help me with Totext Function

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i'm creating a crystal report which i need to display the foilio number,the current date and the branch code like this "E0410111300001". which is
E04 - is the branch code
101113 - current date
00000 - number of zeros (if folio number is in tenths then it will use the other zero)
1 - folio number

thanks guys

Posted 10-Oct-13 23:33pm

Chester Costa

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Chester Costa 11-Oct-13 5:51am

i just used this totext function:
totext('E04') + totext({actualguesting.datecheckin},"mmddyy") +
totext({actualguesting.foilionum},0,'4')

but the result given to me is "E041011131"
it should be like this "E0410111300001"

Pheonyx 11-Oct-13 6:00am

I've not see this "ToText" function before, I suggest you look at the solution I provided, it does the padding you require etc, I just do not know what your variable names are called.

Chester Costa 11-Oct-13 6:07am

i used totext function in my crystal report formula sir.

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Ehsan Skardu · Answer 1 · 2013-10-10T23:44:00

Solution 1

You can use expression for the specific field.
like

iif(folio>9,"000" & folio,"0000" & folio)

Posted 10-Oct-13 23:44pm

Ehsan Skardu

Pheonyx · Answer 2 · 2013-10-10T23:46:00

Without knowing where the data comes from and what is stored where I can only advise the following:

C#

String.Format("{0}{1}{2}", BranchNoVariable, DateTime.Now.ToString(MMddyy),Folio.ToString("D8"))

This takes advantage of the following:

Pad Number with Leading Zeros[^]
String.Format Method[^]
Custom Date Formatting[^]

Hope that helps.

Chester Costa · Answer 3 · 2013-10-11T00:28:00

Solution 3

hahaha i just solved my own problem

totext('E04') + totext({actualguesting.datecheckin},"mmddyy") +
totext({actualguesting.foilionum},'00000')

Posted 11-Oct-13 0:28am