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		<title>Converting Text to Date or DateTime</title>
		<link>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/297</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:59:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hamady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I maintain a list of commonly used formulas on my site and some of these formulas go back nearly 10 years. I have started to notice that some of the older formulas can be done more simply using features in the newer versions of Crystal. So I will occasionally update a formula to simplify it.
For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Email Hoaxes</title>
		<link>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/295</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hamady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I am surprised at how many of these get forwarded to me. They are easy to spot because they usually:
1) Arrive with a half page of CC Email addresses at top.
2) Urge you to forward the message to all of your contacts.
3) Describes some emergency or noble cause that needs everyone&#8217;s immediate attention.
I can assure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grouping by non-calendar week</title>
		<link>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/277</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hamady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you group on a date field in Crystal Reports, the groups are always based on calendar periods. So a group by year will be by calendar year and a group by week will be by calendar week (Sunday to Saturday). If you want to group by a non-calendar period, like a fiscal year, then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overridden Qualified Table Names</title>
		<link>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/261</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hamady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of you have purchased my guide to using Crystal Reports in VB (v6) or my guide to using Crystal Reports in VB.NET. In those guides I cover the basics of configuring and running a report from within an application. I also explain how to change the basic features of the report (groups, parameters, formulas, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What does it mean to &#8220;Check Dependencies&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/83</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hamady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest versions of Crystal Reports have a menu option in the &#8220;Report&#8221; menu called &#8220;Check Dependencies&#8221;. This is a handy little feature that allows you to see if there is anything that would prevent the report from running. For instance, I often find formulas that use a field or function that is no longer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes to Crystal Reports support and maintenance</title>
		<link>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/253</link>
		<comments>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/253#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hamady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have had several users contact me for support recently because they are frustrated with the changes at SAP. One user tried for a week just to open a support ticket, then gave up and gave me a call. And SAP continues to modify the Business Objects support system. Starting November 1, 2008:
Crystal Reports desktop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>InnoScript/Inno Setup handle Crystal Reports dependencies</title>
		<link>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/220</link>
		<comments>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/220#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 00:37:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hamady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who do VB development, there are several choices for creating an installation file. The main commercial tools are InstallShield and Wise, but there is also a free tool (donations accepted) called Inno Setup, by Jordan Russell.
For those of you that create VB applications incorporating Crystal Reports, you should check out Inno [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extra Rows and Columns in Excel Export</title>
		<link>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/231</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:53:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hamady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago I wrote a newsletter article related to Excel exports. I described what you should do to prevent extra rows, extra columns and merge cells when exporting to Excel from Crystal Reports. Just last week I found another piece of the puzzle that explains why my methods would occasionally not eliminate all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Business Objects User Conference (October in Dallas)</title>
		<link>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/216</link>
		<comments>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/216#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hamady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual BO user conference is being held in Dallas this year, October 20-22. The session schedule is also available. PC World is also reporting that the conference marks the beginning of the Global Business Objects Network - &#8220;a new global community for customers&#8221;. This is to replace the &#8220;Business Objects Community Alliance&#8221; but it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crystal Reports Viewer 2008</title>
		<link>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/209</link>
		<comments>http://kenhamady.com/cru/archives/209#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ken Hamady</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of viewers, Business Objects has just released Crystal Reports Viewer 2008. This is very similar to CR Viewer XI with 2 significant additions:
1) You can now use the interactive parameters and sort controls of CR 2008.
2) You can refresh reports - but only if the reports are already hosted in BO Enterprise or CR [...]]]></description>
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