Watermark on reports?

[bessebo]

I have a request from a user to have a text string printed on a form but have it print in the background (like a watermark), almost like if someone had that text on a form and used that form in the printer and, then information is printed onto it. I actually have never had this question posed to me before. So, we want say a text that says "This is not a bill" to print behind say the detail section of the report. Is this possible?

Thanks in advance,
Bessebo

 

[Rob7]

From the Crystal Help Test:

To insert a picture onto the report
On the Insert menu, click Picture.
Tip: Another way to do this is to click the Insert Picture button on the Insert Tools toolbar.

Select an image file, and then place it in the Page Header section, to the right of the fields in the report body.
Note: In this example, the picture is placed to the right of the fields to avoid underlaying the text. When you are working with a watermark, a subdued picture designed to be nearly invisible, place it directly above the text.

On the Standard toolbar, click Print Preview.
The picture prints in the Page Header section of each report page.

To make the picture underlay the following section
On the Report menu, click Section Expert.
The Section Expert dialog box appears.

Tip: Another way to do this is to click the Section Expert button on the Expert Tools toolbar.

In the Sections list, click Page Header, then select the Underlay Following Sections check box.
Click OK to preview the report again.
The picture now prints in both the first Group Header and the following few Details sections, next to (instead of above) the text in the body of the report.

Note: Using the technique of placing a picture to the right of the body of the report, you can set up a chart or an employee picture to print beside the details pertaining to that chart or employee.

Once you are finished previewing the report, return to the Design tab.
Resize the picture vertically to make it two or three times larger, then preview the report again.
The bitmap file now underlays more sections.

The area in which the picture underlays depends on the following conditions:

The size of the picture.
The section in which the picture was originally placed.
The position of the picture in the section.
By modifying size and placement of an object, you can create a variety of visual effects, using the underlay feature.

Rob7

 

[lbass]

You can also insert a page header with a text box containing the text, resize the font to some large size, add a return and some spaces before each letter to create sloping text like:

D
r
a
f
t
Drag the page header to make it the length of the page, and also drag the text box to match. Then format the page header to Underlay following sections in the section expert. If you change the font color for the text box, the main report text will be readable over the underlaid text.

-LB

 

[bessebo]

Thanks for the info. I appreciate it...