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A very important question to ask of every report

Issue 26: March/April 2002

Accidentally upgraded to Crystal Reports 9.0? Issue 39: January 2004
Acrobat versions of manuals on the CD Issue 38: July/August 2003

Adjust page number

Issue 24: December 2001

Age formula as a custom function

Issue 41: May 2004

Aggregate data in SQL using GROUP BY

Issue 21: August 2001

Alert Function

Issue 16: March 2001

An easy way to see the SQL behind your report

Issue 20: July 2001

Analyze your address book with Crystal Reports

Issue 26: March/April 2002

Another age calculation

Issue 23: November 2001

Applications mixing versions of Crystal Reports Issue 38: July/August 2003

Artistic Interlude: Liam O'Neill Outdoor Wooden Sculpture

Issue 48: December 2004

Artistic Interlude: Sculpture On Shore 2004

Issue 47: November 2004

Atomic Principle in database design

Issue 42: June 2004

Audit your reports with additional Crystal Reports

Issue 52: January 2005

Audit your reports with Share UFL

Issue 71: January-March 2010

Automatic 4-4-5 account period formulas

Issue 26: March/April 2002

Average can be Mean, Median or Mode

Issue 42: June 2004

Avoid reset of  variables in repeated headers

Issue 28: August 2002

Background colors on a section

Issue 30: November 2002

Backup your rpt files

Issue 04: February 2000

Bar code reports

Issue 07: May 2000

Be careful rounding negative numbers Issue 32: January 2003

Be careful with smart linking

Issue 26: March/April 2002

Benchmark reports with Performance Information

Issue 42: June 2004

Blank labels at the top of the first page

Issue 61: March/April 2007

Book Review: Code Complete by Steven McConnell Issue 37: June 2003
Book Review: Crystal Reports 9 - The Complete Reference by George Peck Issue 33: February 2003
Book Review: Crystal Reports 10 - The Complete Reference by George Peck Issue 43: July 2004

Book Review: Crystal Reports XI - The Complete Reference by George Peck

Issue 54: March 2006

Book Review: Crystal Reports 2008 - The Complete Reference by George Peck

Issue 68: April-June 2009

Book Review: SAMS Teach Yourself Crystal Reports in 24 Hours by Joe Estes Issue 32: January 2003

Book Review: The Inmates are running the asylum by Alan Cooper

Issue 44: August 2004

Book Review: Visual Basic.NET Strategies, Concepts and Code by Dan Appleman Issue 38: July/August 2003

Boolean algebra to negate an AND clause

Issue 42: June 2004

Box and Line formatting options

Issue 62: July/August 2007

Broadcast license requirements

Issue 30: November 2002

Build SQL from your report Issue 37: June 2003
Business Objects to buy Crystal Decisions Issue 38: July/August 2003
Business Objects purchase Crystal Decisions Issue 39: January 2004

Business Objects User Conferences

Issue 47: November 2004

Business Objects User Conference in Orlando (November 2005)

Issue 52: January 2005

Business Objects XI Road Show

Issue 49: January/February 2005

Business Views - a beginners guide

Issue 42: June 2004

Calculating business days

Issue 12: October 2000

Calculate a specific day in next month

Issue 57: August 2006

Calculate a week number using formulas with variables Issue 53: February 2006
Calculated Member in a Crosstab Issue 65: April - June 2008

Calendar project introduction

Issue 24: December 2001

Calendar project: calculating calendar days

Issue 25: January/February 2002

Calendar report shows the full month if it starts on Friday or Saturday

Issue 61: March/April 2007

Calendar Report with wrapping on the top row.

Issue 62: July/August 2007

Calendar Report with thresholds Issue 60: January/February 2007
Carry forward a value to next months report Issue 63: September/October 2007

Cartesian Join to combine data from the same table

Issue 69: July-Sept 2009

Cascading Pick List in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 58: October 2006

CAST function in SQL

Issue 23: November 2001

CDUGNA 2004 Conference in New Orleans - report and photos

Issue 42: June 2004

Changing selection formula on a web page

Issue 11: September 2000

Changing the data file location at run time

Issue 06: April 2000

Chart synchronization in Calendar Project

Issue 27: July 2002

Chart templates to copy chart design Issue 39: January 2004

Charts and underlay

Issue 27: July 2002

Check for divide by zero

Issue 54: March 2006

Column layout and sequence on the page

Issue 67: January/March 2009

COM data sources as a gateway to your legacy data

Issue 35: April 2003

Combine Alerts

Issue 28: August 2002

Conditional change of the color of a line

Issue 22: September/October 2001

Conditional column color in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 50: August 2005

Conditional formatting documentation

Issue 61: March/April 2007

Conditional page breaks

Issue 14: December 2000/January 2001

Conditional running totals

Issue 21: August 2001

Conditionally Suppress a column in a crosstab

Issue 69: July-Sept 2009

Conference news

Issue 22: September/October 2001

Conference news

Issue 40: Feb/Mar 2004

Conference news: Insight 2004

Issue 46: October 2004

Confidential Report Delivery

Issue 66: July/September 2008

Control export of your report in visual basic

Issue 21: August 2001

Convert Null to Default

Issue 09: July 2000

Copy format from one object to another

Issue 17: April 2001

Count Thursdays between two dates Issue 34: March 2003
Crosstab analysis by day of week Issue 63: September/October 2007

Crosstab features covered in previous issues

Issue 48: December 2004

Crosstab functions in Crystal Reports 2008 Issue 65: April - June 2008

Crosstab improvements in Crystal Reports 2008

Issue 64: Jan - Mar 2008

Crosstab wrapped into multiple groups on the page

Issue 44: August 2004

Crosstab summaries used in calculations inside the crosstab Issue 56: May 2006
Crystal Analysis 10 now released Issue 39: January 2004

Crystal Calendar Utility to generate date/time records

Issue 71: January-March 2010

Crystal Enterprise Installation

Issue 24: December 2001

Crystal Enterprise login via URL

Issue 24: December 2001

Crystal Enterprise 9.0 released Issue 33: February 2003

Crystal Reports 8.5.

Issue 16: March 2001

Crystal Reports 9.0 charts

Issue 31: December 2002

Crystal Reports 9.0 developer and SQL improvements

Issue 28: August 2002

Crystal Reports 9.0 dictionary and SQL designer tools

Issue 33: February 2003

Crystal Reports 9.0 highlighting

Issue 30: November 2002

Crystal Reports 9.0 new features including new explorers, new toolbars, cross tab improvements and the formula workshop

Issue 29: September/October 2002

Crystal Reports 9.0 released

Issue 28: August 2002

Crystal Reports 9.0 repository

Issue 30: November 2002

Crystal Reports 9.0 SQL commands

Issue 30: November 2002

Crystal Reports 10.0 preview Issue 38: July/August 2003

Crystal Reports 10.0 new special fields

Issue 41: May 2004

Crystal Reports 10.0 new features Issue 39: January 2004

Crystal Reports XI printer settings

Issue 61: March/April 2007

Crystal Reports XI/R2 Issue 60: January/February 2007
Crystal Reports 2008 announced Issue 63: September/October 2007

Crystal Reports 2008 general improvements

Issue 64: Jan - Mar 2008

Crystal Reports 2008 demonstration files

Issue 64: Jan - Mar 2008

Crystal Reports 2008 Service Packs and Hot Fixes

Issue 70: October/December 2009

Crystal Reports 2008 User Guide

Issue 70: October/December 2009

Crystal Reports and SQL

Issue 47: November 2004

Crystal SQL designer

Issue 20: July 2001

Currency as a numeric label

Issue 25: January/February 2002

Custom formulas

Issue 31: December 2002

Custom function: age

Issue 41: May 2004

Custom function: Day in the Year

Issue 44: August 2004

Custom function: ordinals (1st, 2nd, etc)

Issue 42: June 2004

Custom function: pad a string field to a fixed length Issue 43: July 2004

Customize group name

Issue 10: August 2000

cView to View Crystal Reports Issue 32: January 2003
cView now supports Crystal Reports 9.0 Issue 32: January 2003
cView 8.17 and 9.17 now available Issue 39: January 2004
cViewIMAGE 3.1 is bigger and better Issue 43: July 2004
cViewPICK to update parameter pick lists Issue 33: February 2003

cViewPICK to update parameter pick lists

Issue 58: October 2006

cViewSQL to update your database

Issue 44: August 2004

cViewTEXT for dynamic text files in your report Issue 43: July 2004
cViewTEXT to retrieve multiple text files into your report Issue 53: February 2006

Daily chart in a report

Issue 26: March/April 2002

Date Conversion - from "21Jan2003" to a date field Issue 32: January 2003

Date groups

Issue 10: August 2000

Date literals if you are outside the USA

Issue 45: September 2004

Date parameters on the Crystal Component Server

Issue 13: November 2000

Date ranges in the calendar report

Issue 61: March/April 2007

DateDiff function

Issue 12: October 2000

DateDiff calculating monthly differences Issue 65: April - June 2008

DateSerial function

Issue 45: September 2004

Date Time fields at midday and midnight

Issue 52: January 2005

Daylight Savings causes problems in formulas Issue 51: October/November 2005

Daylight Savings dates change in New Zealand in 2007/2008

Issue 62: July/August 2007

Days360 Function

Issue 68: April-June 2009

Days360 Function - where to find it?

Issue 69: July-Sept 2009

Discussion on rounding

Issue 08: June 2000

Discussion on rounding totals

Issue 09: July 2000

Display "continued" in repeated group header section

Issue 28: August 2002

Display Ditto (") for duplicate fields Issue 33: February 2003

Display a superscript in a field

Issue 23: November 2001

Display array values

Issue 16: March 2001

Display Minutes as Hours and Minutes

Issue 67: January/March 2009

Display one word in a different color using html text interpretation

Issue 21: August 2001

Display Range values with "No Upper Bound"

Issue 40: Feb/Mar 2004

Display String Format Option Issue 37: June 2003

Distinct Count total at higher level

Issue 41: May 2004

DLL utilities (DSX32 and Modules)

Issue 16: March 2001

Document your report with a History formula rather than use the Report Comments Issue 65: April - June 2008

Don't change database values unless you need to

Issue 45: September 2004

Don't use reserved words in database design

Issue 25: January/February 2002

DrilldownGroupLevel function to create a custom page header Issue 65: April - June 2008
Drill down on two fields at one level Issue 65: April - June 2008

Drill down reports

Issue 03: January 2000

Drill down with PDF export reports

Issue 55: April 2005

Drill down with text objects Issue 63: September/October 2007

Dynamic Ascending/Descending sort in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 50: August 2005

Dynamic and Cascading pick lists in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 50: August 2005

Dynamic crosstab

Issue 15: February 2001

Dynamic Dates with Time Zones in cViewSERVER and cViewMANAGER

Issue 66: July/September 2008

Dynamic groups and Ascending/Descending sequence using parameters

Issue 31: December 2002

Dynamic Image File Location

Issue 67: January/March 2009

Dynamic Images in a Report Issue 34: March 2003

Dynamic Images in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 52: January 2005

Dynamic number of groups Issue 33: February 2003

Dynamic Pick List in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 58: October 2006

Dynamic TopN report

Issue 28: August 2002

Dynamic TopN or BottomN report Issue 33: February 2003

Dynamic TopN in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 50: August 2005

Easy guide to custom colors

Issue 30: November 2002

Edit Masks to correct parameter input

Issue 36: May 2003

Embedded summaries in a crosstab in Cr 2008

Issue 66: July/September 2008

EQV Boolean operator

Issue 44: August 2004

Evaluation Times are important

Issue 44: August 2004

Excel Export improved with our Grid UFL

Issue 66: July/September 2008

Exclude records from one table based on another table

Issue 61: March/April 2007

Exclusive OR in a  Boolean formula Issue 43: July 2004

Explorer Layout

Issue 67: January/March 2009

Export Memo Fields to CSV using the Grid UFL

Issue 71: January-March 2010

Export multiple files from your report using a UFL Issue 65: April - June 2008

Export multiple HTML messages from one report

Issue 71: January-March 2010

Export part of your report using a UFL Issue 39: January 2004
Export to Excel - useful techniques Issue 32: January 2003

Extract a date value from a date-time field using SQL

Issue 71: January-March 2010

Extracting digits from a number

Issue 01: November 1999

Extracting file name from Path and File Name

Issue 17: April 2001

Extract sentences from a memo field

Issue 45: September 2004

Field Heading placement

Issue 47: November 2004

Field Mapping in Subreports

Issue 70: October/December 2009

File and report options in CR8.0

Issue 23: November 2001

File System as a data source

Issue 69: July-Sept 2009

File User Function Library released

Issue 40: Feb/Mar 2004

Find button to search your report

Issue 36: May 2003

Finding where parameters are being used

Issue 18: May 2001

Fix, Int and Truncate treat negative numbers differently Issue 32: January 2003

Format graphic

Issue 24: December 2001

Formula challenge

Issue 13: November 2000

Formula for Birthday (this year) and Age (in years)

Issue 22: September/October 2001

Formula that returns a NULL value Issue 63: September/October 2007

Formula to sort two dimensional product codes

Issue 58: October 2006

Free book for CR developers Issue 37: June 2003

Gantt Chart to display a range of data

Issue 49: January/February 2005

Gauge chart quality bands

Issue 69: July-Sept 2009

Gauge chart to display your data

Issue 49: January/February 2005

Geometric Mean: how to calculate in your report

Issue 71: January-March 2010

Group by a field more than once

Issue 54: March 2006

Group Expert improvements

Issue 47: November 2004

Group Expert to manage your groups easily

Issue 46: October 2004

GroupName function Issue 63: September/October 2007

Grouping improvements in recent versions

Issue 64: Jan - Mar 2008

Grouping on a formula and drill down report headings

Issue 03: January 2000

Grouping on a parameter

Issue 10: August 2000

Guidelines

Issue 05: March 2000

Heading list of multi value ranges

Issue 23: November 2001

Hierarchical group level

Issue 28: August 2002

Hierarchical grouping

Issue 13: November 2000

Hierarchical Group nesting in CR11

Issue 45: September 2004

Hierarchical group changes in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 50: August 2005

Hierarchical summaries in CR8.5

Issue 18: May 2001

Hierarchical summaries in formulas

Issue 54: March 2006

Hierarchical summaries in a formula using DisplayString

Issue 67: January/March 2009

Horizontal bar chart to mimic a Gantt chart

Issue 49: January/February 2005

Hot keys in Crystal reports to select design or preview window

Issue 55: April 2005

Hotkeys to cycle through windows applications and reports Issue 56: May 2006

Hotkeys to cycle through applications

Issue 57: August 2006

How can you secure a report? (Reasons and Question) Issue 39: January 2004

How Many bits does Crystal Reports support?

Issue 70: October/December 2009

How to change the decimals to suit the number

Issue 07: May 2000

How to compile reports with CR8

Issue 07: May 2000

How to export reports to PDF with CR8

Issue 07: May 2000

How to get the group tree back

Issue 61: March/April 2007

How to view CHM (Compiled Help) files on Windows Vista

Issue 67: January/March 2009

How to remove surplus blank pages from middle of report

Issue 19: June 2001

How to structure report and subreport

Issue 21: August 2001

HTML export hint

Issue 29: September/October 2002

HTML Tags

Issue 24: December 2001

HTML Tag support in Text Interpretation

Issue 70: October/December 2009

Hyperlink fields

Issue 11: September 2000

IIF() does not behave the same as IF THEN ELSE Issue 65: April - June 2008

Images and Fonts not appearing as expected

Issue 57: August 2006

IMP Boolean operator

Issue 45: September 2004

Improve performance with Page N of M

Issue 15: February 2001

Improve performance with our Share UFL Issue 65: April - June 2008

Include all data in your database design

Issue 47: November 2004

Include deleted data in your database design

Issue 46: October 2004

Identify the last group in a report

Issue 52: January 2005

Index by Subject (as at December 2002) Issue 32: January 2003

Index for 1999 issues

Issue 13: November 2000

Index for 2000 issues

Issue 13: November 2000

Index for 2001 issues

Issue 24: December 2001

Index for 2002 issues

Issue 31: December 2002

Index in a page footer

Issue 14: December 2000/January 2001

Insert Summary changes in Crystal Reports XI/R2 Issue 60: January/February 2007

International Function Library (see here for example)

Issue 16: March 2001

IRR function

Issue 64: Jan - Mar 2008

Is that day in the weekend? Issue 51: October/November 2005

IsBusinessDay function in Seagate Info 7.

Issue 13: November 2000

Java engine with e-learning modules

Issue 41: May 2004

Join and Split functions

Issue 16: March 2001

Join tables together with UNION join

Issue 20: July 2001

Keep Together Subreports and Crosstabs Issue 34: March 2003
Keep Together to avoid blank pages Issue 43: July 2004

File User Function Library released

Issue 40: Feb/Mar 2004

Label Report sizing with a Text Object and Using Object Size and Position Issue 43: July 2004

Last Day in Month Formula

Issue 55: April 2005

Last Friday/Wednesday in the month formula

Issue 55: April 2005

Leap Year problem in formulas

Issue 40: Feb/Mar 2004

Left joins and record selection

Issue 41: May 2004

Left join problem solved with SQL

Issue 46: October 2004

List Your Crystal Reports with a Crystal Report

Issue 47: November 2004

Loading a parameter value using the OCX control

Issue 18: May 2001

Loading record selection formula via the OCX control

Issue 19: June 2001

Mailto hyperlink can include other fields

Issue 44: August 2004

Microsoft CRM integration with Crystal Reports

Issue 40: Feb/Mar 2004

Microsoft Reporting Services comparison Issue 39: January 2004
Microsoft Tech Ed 2003 in Auckland Issue 38: July/August 2003
Microsoft Tech Ed 2003 in Auckland Issue 39: January 2004
Microsoft Tech Ed 2005 in Auckland Issue 51: October/November 2005

Microsoft Tech Ed 2006 in Auckland

Issue 58: October 2006

Minimize all windows with a hot key

Issue 54: March 2006

Missing data at the beginning or end of a report

Issue 09: July 2000

Missing data in a report.

Issue 08: June 2000

Missing data in a report summary

Issue 47: November 2004

Missing date groups

Issue 12: October 2000

Missing last day from record selection

Issue 19: June 2001

Missing weeks and days in a group

Issue 13: November 2000

Multiple sections to select alternate formats Issue 56: May 2006
Multiple column reports can include Groups Issue 63: September/October 2007

Negative numbers display with CR or OD suffix

Issue 61: March/April 2007

New € symbol you may need

Issue 25: January/February 2002

New features in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 49: January/February 2005

New Orleans conference dates (2004)

Issue 41: May 2004

New product Crystal Analysis Professional 8.0

Issue 22: September/October 2001

New product Report Analyzer

Issue 22: September/October 2001

Not Equal Join between tables

Issue 36: May 2003

NPV function Issue 63: September/October 2007

NthLargest Summary to award the silver and gold medals

Issue 44: August 2004

NULL values in a report

Issue 23: November 2001

Number of days in the month formula

Issue 55: April 2005

Numeric Overflow with Geometric Mean

Issue 71: January-March 2010

ODBC on 64 bit Windows

Issue 68: April-June 2009

OLAP as a data source in your report

Issue 58: October 2006

OLAP grid inside your report

Issue 48: December 2004

On demand subreport

Issue 02: December 1999

On demand subreport to mimic a drilldown

Issue 41: May 2004

On Demand Subreport to perform a specific action

Issue 68: April-June 2009

Open File Explorer with a hot key

Issue 54: March 2006

Optional Parameters in Record Selection

Issue 68: April-June 2009

Optional Parameters in Report Headings

Issue 68: April-June 2009

Page breaks for a group

Issue 14: December 2000/January 2001

Page Footers for odd and even page layout Issue 65: April - June 2008
Page Footer section behaves differently Issue 51: October/November 2005

Page Headings in a SubReport

Issue 68: April-June 2009

Page Headings on drill down

Issue 19: June 2001

Page Numbers in a Large Report Header section

Issue 69: July-Sept 2009

Parameter changes in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 50: August 2005

Parameters and visual basic (part 2)

Issue 23: November 2001

Parameters and visual basic using the OCX and RDC

Issue 22: September/October 2001

Parameters in formulas

Issue 18: May 2001

Parameters on the web (see here for example)

Issue 15: February 2001

Parameter pick list update

Issue 47: November 2004

Parameter to control chart layout selection

Issue 46: October 2004

Pareto Principle extended

Issue 52: January 2005

Percentage Summaries in a Crosstab

Issue 66: July/September 2008

PDF export can appear to drill down

Issue 55: April 2005

PDF export in CR8.5

Issue 20: July 2001

Perform Grouping on Server summary requirements

Issue 50: August 2005

Pick List data sources

Issue 58: October 2006

Pick List Utility

Issue 16: March 2001

Pie charts design tips

Issue 49: January/February 2005

PreviousIsNULL and NextIsNULL functions

Issue 42: June 2004

Printing a  multiple value parameter value

Issue 04: February 2000

Printing a multiple value parameter using the FOR operator

Issue 05: March 2000

Printing a range parameter value

Issue 04: February 2000

Privacy policy

Issue 07: May 2000

Problem with formula calculating previous year end of month in a leap year Issue 65: April - June 2008

Radar Charts

Issue 70: October/December 2009

Range in page footer

Issue 15: February 2001

Recognising NULL in formulas

Issue 09: July 2000

Record selection of future records

Issue 02: December 1999

Recover Excel Add-In if it disappears Issue 38: July/August 2003

Recover invisible fields due to guideline overwrap

Issue 36: May 2003

Recrystallize your report

Issue 29: September/October 2002

Redisplay group heading when group continues on new page

Issue 28: August 2002

Register new Maps with MIGM30

Issue 40: Feb/Mar 2004

Release of Crystal Reports version 8. 

Issue 05: March 2000

Remember to back up your rpt files

Issue 23: November 2001

Remember to back up your rpt files

Issue 47: November 2004

Remove duplicate values Issue 33: February 2003

Remove repeating fields in your database design

Issue 44: August 2004

Repeat Group header on New Page

Issue 19: June 2001

Report Alerts in Cr8.5

Issue 19: June 2001

Report Analyzer for improved report management and documentation

Issue 16: March 2001

Report Analyzer 3.0 released

Issue 35: April 2003

Report Application Server licensing (Crystal Reports 9.0) Issue 32: January 2003

Report Title in a Subreport

Issue 67: January/March 2009

Reports as HTML emails

Issue 29: September/October 2002

Reset a running total on a page break

Issue 21: August 2001

Retrieving a value from a subreport

Issue 01: November 1999

Review of the previous five years

Issue 47: November 2004

Round a number up Issue 34: March 2003
Round a number up Issue 37: June 2003

Round numbers to tens and hundreds

Issue 46: October 2004

Round to nearest 10c for those cash reports

Issue 57: August 2006

Rounding errors: why do we get them?

Issue 57: August 2006

Rounding errors: how can we eliminate them?

Issue 57: August 2006

Running total calculations using formulas and variables

Issue 21: August 2001

Running total fields

Issue 21: August 2001

Running Totals in a Crosstab Issue 34: March 2003
SAP and Business Objects in friendly takeover Issue 63: September/October 2007

Scenery: Auckland sky line

Issue 41: May 2004

Scenery: Mt Taranaki

Issue 42: June 2004

Scenery: Muriwai (fishing from the rocks) Issue 43: July 2004

Scenery: Pahia in the Bay of Islands

Issue 44: August 2004

Sculpture on the Shore 2008

Issue 67: January/March 2009

Save Data with Report

Issue 04: February 2000

Saving summaries

Issue 13: November 2000

Seagate Info Input Directory Administration

Issue 09: July 2000

Section Expert improvements in Crystal Reports 2008

Issue 64: Jan - Mar 2008

Selecting all the objects in a section

Issue 50: August 2005

Selecting from a data range with null values

Issue 02: December 1999

SELECT INTO to create a summary table

Issue 35: April 2003

SELECT INTO to analyze patient data

Issue 36: May 2003

Send multiple emails from one report

Issue 25: January/February 2002

Set Alias in Crystal Reports 9.0

Issue 31: December 2002

Set default field formats

Issue 17: April 2001

Set Print Date/Time to move report in time Issue 37: June 2003
Set Print Date/Time to test report at specific dates Issue 56: May 2006

Shaded reports as you go down the page

Issue 35: April 2003

Shadow boxes with rounded corners Issue 63: September/October 2007

Share data between reports with our Share UFL

Issue 62: July/August 2007

Share User Function Library Improvements

Issue 70: October/December 2009

Show headings on drill down

Issue 23: November 2001

Singularity Principle in database design Issue 43: July 2004

Smiley and sad faces on a report

Issue 36: May 2003

Sort a string using a ripple sort

Issue 35: April 2003

Sort Fields

Issue 08: June 2000

Sort Parameter array before printing in a heading

Issue 50: August 2005

Sorting a field by numeric value with alpha prefix

Issue 57: August 2006

Sorting records by surname

Issue 05: March 2000

Specific digit in Pi formula

Issue 47: November 2004

Speed up reports with large image fields

Issue 20: July 2001

Splitting a string on a quote delimiter

Issue 69: July-Sept 2009

SQL command parameters

Issue 31: December 2002

SQL command to create audit of report runs

Issue 36: May 2003

SSAUG conference report

Issue 14: December 2000/January 2001

Static Pick List in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 58: October 2006

Start groups on new pages with a duplex printer

Issue 45: September 2004

Strike Out use in field formatting

Issue 50: August 2005

String variables longer than 254 characters

Issue 23: November 2001

Sub SELECT in SQL

Issue 22: September/October 2001

Subreport with no data

Issue 10: August 2000

Summarize a summary field

Issue 28: August 2002

Summarize an array

Issue 36: May 2003

Summary Field in a text object

Issue 62: July/August 2007

Target line on a chart

Issue 17: April 2001

Target line on a chart

Issue 27: July 2002

Temperature data displayed in a report Issue 51: October/November 2005

Template hint

Issue 29: September/October 2002

Test your expertise

Issue 17: April 2001

Text Export uses screen resolution for document size

Issue 40: Feb/Mar 2004

Text File Lookup UFL

Issue 26: March/April 2002

Text interpretation with date field format strings Issue 53: February 2006

Text Rotation

Issue 08: June 2000

Thanks to our contributors

Issue 47: November 2004

Thermometer Chart

Issue 69: July-Sept 2009

Time band formula

Issue 47: November 2004

Time Zone Adjustments in older versions of Crystal Reports

Issue 67: January/March 2009

Time Zone discussion

Issue 66: July/September 2008

Time Zone Functions

Issue 66: July/September 2008

Time Zones in Crystal Reports

Issue 66: July/September 2008

Trigonometric Functions in Crystal Reports Formulas

Issue 67: January/March 2009

Toolbars and layout in Crystal Reports XI

Issue 49: January/February 2005

Tool Tip Text

Issue 08: June 2000

TopN in a crosstab

Issue 19: June 2001

TopN reports can include dynamic numbers of groups

Issue 57: August 2006

TopN reports can include ties

Issue 57: August 2006

ToText with date format strings Issue 53: February 2006

ToWords will round a value up

Issue 35: April 2003

ToWords to print words on cheques

Issue 35: April 2003

ToWords on Cheques - friendlier Custom Function

Issue 36: May 2003

Track version changes with text objects in the page header

Issue 54: March 2006

Turning on guidelines

Issue 57: August 2006

UNION vs UNION ALL

Issue 68: April-June 2009

Upfrom and UpTo keywords in a range

Issue 68: April-June 2009

Use Audit Reports to verify your other reports

Issue 31: December 2002

Use cell background color and border to format crosstab headings

Issue 48: December 2004

Use colors economically

Issue 27: July 2002

Use Crosstab as a group summary

Issue 35: April 2003

Use Crystal Reports to backup your disk files Issue 53: February 2006
Use Disk UFL to manipulate files from within your report Issue 53: February 2006
Use descriptions with Boolean parameters Issue 39: January 2004

Use Export to Report Definition to find where that parameter is used

Issue 19: June 2001

Use manual crosstab for more control

Issue 48: December 2004

Use other summary functions in your crosstab

Issue 48: December 2004

Use parameters

Issue 18: May 2001

Use parameter to create multi purpose reports

Issue 58: October 2006

Use Report Alerts to audit your report

Issue 26: March/April 2002

Use Select Case to convert descriptions

Issue 26: March/April 2002

Use summaries to audit your data

Issue 27: July 2002

Use the Crystal OCX with Visual Basic

Issue 17: April 2001

User Function Libraries install instructions

Issue 64: Jan - Mar 2008

Useful web sites

Issue 11: September 2000

Using Internet newsgroups

Issue 17: April 2001

Using multiple similar subreports in a main report

Issue 06: April 2000

Using original order in a group (challenge)

Issue 23: November 2001

Using RTF and HTML in memo fields in a report

Issue 06: April 2000

Using the file system as a data source

Issue 01: November 1999

Using the Report Designer Component in Visual Basic

Issue 20: July 2001

User group conferences in 2004 Issue 39: January 2004

UTC time fields in your database design

Issue 41: May 2004

Utilities now available from our Web Site

Issue 35: April 2003

Utility to modify ODBC login

Issue 25: January/February 2002

Utility to modify printer drivers

Issue 25: January/February 2002

Utility to modify report database location

Issue 25: January/February 2002

Variables to interrogate data during crosstab processing Issue 37: June 2003
Versions sharing reports Issue 38: July/August 2003

View your Crystal Report on your iPOD or MP3 player

Issue 55: April 2005

Visual Studio 2005 and Crystal Reports

Issue 52: January 2005

Web Component Server

Issue 09: July 2000

Web server demonstration folders

Issue 23: November 2001

Web Server demonstration folders

Issue 47: November 2004

Web Server demonstration folders for Crystal Reports XI

Issue 50: August 2005

Week Number formula using DatePart function

Issue 52: January 2005

Week number formula for weeks that don't start on Sunday

Issue 54: March 2006

Weighted Averages for a more accurate summary Issue 43: July 2004

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