BirdDog uses Crystal Reports for printed reports in order to enable our customers to customize the layout to match their needs.
Workstation Setup
- You will either need Crystal Reports (paid) or Visual Studio (free) along with Crystal Reports for Visual Studio (free)
- While not required, you should also have Enterprise for Windows available to make testing the reports easier
Customizing the Report
- Our standard reports are installed to the Reports sub directory beneath each of our applications (Enterprise, Enterprise for Windows, and Job Master)
- Find the report you want to edit and open it in your editor (Crystal Reports or Visual Studio)
- Crystal Reports uses a WYSIWYG editor where you can add your logo and move the existing formatting around
- In the case where you need a field that isn't on the report you can drag and drop it from the Database fields tool:
FYI, formula for removing the timestamp from the (invoice) date is: totext({OEORDHDR_SQL.inv_dt}, "MM/dd/yyyy")