknowingly .

Are they something that get automatically created while you are designing the report and aligning the fields.

I will read about them tonight and will let you know if I come across any doubts.

Once again thanks for quick response.

Do you want to suggest me anything that shall get me familiarised with Crystal reports 10 just the profession edition. Donot need Crystal Enterprise knowledge right now.

Thanks  in advance.


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Quote DBlank Replybullet Posted: 31 Mar 2009 at 6:35am
Occassionally I find that I have inadvertently added them also. Not sure why.
I recommend Brian's book which you can get from this site. It is very good from beginner to advanced use.
I also recommend just reading as many posts as you can and then making a few sandbox reports where you can try out the various things you read about. This can be a very good way to learn lots of things that will come in handy later on as well as you get comfortable with a number of things in the software.
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