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Tool Tips

Objects on a Crystal Report allow for the addition of a Tool Tip. What’s great about features like this in Crystal Reports is the ability to apply formulas. This example will illustrate how to add a Tool Tip to the “Units in Stock” field that will indicate how many units are on order when the user hovers over the object. The Tool Tip will generate this data from a formula.

To add a Tool Tip to a report object, right click your object and select “Format Editor”. Select the Common tab and click on the X+Z button next to the Tool Tip text box.

Ensure Crystal Syntax is selected, and enter the following for the formula:

Figure 12: Tool Tips for units on order

Figure 13: The Tool Tip over the Units in Stock field

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Title: using templates/background images for reports
Name: sixela
Date: 6/25/2008 4:32:07 AM
Comment:
hi all, will it be possible to use templates/background images in previewing a report, but excluding it from printing? can i ask for references in suppressing sections through code? since watermarking images in reports might be one way to solve this problem...thanks!

Title: Working in Crystal report 8.0
Name: JP
Date: 6/23/2008 8:36:38 AM
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I am using crystal report ver 8.0
I tried this but 'FORMAT EDITOR DISPLAY STRING" is not available. Could anyone suggest how it is possible???

Title: Crystal report 8,8.5,10 version
Name: JP
Date: 6/23/2008 8:31:18 AM
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Does it work in crystal report 8.5 version? I didn't get

Title: ASP.net
Name: Din
Date: 6/12/2008 10:37:08 AM
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jeff,
The solution is working in the design time of crystal reports, but when I viewed it CrystalReportViewer control in aps.net it shows the strange symbol perhapes it is not applying the wingding font in aps.net.
Any solution for that?
thanks,
Din

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Name: Mukunda
Date: 6/4/2008 5:36:10 AM
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It's really a good article, add some more examples

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Date: 5/29/2008 7:23:08 AM
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Title: Crystal report
Name: Velika
Date: 5/25/2008 4:07:08 PM
Comment:
Thanks for this very helpful article.
Can you tell me how to count the record number(or groupnumber) for any group like this:
1.
1.1
1.2.1
1.3.2
Please help.
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Title: Good
Name: Rajani
Date: 5/22/2008 6:53:02 AM
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Name: sneha
Date: 5/15/2008 8:34:19 AM
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Name: saima
Date: 5/11/2008 6:57:38 AM
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Title: Six Quick Crystal Reports Design Tips
Name: Shohagh
Date: 4/24/2008 1:04:15 AM
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ThankS for such an important post. It will help me designing a Crystal Report... ... ...

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Name: allanamk
Date: 4/18/2008 4:44:42 PM
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Hi

I tried that check box from the Windings in the Boolean format field -string formula from common tab...But still shows me 0 in the preview screen

Thanks

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Date: 4/18/2008 2:17:43 PM
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This is really nice support to novice and vatirans.

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Date: 4/18/2008 2:17:11 PM
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Name: saaden
Date: 4/17/2008 6:28:14 AM
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I need to start,so
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Name: John
Date: 4/16/2008 10:39:38 AM
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Great tips thanks.

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Name: Ajeet
Date: 3/28/2008 11:07:08 AM
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Thanks Jeff, that was helpful.

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Title: version of CR?
Name: Eric Moreau
Date: 3/11/2008 8:04:22 PM
Comment:
Which version of Crystal Reports your article is focusing on? The one provided with VS2008?

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