How can you design a report so a pre-printed form or a watermark underlies the data on the report?
Resolution
Use the 'Underlay following section' formatting option to achieve this.
1. Create an additional Page Header section:
· Right-click the gray area to the left of the Page Header section
- Select 'Insert section below'
This inserts a second Page Header, so you now have a Page Header - a and a Page Header - b.
2. Re-size the Page Header - a section so it is the height of the page.
3. Insert the bitmap image (a .BMP file) of the pre-printed form or logo for the watermark into the Page Header -a section.
4. Go to Format | Section to open the Section Expert window, and select the Page Header - a section.
5. Select the 'Underlay following section' option.
6. Close the Section Expert.
The bitmap image in Page Header - a now appears beneath all the sections that come after it, up to the Page Footer.
The Page Headers and Page Footers cannot exceed the vertical size of the report.
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Ensure that you suppress the Page Footer of the report because the Page Header cannot underlay the Page Footer.
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More Information
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If you have lines or boxes that disappear under the bitmap, see article number c2009716 for a solution at our support site:
Hello,
to use watermark, divide your section, put the image in the first one and the datafields in 2nd, open section expert and select "underlay following section"
Best regards
Hello,
I have also been trying to insert a watermark to a report with lines to no avail. I am still using Crystal 8.5, and so templates appear to not be an option for me. Actually, I'm not sure because our Admin still hasn't installed the help files so I can't use the help.
Anyway, I have come up with a workaround:
- Create a text field
- Make the width as wide as the line needs to be.
- Make the height as small as possible.
- Then, apply a bottom (or top, left, or right) border to suit.
Of course, this is not a good solution if you have a ton of lines/boxes on the report, but ok if you have one or two. And there may be some formatting limitations but it's better than nothing...
