User`s guide
You can modify repository objects by disconnecting them, changing them in a report, and adding them
back to the repository. As well, you can rename objects and move them to different folders directly in
the repository.
Note:
Be aware that when you modify an object and add it back to the repository, your changes affect all
those who use that same repository: a renamed object is renamed for all users, and reports that contain
the modified object may be updated upon opening them in the Report Designer.
5.7.1 To modify a repository object
Note:
This procedure shows you how to modify and update a text object in the repository. Custom functions
and commands are modified and updated in their respective user interfaces; in each case, you must
first disconnect the custom function or command from the repository, make the modifications, and then
add the custom function or command back to the repository.
1.
From the Repository Explorer, drag any text object into a report.
2.
Right-click the text object in the report and select Disconnect from Repository from the shortcut
menu.
3.
Double-click the text object and modify its text.
4.
Drag and drop the text object from the report to the folder containing the text object in the repository.
When you drop the text object, the Add or Update Object dialog box appears.
5.
Click Update.
6.
In the Modify Item dialog box, make any changes you require and click OK.
7.
Right-click the text object in the repository and click Properties from its shortcut menu.
Notice that the date and time in the Modified area have changed to correspond to the time you added
the text object back to the repository.
5.8 Updating connected repository objects in reports
Repository objects that are used in a report and are connected to that report's repository can be updated
automatically when opening the report in Crystal Reports. This behavior is controlled by an Options
setting and is global for all reports.
Note:
Objects that are used in a report but are disconnected from the repository are not automatically updated
when the report is opened.
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