need expression help/guidance

Do all expressions have to be on one line?
Can you declare variables in them like in Crystal Reports Formulas?
Can you use other formulas as values? As in you set up a textbox that
will give you a value with an expression, then in another expression
you reference the value of that text box?
Is there a decent guide out there for expressions? Why
can'texpressions just behave similar to a function?
The answers to this post will certainly help determine whether or not
we stick with Crystal or go with this.You can use GlobalVariables in RS :
In Report Properties, go in Custom Code and Declare typed Variables
Exemple : Public Test As String = "100"
You can reference this variables in any expression in your report :
=Code.Test
In any expression formula you can call Custom Code variables or functions.
As well as reference other Report Items:
=ReportItems!textbox4.Value (to use a textbox named textbox4 value).
Let me know if this helps.
Regards,
Davy Ramirez
Winsight - Paris.
"RickB" <rbinns@.nationaldiabetic.com> wrote in message
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> Do all expressions have to be on one line?
> Can you declare variables in them like in Crystal Reports Formulas?
> Can you use other formulas as values? As in you set up a textbox that
> will give you a value with an expression, then in another expression
> you reference the value of that text box?
> Is there a decent guide out there for expressions? Why
> can'texpressions just behave similar to a function?
> The answers to this post will certainly help determine whether or not
> we stick with Crystal or go with this.|||You may want to read this MSDN article:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsql2k/html/ERSCstCode.asp?frame=true
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"RickB" <rbinns@.nationaldiabetic.com> wrote in message
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> Do all expressions have to be on one line?
> Can you declare variables in them like in Crystal Reports Formulas?
> Can you use other formulas as values? As in you set up a textbox that
> will give you a value with an expression, then in another expression
> you reference the value of that text box?
> Is there a decent guide out there for expressions? Why
> can'texpressions just behave similar to a function?
> The answers to this post will certainly help determine whether or not
> we stick with Crystal or go with this.

Need a detail section which runs horizontally

I'm make a report which has a detail section that runs left to right (records 1 to 3) then to the next line down etc... so line 2 will have records 4 to 5.

Traditionally detail sections run top to bottom and this is very easy to design but I'm at a complete loss as to how to do it with the records running left to right as well. Perhaps you'd need to somehow manual increment the record pointer ??

Crystal reports v9

Thanks for the helpDoes CR9 have a 'Format with multiple columns' checkbox in the section expert?
If so, check it and then choose the 'Layout' tab that appears. You'll then need to experiment with the values in that tab - see help on 'Layout tab (Section Expert)'.