• CDUGNA 2003 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Crystal Decisions User Group of North America Conference in Vancouver. Visit the CDUGNA web site to register. See our News section for more details.
• Crystal Enterprise version 9 is shipping - read about it in our News section.
• I Didn't Know... - our Crystal knowledge techniques toolbox.

...you could copy a summary from one group footer to another
Have you been in a situation where you have a report with a summary in the group footer? Sure, you say. But, now you have to create an additional group with the same summary. Just create the new group, then simply copy the summary field from the first group and paste it into the new group footer.

...how to size bitmaps without "stretching" them out of proportion
You can actually format a bitmap image using the Format Editor. Right click on the bitmap, select Format Graphic, click the Picture tab. On the Picture tab type in the same percentages for width and height. Click OK. The image will have a perfect "aspect ratio" (the relationship between height and width).

...about choosing items in drop-down lists by typing
For example, if you want to put a border on all four sides of an object, right-click the object, click Border and Colors in the Format Editor, type the letter 'S'. This chooses a single border for the first side. Tab twice to go to the next border and type another 'S'. Two more tabs, an 'S', two more, then the final 'S'. You can choose other drop-down list options by typing the first letter of the desired option. A word to the wise - proceed with caution if you want Dashed, Dotted or Double!

...I could update a Crystal Enterprise report without losing instances
One major issue with Crystal Enterprise is the lack of a clean report update feature. Deleting a report and importing a new version works fine, except that all of that report's instances are wiped out in the process. If that is unacceptable, here's the way to update a report WITHOUT losing its instances.

CDUGNA 2003 - Wednesday May 21st to Friday May 23rd

Crystal Decisions User Group of North America 2003 Conference begins 8 a.m. May 21st through May 23rd 3 p.m. Held at The Westin Bayshore Resort & Marina, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, this conference promises much and totally delivers to all who attend. Last year's breakout sessions were attended by close to 400 users. 'Cafe CDUGNA' (CDUGNA's internet cafe) was a major draw during breaks. Participants surfed the web, checked email and caught up with the outside world. CDUGNA Conferences present valuable opportunities to meet, talk to and work with North American Crystal users and vendors. The conference features speakers, breakout sessions and social events. It's all about Crystal users, meeting people, catching up with friends and associates and showing everyone there how to get the most from Crystal tools. Please attend, you'll be very happy that you did. See you in May in Vancouver at CDUGNA 2003!

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Crystal Enterprise 9.0 is now available.

Crystal Enterprise 9.0 integrates Crystal Reports 9.0 Professional to deliver powerful interactive web-based reporting. This latest version of Crystal Enterprise has many exciting features, including:

• Support of new Crystal Reports 9 Repository and Custom Functions
• Full multi-language and UNICODE compatibility
• Significantly improved zero-footprint HTML report viewing.

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