Can we edit crystal report??

Question

can we edit crystal report in run time & print it??? And how to create receipt format in crystal report???

Sean Stewart · Answer

As per my knowledge its not possible to modify crystal report at run time , but u can make some changes trough puting formula fields and then change it on run time according to the user input or what so ever.

Prasant Jinaga · Answer

Hi Nits, Editing at runtime can be done, but not by typing/over-typing on the crystal report viewer. You would have to provide some editing controls outside of the viewer and then refresh the viewer when the changes are made. If you want to edit database data, I would advise against doing it through any reports, that's what your gridforms and edit/input forms are for. Reports are for "REPORTING" data, not really for editing. Editing controls = textboxes, grids, comboboxes, listboxes, etc.. If you really want to do it, I would stick a panel on the top or bottom of the form. Put textboxes with the info you would like to be able to update in them and a refresh button on that panel. On the bottom of the form you would have a Crystal Reports Viewer. Show the report and fill the textboxes with the report data, allow the user to change values in the textboxes and then update the report viewer when they hit the refresh button. It's pretty much adding a report viewer to your data entry/edit form. Private Sub Refresh_Button_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Refresh_Button.Click Dim rpt As New CrystalReport1 CrystalReportViewer1.ReportSource = rpt CrystalReportViewer1.Zoom(1) CrystalReportViewer1.Refresh() End Sub Thanks, Prasant