Custom Format

If you use a browser to look at an XML file exported using the Custom Format, you'll see something like this:

After the XML and document type declarations, there is a list of tags. These tags represent the contents of your report arranged sequentially, item by item. For example, the first few lines of the XML data shown above represent a report that begins with a header area containing a cross-tab object:

<Report xmlns="urn:crystal-reports:schemas"> 
  <ReportArea Level="0" Type="Report"> 
    <ReportHeader Type="Header"> 
      <ReportHeader_1 SectionNumber="0"> 
        <Crosstab>

The entire XML file can be read in such a way. Each line in the XML data has a direct relation to your Crystal report and its Report Definition as defined in the Customize XML dialog box.

Note:    The element tag names in this example are the default names; they will be different if you changed them in the XML Format dialog box.



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