Display a Section only on the First Page in a Crystal Report

To display a section only on the first page but not on other pages right-click the section in question and choose Section Expert.

Crystal Reports Section Expert

Click the x-2 button to the right Suppress (No Drill down) and add the following formula:

Crystal Reports Format Formula Editor Now this section will only appear on the first page.  Your welcome.

Categories: code-examples  Tags: crystal-reports 

Visual Cut Doesn't Like to Waste Space

ScissorsJust a heads up that Visual Cut is really picky about command line arguments.  Visual Cut does a bunch of stuff with Crystal Reports but in my current project it is just used to print reports on demand.  The printing is done via a command line call to Visual Cut.

Reading the documentation and looking at the existing code the arguments seemed pretty straight forward, just standard key/value pairs in format “Key:Value”.  For example:

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Mini-Compressor - ing

The success of our product marketing could be measured by how well Mini-Compressor is integrated into everyday life, but more importantly, everyday language.

If I may demonstrate with a few examples:

Do you remember when Google became a noun? I do_*_. Now, do you remember when google became a verb?  Seriously, how often have you ‘googled’ someone or something as opposed to ‘used a search engine to find someone or something’?

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Exhilaration and Hesitation

EXHILARATION – That feeling you get just after a great idea hits you and just before you realize what’s wrong with it.

That pretty much sums up the feeling I had when Chris told me he was thinking of starting up Saturday Morning Productions.  As you may know, it was something we talked about in jest for, like, ever, but never seriously.  Part of me – the fiscally conservative part – was worried, but the other part of me – the wifey part – knew that if Chris was telling this to me outloud, he’d already made up his mind.  It made me sick to my stomach to think of the possible struggles and financial hardships of getting a business off the ground.  I badgered Chris into writing a business plan.  That was for my own personal comfort, as we would be the sole venture capitalist.  With the benefit of foresight, I now have to admit, Chris has made some sound decisions, and the going has been smooth for the most part.  The bottom hasn’t dropped out yet.  And there are perks for us to look forward to, that we wouldn’t get with a punch-the-clock job.

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Categories: business-side  Tags: nostalgia that-wifey 

Happy Earth Day

We want to celebrate the 20th annual Earth Day with a special promotion!  This will be a real one, not like the bogus Mini one.

Big bold print:

Free shipping with every copy of Mini-Compressor purchased.  Forever.  No questions asked, no codes.

How?  That’s easy!  Run, don’t walk, to the Buy Now button on our website.

How does this help the environment?  We save on packaging and gas to get that big cardboard box to your door… aaaaannnddd…. everyone else is greenwashing these days.  We thought we’d jump on the bandwagon.  It couldn’t hurt, right?

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