Crystal Reports Menu
When you open the embedded Crystal Reports Designer to create or modify a report, the Crystal Reports menu automatically appears on the Visual Studio IDE toolbar.
The Crystal Reports menu has the same options as the menu that appears when you right-click on the embedded Crystal Reports Designer.
This menu contains the Insert, Database, Report, and Design submenus. In addition, there are options to close the subreport, preview the report, set the cascading style sheet (CSS) class, go to the previous or next report view, check for updates, and register Crystal Reports.
The Insert submenu is used to insert objects on the report, such as database fields, text objects, summaries, groups, sections, cross-tabs, subreports, charts, and pictures.
The Database submenu has the following options:
- Database Expert Dialog Box
- Set Datasource Location Dialog Box
- Log On or Off Server (see Data Explorer Dialog Box)
- Verify Database
- Verify on Every Print
- Show SQL Query Dialog Box
The Report submenu has the following options:
- Select Expert Dialog Box
- Selection Formula (see Formula Editor Dialog Box)
- Formula Workshop Dialog Box
- Section Expert
- Group Expert Dialog Box
- Group Sort Expert Dialog Box
- Hierarchical Group Options Dialog Box
- Record Sort Expert
- Report Options Dialog Box
- Set Print Date and Time Dialog Box
- Summary Info (see Document Properties Dialog Box)
The Design submenu has the following options: