Crystal Reports - CanGrow

[djcybex]

I have VB.NET and crystal reports which are published with .NET

here is my problem:

i need to print report using several fields from database....

i need some of the fields to use CanGrow option because they have more text in it

 

the problem is that othe fileds behind the field with canGrow option don't go below it... but it overwrites them

it should look like:

 

Name: John 
Surname: Doe 
About: fnldkfnklsdfndfnjknj 
         dfkldfkgnsdkfg 
         dfogndoèsfn 
Signed Up: 1.1.2000

 

but now this About field just overwrites Signed Up field with the text

 

i've tried to put cangrow to all fields but nothing happens....

should i use some kind of formula or something?

 

Thank you in advance!

[rmatthew]

I went round and round with crystal on this.

I had several reports in 8.5 and when moved to .NET/Crystal 9 the text fields which grew downward in 8.5 won't in .NET/Crystal 9.

 

Crystal Support expressed that this was a 'known issue' and that there where no plans at present to address it.

 

I know this doesn't help - but maybe it answers the question.

 

If you find a workaround or if Crystal decides to address the issue please let me know :)

[djcybex]

yep i found the solution...

just add the fields after the Growing field in a new section :)

this will work

[Nerseus]

I haven't used Crystal since version 6 or 7 (I can't remember) but you used to be able to split sections as well. So if you're "cangrow" section is in the Details section, you can split it to "Details a" and "Details b" to accomodate things like cangrow fields with something coming after.

 

If the "cangrow" field is an address, sometimes it's better to give it a fixed height big enough for, say, 4 lines. It's useful for things like letters where you may want the opening paragraph to be at an exact point. I'm sure you know what you want though - just spewing out old Crystal knowledge so I can make room for new memories :)

 

-nerseus