Re: Crystal Reports and COBOL

In that example, it is a database field defined as a blob...I can't do that
using CSV files? Only something like SQL server, etc can do that...Correct?

I need the ability to just use the picture disk file name and have that
print...

kenmullins


"Frederico Fonseca" <real-email-in-msg-spam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:00r6g11ut3pav0r0hgrkk1985eajuv61f4@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 10:27:52 -0400, "Ken Mullins"
> <kennethxxpxxxmullins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Anyone out here use Crystal Reports? I have an old 16bit native windows
>>app
>>that I developed back in 1995 using MF COBOL...It uses V4 of Crystal
>>Reports
>>for printing...
>>
>>I'm in the process of converting this app to native 32bit Windows
>>platforms.
>>I'm also adding some data elements including graphics...I've updated my V4
>>Crystal Reports to V9, but do not see that it has the ability to print a
>>photo based on a file name field...
>>
>>Anyone know of a way to do that?
>>
>>Each picture to be printed would be a disk file name of the photo (ex:
>>C:\BCWData\Photos\Sample.jpg)...
> Look at the examples provided. One of them does exactly what you need
> (or almost). more specifically "Employee Profile.rpt"
>
>
>
>>
>>The data being passed to CR is currently a standard CSV file and I am
>>using
>>their text ODBC driver...Well I was previously, but haven't started
>>looking
>>to see if their is a better way in the newer CR yet...
> There are better ways... if you don't use standard COBOL files.
>
>
>
>
> Frederico Fonseca
> ema il: frederico_fonseca at syssoft-int.com


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