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Recent content by chrisjev
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Excel ODBC Number/Text problem
Hi there, This is an EXCEL thing actually. The bahaviour will be the same in OLEDB as well, outside of Crystal reports the column will be defined as the original format before the 1st piece of data was entered into that column. Once this is changed after data is entered the drivers do not...- chrisjev
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- Forum: Business Objects: Crystal Reports 2 Data Access
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Dynamic Table Names - Dream or Reality ?
Hi there, You could create a Crystal Query that would be able to acheive this. The important part here is that the data structure of the Fields and Field order with be identical all the time. In the query designer you can create a parameter called "Table" for example and the code...- chrisjev
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- Forum: Business Objects: Crystal Reports 2 Data Access
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Reporting from an XML data source and database source
Hi there, You can connect to different datasources within Crystal yes. The only supported method is to use ODBC Connections at this current time. Performance wise is not the best and this is why. Crystal Reports will submit 2 SQL Queries through the ODBC Layer and then manually put the 2...- chrisjev
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- Forum: Business Objects: Crystal Reports 2 Data Access
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Can crystal Read a .pdf file?
Hi there, It is not possible to report from a PDF, no. The only thing that could come close would be to insert the PDF as n OLE Object on the report. Other options that may be possible, is to provide a translation of the PDF to another format that Crystal can support. Perhaps if the...- chrisjev
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- Forum: Business Objects: Crystal Reports 2 Data Access
