Question

I need to design a crystal report with 3 columns. Column 1 is a text box in the report, and column 2 and column 3 are datafields from a particular table.

Is it possible for me to use column1 as a parameter that would help me to fetch the other columns from the database??

col1 col2 col3

TextBox value1 value2

so when a user changes the value in TextBox, col2 and col3 value should reflect based on textbox value.

Or is there any other way in which i can achieve this??

Answer 1

Alternatively, if its important for the user to interact with the report after it’s presented, you could accomplish this using (1) sections/grouping and Crystal’s Hide option or (2) an on-demand subreport.

For example, you could group by column1, and then print a detail section for all the values. Mark the detail section Hide. Then, when you click on the value, that section will expand.

Or instead of marking it Hide, mark the group footer (for column1) New Page After Section. Then you can use the document tree along the left side to navigate to the page containing the values you’re interested in seeing.