User`s guide

D.3.2.1 To suppress an accessible section
1.
Right-click the left boundary of the section you want to suppress conditionally, and click Section
Expert.
2.
In the Section Expert, click the Formula button that corresponds to the Suppress (No
Drill-Down) setting.
The Format Formula Editor opens a new formula named Suppress (No Drill-Down).
3.
In the Formula text window, type this formula (which uses Crystal Syntax):
if {?Access} = "No" then True
This formula selects the Suppress option if the user chooses not to view accessible report content.
4.
Click Save and close.
5.
Click OK in the Section Expert.
D.3.3 Accessibility and subreports
Accessible report design may become too cumbersome using conditionally formatted objects and
suppressed sections. Two situations in particular may be problematic:
• To make the report accessible, you may need to change the overall organization of the report
sections, or you may need to provide different objects.
• If the report contains a large number of objects or sections, it may take too much time to create
conditional formulas for all of them.
For example, if a report contains many non-text objects displayed in a complex series of groups and
sections, you may want to provide a text-only version that uses different objects and a simplified group
structure to meet accessibility guidelines. The easiest way to address this problem is to create a subreport
that displays the accessible version of the report and place the subreport at the beginning of the main
report. For details on creating a text-only accessible subreport, see Providing text-only alternatives.
If you want only screen readers to be able to see the subreport, you can hide it by changing the subreport
link to the same color as the background. Alternatively, you can use the ?Access parameter field to
allow users to choose whether or not the subreport appears in the report. Place the subreport in its own
section and conditionally suppress the section based on the ?Access parameter field. For details, see
Accessibility and suppressing sections.
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