July 2003
 Welcome to our newsletter!
The Repository comes out every six to eight
weeks. It features Crystal tools tips and tricks, news about Crystal
Reports, Seagate Info and Crystal Enterprise. Check our Promotions
sections for education and solutions offerings. This month's highlights:
- Business Objects Announces
Agreement to Acquire Crystal Decisions - July 18, 2003 - This winning combination promises the
ultimate in content creation and delivery. More details in our News
section.
- "Crystal Reports
Professional Results" available in July! - George Peck's 5th Crystal Reports book is a
collection of tips, tricks and techniques from the simple to the
sophisticated. See our News section for more details.
- Crystal Reports Boot
Camp - Survive it and
you'll be equipped to tackle any Crystal Reports project. Read about it
in our News section.
- I Didn't
Know... - our Crystal
knowledge techniques toolbox. This time we're featuring "reports from
the trenches" - tips and tricks from you, the readers.
Newsletter suggestions? Crystal questions? Just send us an email
- we welcome your feedback.
...how to control page numbering
when a cross-tab is the only object on the report
Have you ever used the Cross Tab Expert or
manually placed a cross-tab in the report header, only to have the page
number print on the last page only when you ran the report? This typically
happens when the cross-tab is the only object on your report and the
cross-tab takes several pages to print.
Solving this problem is simple--move the cross-tab from the report
header to the report footer. Now, if you place a Page Number of Page N of
M special field in the page footer, it will print on every page, not just
the last. This tip courtesy of Nick Reyes of the Orange County,
California Health Care Agency.
... about hiding the
border around a subreport
Want to hide the
subreport border? Here's how. Select either the main report Design or
Preview tab. Do not select the subreport Design or Preview tab. Click the
subreport. The lower left status bar will show that a subreport has been
selected. Right-click. Choose Border and Colors from the pop-up menu. The
Format Editor will appear with the Border tab chosen. (Version 9 users
should choose Format Subreport from the pop-up menu, then click the Border
tab). Choose None as the line style for the left, right, top and bottom
borders. Click OK to close the Format Editor. No more border around that
subreport!
... you can move a
chart legend
Display the chart in the Chart Analyzer. Do this by
right-clicking on the chart and choosing Chart Analyzer from the pop-up
menu, or by selecting the chart and choosing Analyzer|Chart Analyzer from
the pull-down menus (there is no Analyzer in Crystal Reports 9). Click on
the border of the chart legend. This highlights the entire legend. Now
just drag the legend to the desired location.
Tips and
tricks came to The Repository from "Crystal
Reports Professional Results" and you, our readers. Want to see YOUR
name here? Submit your favorite Crystal tip, trick or technique. When it's
selected you'll see it and your name in the next release of The
Repository.
Crystal Reports Boot Camp
2003 - October 7th through October 10th
Crystal Reports Boot Camp is
a three and a half day Crystal Reports educational experience.
Are YOU ready for the
challenge? Boot Camp begins Tuesday, October 7th and wraps up Friday,
October 10th at noon. Boot Camp 2003 takes place at Keystone Resort in the
Colorado Rockies. Call or email us for details. Here is a partial list of
courses being offered:
- Formula Fundamentals -
Strings, Dates & If-Then-Else
- Building Interactive Reports
- Drill Down Concepts
- Custom Functions
- RAS/Crystal Enterprise
- Complex Report Design.
Learn more.
"Crystal Reports Professional Results" available July
1st
"Crystal Reports Professional
Results" is George
Peck's 5th Crystal Reports book. This ground-breaking work is a collection
of tips, tricks and techniques ranging from the simple to the
sophisticated. This book has something no other Crystal Reports books have
and something the Crystal Reports user community has been requesting for
years: The Function Appendix. "Crystal Reports Professional Results" has
ten chapters as well as the Function Appendix. To find out more, explore
the Table
of Contents and read the Sample
Chapter. You can also download the Report Samples that are used
throughout the book.
Buy "Crystal Reports
Professional Results", by George Peck, at your favorite book store,
through our website, or amazon.com
Learn more.
Business Objects Announces
Agreement to Acquire Crystal Decisions
On July 18th Business Objects
announced plans to acquire Crystal Decisions. Two of the most powerful enterprise software
companies have plans to join forces to produce the most comprehensive
content creation/content delivery software on the market. By adding
Crystal Decisions' Crystal Reports to their stable of premier information
delivery products, Business Objects will position themselves as the
creator of the ultimate business intelligence suite. Look for great things
from Business Objects.
The Ablaze Group intends to fully support the Business Objects line of
products. Look for announcements on expanded services and support in
future newsletters.
Learn more from Business Objects.
Learn more from Crystal
Decisions. CDUGNA 2003
CDUGNA 2003 draws over 300
Crystal users to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Over 300 Crystal users enjoyed CDUGNA 2003 at the
Westin Bayshore Resort. Keynote speaker John C. Dvorak brought humor,
knowledge and a glimpse of the future of technology. Jon Judge, Crystal
Decisions President, and Anne Bishop, CDUGNA Chair, kicked off the user
conference with with a welcome and opening remarks. The rest of the week
kept everyone busy attending technical breakouts, presentations, question
and answer sessions and the much enjoyed Coal Harbor dinner cruise. Get
ready for CDUGNA 2004. Next year's city is New Orleans,
Louisiana.
Learn
more. 
Ablaze
Group Support
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additional knowledge resource. Call or email
for details. Ablaze
Group Education
Onsite? Webinars? Custom
courses? Workshops? It's your choice!
The Ablaze Group offers Crystal Reports, Seagate Info
and Crystal Enterprise courses. Courseware can be customized to your
organization's needs.
- Introductory
- Intermediate
- Header to Footer - Crystal
Reports Fine Points
Call or email us for
details.
"Crystal Reports: The
Complete Reference" attends class!
When you book an
onsite Ablaze Group Crystal Reports class each attendee receives
courseware AND a copy of "Crystal Reports: The Complete Reference". This
is an Ablaze Group exclusive. Call us at (800) 773 3472 for details.
Learn
more.
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