How to show text only while printing and not while preview in crystal reports

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Hi,

Using the Crystal Report Developer Version that was available for Visual Studio 2017 as a download.

Got a textbox on my report with a footer text in it. I want to print it out but not to show on the screen while previewing.

How to capture the print state ? Or is there any other way out ?

Please help. Thanks in advance.

What I have tried:

Tried using the

WhilePrintingRecords;

in the formula section of the textbox assuming the text will show only while printing but it shows both in preview and print.

Posted 18-May-19 0:52am

Priya-Kiko

Updated 18-May-19 6:29am

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Gerry Schmitz · Answer 1 · 2019-05-18T06:30:00

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That requires "two" reports (or at least a set of "parms") ... One can only "preview" what one "intends" to print (even though one didn't).

You still need "logic" to generate the "non-previewing" preview.

In my previews, I remove items in "preview mode" by setting the control in question to "not visible".

Posted 18-May-19 6:30am

Gerry Schmitz

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Priya-Kiko 20-May-19 2:52am

Thank you for the response.

I understand that, any text, that we may want to suppress/show only while printing can be done, only when the print state can be trapped. While in preview mode, when user clicks on the 'Print' icon is there a way to capture that event?? If there is then any logic can be put in place. Looking for a solution on that grounds.