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marysdrumming
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September 22, 2008
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Converting a Crystal Report with Many Sub-Reports into CF Report Builder

  • September 22, 2008
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I am trying to rewrite a Crystal Reports report which has 11 subreports in CF Report Builder. In the CR report, each subreport has it's own report footer seciton. I have not been able to find anything in CF Report Builder that allows me to do the same. Is CF Report Builder capable of producing a report with multiple subreports?
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epulfy
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September 23, 2008
Having successfully created a report with 5 or 6 subreports (with each sub-report containing a multiple sub-sub reports) I can say with confidence, "Yes you can." However the real question you should ask is, " Should I create a report with multiple sub-reports in CF ReportBuilder?" And the answer to that is.... NO, WHAT ARE YOU CRAZY!

If you have something that works in Crystal Reports I would suggest you stick with that. Otherwise you're setting yourself up for a lot of headaches. Now maybe it was because I started using the report builder that came with MX7, but it seems there are still quite of few bugs that will leave you shaking your fist at your computer. If however you do continue and do the CF Report Builder route, be prepared for your application to crash unexpectedly, and for many things to not work they way you expect them to. And if you ever need help good luck. Take the fact that you had difficulty finding good documentation as a sign of how little Adobe supports this product.

CF Report Builder is fine for very simple reports, but don't get fancy with it, you'll only regret your decision in the end.
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