Crystal reports inserting duplicate unwanted field - what am I doing wrong?

Posted By JJD over 7 years ago

I know there's still some fellow "old school" CR users here ...
I am updating our check form - simply making a couple of minor alterations to PAYRLCHQ.rpt

I want to replace 47/100 with 47 Cents

The form has no 'Page Header' when I begin.
I click somewhere in open space of the Details section.
Insert -> Field Object and I select PAYCHQ4.CSV : NET_CENTS
I move the placeholder onto open space in Details and I end up with 2 of them!!! One is where I put it, and the other lands directly above it in "Page Header" which suddenly appears.

SEE Picture.

What am I doing wrong ?

I can delete the unwanted field, but I am left with the unwanted page header (I don't know how to remove).

0 Richard S. Ridings over 7 years ago

From your image, it appears that the Page Header is still suppressed and therefore will not show anyway. What happens when you go to Preview, is it showing?

The "unwanted" field is just a text column header that is inserted to identify what is in the column. If the Page Header is showing in preview mode, then in Design View as in your image, right-click the left Page Header section, and click on Suppress.

You should be good after that.
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0 JJD over 7 years ago in reply to Richard S. Ridings

Yes, it was suppressed. I suppose that's why it was in grey - when I clicked "don't suppress" it went white. I put it back to grey. I also since found it was not printing. Annoying having it visible nonetheless. The I tried dragging the separation between the sections upwards to collapse it. That worked!
Column header - I can see that could be useful. Thanks Richard.
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