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Topic: How to stop field from growing horizontally Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 1:13am
Hi all,
I am new to crystal reports. I am using crystal XI. I have a doubt. Can you please help me?
I have a database field which is very long , so it is overlapping with the next field. I cant use Can Grow option because it is growing vertically and while exporting it is taking many rows. So is there any way to stop the field to grow horizontally.
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Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 5:12am
I don't believe there is an option for the field to grow horizontally. Field widths are determined by the size you make them. If it is overlapping on another field, then so will the text. Try resizing the width of the field or moving some fields around to get it to look the way you want it to.
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Posted: 17 Feb 2010 at 7:08am
I have recently seen similar results as you describe (vertical growth) in my reports when viewing via crystal viewer rather than the the report preview.
I do not know how to turn this feature on or off as I think it is an unexpected result in the viewer.
In your case with these exceptionally long strings I think I would replace the field with a formula field that trims it to a set amount of characters
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