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March Newsletter March 2009
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Announcing GP Reports Viewer Standalone
Want to print reports without logging into GP or Crystal?
Now you can!

BricklayingGP Reports Viewer Standalone Edition lets you print all your Crystal reports without the need of installing GP or Crystal. Use your GP login and in seconds print all your reports across all companies. Look up parameters directly from GP tables. The Standalone Edition is available as part of the GP Reports Viewer product and is free to all GP Reports Viewer customers.

Alternating shading for lines in Crystal Reports
How to add background color to alternating lines

BricklayingWant to spruce up your Crystal report a little by adding alternate color shading to the lines? Here is how: 

  • Go to Report > Section Expert
  • Click on Details on the left and switch to the Color tab on the right
  • Click on the formula button
  • Copy/type the following formula in:

select RecordNumber mod 2
case 0: crWhite
case 1: color(222,222,222)

  • Click Save and Close
  • Click OK to close the Section Expert window

For a closer look with an example and screen shots view this blog post.

This Month in IT History
By: Joseph Puntasecca
Reading ManThis month we pay tribute to firsts. The announcement of the first release of GP Reports Viewer Standalone Edition in 2009, the first release of Dexterity on March 3, 1993 and in March of 1996 the First Annual Business Building Conference took place in several locations:
  • Hilton Head, SC with 7 attendees March 10 - 13
  • Banff, Alberta, Canada with 64 attendees March 24 - 27
  • San Diego, CA with 88 attendees March 31 - April 3
  • Looking for a solution to manage Crystal Reports inside of Dynamics GP quickly and easily? An online demo of GP Reports Viewer is available anytime on our demo web page. If you would like to schedule a live demo of GP Reports Viewer with us, please call 212-254-4112 and choose option 1 for Sales or e-mail sales@flex-solutions.com. You can also download a fully functional trial for the Dynamics GP sample company. Expiring registration keys are available upon request if you would like to test GP Reports Viewer with your company data. 
     
    Sincerely,  
    Victoria Yudin
    Dynamics GP MVP (2005-2009)
    Flexible Solutions, Inc.
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    "My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions."
     
    ~Peter Drucker