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Displaying multiple line data on the same line 1

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ja01

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Is there any way to display multiple lines of data (which display vertically by default) in a horizontal or side by side way on a crystal side. I tried doing this on the front end or in the sql table that crystal pulls data into but that does not work. For example if a person has 1 degree a field named schoollookup will have a 1 in it. If a person has 2 degrees theere will be a 2 in the field. I want the display to be horizontal
 
It would be helpful to show sample date and desired output.
MrBill
 
My apologies MrBill. Okay here is the scene. I am pulling school information from the field schoollookup. if a person has multiple degrees, they will appear vertically such as
schoollook = 1 1995 BS Engineering
schoollook = 2 2004 MBA Business Admin

So when I pull this into crystal I want to show the data as follows:
1995 BS Engineering 2004 MBA Business Admin
However if I go detail line for display, it automatically defaults to vertical display because the data is read line by line. Does this clarification help
 
If you group by {table.person}, you can then place this formula in the detail section:

whileprintingrecords;
stringvar educ := educ + totext({table.year},0,"") + " "+{table.degree} + " ";

In the group header, place this formula:
whileprintingrecords;
stringvar educ;
if not inrepeatedgroupheader then
educ := "";

Then in the group footer use:
whileprintingrecords;
stringvar educ;
trim(educ)

Had to guess at your fields in the lookup table.

-LB
 
This helped me alot..my next report that i am about to start is in the same way...Thanks LB.
 
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