Often it is desirable to display a message, such as ‘No matching records’, when a report does not contain data. Unfortunately, Crystal Reports does not have a function to easily identify this state.

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Business Objects · Crystal Reports · Technique

The location of the Crystal Reports ‘Shared’ directory has changed over time. When deploying applications that use Crystal Reports, ensure that exporting, user-function library (UFL), and database DLLs are located in the appropriate directory for the version of Crystal Reports that is being used. (more…)

Business Objects · Crystal Reports

Add a dynamic, date-range parameter to a report which includes the most recent 12 months, plus Crystal Reports’ Month-to-Date and Year-to-Date ranges.

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Business Objects · Business View · Crystal Reports · Date/Time · Parameters · SQL Server

Sort an array of numbers using the Shell sort algorythm. This sorting algorythm will quickly sort arrays in Crystal Reports.

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Business Objects · Crystal Reports · Functions · Programming

For Immediate Release

Monday, June 17, 2002 – Cogniza announces the release of UFLTimeZone for Crystal Reports. UFLTimeZone for Crystal Reports provides date and time zone conversion functions that give new options when using Crystal Reports with Remedy’s Action Request (AR) System. To understand the value of this new product, some background on Remedy is appropriate.

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Business Objects · Crystal Reports · Date/Time · Remedy ARS · Timezone · UFL