Pre-printed forms

The area the picture underlays is determined by:

●its size,

●the section you place it in originally, and

●the position in the section in which you place it.

By modifying size and placement, you can create many stunning effects using the underlay capabilities.

If you print to pre-printed forms, you may be able to:

Scan a form.

Place it in your report as a bitmap.

!Line up the bitmap and the report using the underlay capability and the ability to move objects anywhere you want them.

"Print your report and the form as a single unit, thus eliminating the need to print the forms separately.

How to hide parts of the report

There are a number of properties you can set to keep particular parts of your report from printing.

Hiding sections Seagate Crystal Reports has three properties you can set in the Section Expert to hide report sections.

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Hiding objects

1.Hide (Drill Down OK)

The Hide property hides the section whenever you run the report. You can use the Hide property, for example, in a summary report where you want to display only the summaries but not the details behind the summaries. When you apply the Hide property to a section, the section can become visible if you drill down to see the section contents. You can only apply this property absolutely; you can not apply it conditionally with a formula.

2.Suppress (No Drill Down)

The Suppress property also hides a section when you run the report. Unlike the Hide property, however, you can not apply the Suppress property and then drill down to reveal the section contents. You can apply this property absolutely, and you can apply it conditionally, as well, using a formula. A Form Letter is a great example of the Suppress option. You create two details sections - one to suppress if sales are over $X and one to suppress if sales are less than $X.

3.Suppress Blank Section

The Suppress Blank Section property hides a section whenever there is nothing in it. If something is in the section, it remains visible.

Seagate Crystal Reports has three formatting options in the Format Editor that you can use to hide individual objects.

1.Suppress If Duplicated (Common Tab)

prevents a field value from printing if it is identical to (a duplicate of) the value that comes immediately before it. The value does not print but the space in which it would have printed remains.

Duplicated values are suppressed and do not print.

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2.Suppress If Zero (Number Tab)

prevents a value from printing if it is a zero value. The value does not print but the space in which it would have printed remains. To remove the blank space, toggle the Suppress Blank Section option on in the Section Expert.

NOTE: This will only work if there are no other objects in the section.

The zero values are suppressed and do not print.

NOTE: To eliminate the blank lines in this situation, use the Section Expert and toggle the Suppress Blank Section option off for

the section the field is in. This will eliminate the lines as long as there are no other objects in the section.

3.Suppress (Common Tab)

hides an object when you run the report. It is common, for example, to apply this property to formulas that are needed to do some report calculations but that you do not want to print when you run the report. When this property is toggled on, the object will not print.

The object is invisible and won’t print.

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