Crystal Report - Landscape orientation by default?

[Connor T]

Hi,

I have a crystal report embedded in a viewer.

How / Where can I set a property to make it default to landscape
orientation?

Rgds,
Dan

 

[Mark Jones]

CR uses the settings of your currently selected printer.
Change the printer settings and your report changes.

 

[Connor T]

Ok thats fair enough! I'll pass that on to my Client!

Thanks
Dan

 

[Bernie Yaeger]

Hi Dan,

The solution is to set the orientation in the report itself. Inside
Crystal, set file/printer setup to portrait or landscape and save the
report. The viewer will then display each report appropriately, without
having to change the printer each time a report is selected.

HTH,

Bernie Yaeger

 

[Mark Jones]

You are absolutely right. My reply was hasty.
If you create (or add) a crystal report to your vb app,
you can Dim it like any other object.

Programatically you can set a report's default orientation
with something like:

Dim MyReport as new rptCrystalReportIMade
MyReport.PrintOptions.PaperOrientation = PaperOrientation.Landscape

 

[Connor T]

Excellent, i'll give that a go tomorrow!

Thanks,
Dan

 

[Bernie Yaeger]

Hi Mark,

You're correct. Actually, setting it in code might be a bit better, because
there may be some occasions when a report could be printed both ways. Using
your approach, a user could select the orientation when choosing to print
the report. That choice would run the code you suggest in an if
conditional.

Bernie