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1984462 - Tips on developing reports that have vertical and horizontal lines

Symptom

  • Crystal Reports does not have a dedicated Table tool for table creation.
  • Tables must be created manually by drawing lines and boxes around report items.
  • Such tables often end up with many issues:
    • Horizontal lines which don’t meet up with verticals.
    • Spacing within rows which is varying.
    • Vertical lines that run directly through database fields.
    • Inexplicable gaps between lines.
    • Vertical and horizontal lines that go missing.
    • And more...

Environment

  • SAP Crystal Reports 2008, 2011, 2013

Resolution

Keywords

format cr crw table design draw , KBA , BI-RA-CR , Crystal Reports designer or Business View Manager , How To

Product

Crystal Reports 2008 V1 ; SAP Crystal Reports 10.0 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2011 ; SAP Crystal Reports 2013 ; SAP Crystal Reports XI R2