SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

1368972 - How to alternate record background colors for a report using the Report Application Server (RAS) in Visual Studio .NET.

Symptom

How to alternate record background colors for a report using the Report Application Server (RAS) in Visual Studio .NET.

Resolution

  • Use the ConditionFormula as per the following code:
sec = m_crReportDocument.ReportDefinition.DetailArea.Sections[0];
SectionFormat seccon = sec.Format.Clone(true);
CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.ConditionFormula cf2 = new CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.ConditionFormulaClass();
cf2.Text= "if Remainder(RecordNumber, 2) = 0 then Red else Yellow";
cf2.Syntax = CrFormulaSyntaxEnum.crFormulaSyntaxCrystal;
seccon.ConditionFormulas.set_InternalItem((int)CrystalDecisions.ReportAppServer.ReportDefModel.CrSectionAreaFormatConditionFormulaTypeEnum.crSectionAreaConditionFormulaTypeBackgroundColor,cf2);
m_crReportDocument.ReportDefController.ReportSectionController.SetProperty(sec,
CrReportSectionPropertyEnum.crReportSectionPropertyFormat, seccon);

Keywords

KBA , BI-DEV-NET , BI Software Development Kits (SDKs) - .NET or Other , How To

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1