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Report Parts Overview

Report objects displayed by themselves in a viewer — without the rest of the report page — are referred to as Report Parts. More precisely, however, Report Parts are objects that use hyperlinks to point from a home report object to a destination object.

Report Parts work with the DHTML viewer to expand the navigation possibilities within and between reports. Report Part hyperlinks can link to other objects in the current report or to objects in any other report. This linking lets you create a guided path through your reports that shows only specific information at each stop along the path.

Report Part Viewer

The Report Part Viewer lets you display Report Parts without the rest of the report page. You can integrate this viewer into web applications so that your users see only specific report objects without having to see the rest of the report.

You set up the Report Part hyperlinks in the Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer, or through code, but you take advantage of their functionality in the report viewers.

How hyperlinks work in the DHTML Page Viewers and the Report Part Viewer

Action DHTML Page Viewers Report Part Viewer
Hyperlink to a Report Part or report object
  • Allow the selection of one or more report objects (within the same section) to link to.
  • Navigation to a selected group will go to the first object in the group with the entire page visible.
  • Allow the selection of one or more report objects (within the same section) to link to.
  • Upon navigation, only the selected object(s) will be displayed.
Drill down to a specified destination object
  • Allow the selection of one or more report objects (within the same section) to drill down to.
  • Upon drill down, ignore selection of objects and show all details.
  • Allow the selection of one or more report objects (within the same section) to drill down to.
  • Upon drill down, only the selected report object(s) are displayed.
Default drill down (no specified destination object) Drill down is the default behavior. Drill down is not allowed unless the destination report object(s) are identified.

See Also

Implementing Report Part Drilldown | Hyperlink Navigation Overview | Report Part-Specific Navigation