Changing your default field formats

Crystal Reports allows you to display database fields in almost any format on your report. This section describes how to use the Options command to control the default format settings that Crystal Reports uses when you add a field to any report. In the Options dialog box, you can set the default formats for database fields of the following type: String, Number, Currency, Date, Time, Date/Time, and Boolean.

Note:    When you change default field formats, your new settings affect only the objects that you subsequently add to a report. To format fields that you've already added to a report, you must right-click the field in the report and select Format Field from the shortcut menu.

To specify default formats for fields
  1. On the File menu, click Options.
  2. In the Options dialog box, click the Fields tab.
  3. Click the button appropriate to the type of field you want to format (String, Number, Currency, Date, Time, Date/Time, or Boolean).

    The Format Editor appears.

  4. Use the Format Editor's tabs to specify the formats you want.
  5. Click OK.

For a specific example, see Setting default formats for Date, Time, and Date/Time fields.



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