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How do you Keep Group Together across columns in Crystal Report?


I have a multi-column Crystal 2008 report that is grouped on a date field, and I want to prevent that group from being split across the column to column boundary.

Googling it, it seems impossible - no one even has some sort of hack for faking it.

Here is an image of the issue - I would like Friday the 26th to all be in the second column.

Screenshot of Issue in Crystal


Solution

  • Nothing is impossible! While initially discouraged with the voted answer, I kept searching and found something about using a subreport for the "details". Then I used a mailing label, although this may not be necessary, but in my use I wanted each group to have identical size, this worked perfect to make sure the groups stayed together in the columns. It is a little clumsy but seems the subreport won't cross columns.

    Anyway this is an old topic, but thought I would leave this here just in case someone dusts it off.