Hyperlink fields

You can select an object on the Design or Preview tab and create a hyperlink to a web site, a local HTML file, a field value, an e-mail address, or another Seagate Crystal Report file.

The hyperlink is saved with your report and is available to other users as a way of viewing additional information.

To create a hyperlink field

1. Select a report object on the Design or Preview tab.

   Note:    If you want to create a hyperlink to another Seagate Crystal Report file, do not select a report object.

2. On the Insert menu, click Hyperlink.

   The Hyperlink tab of the Format Editor dialog box appears.

   

3. Click the type of hyperlink you want to create. The available types are:
   • A website on the Internet
   • A file
   • Current field value
   • An e-mail address
   • Another Crystal Report file
   • No hyperlink.

     Note:    Not all hyperlink types are available at all times. The object you select and its location on the report determine which types are available.

4. After you have chosen a hyperlink type, enter the appropriate hyperlink information (the URL of a web site, for example).
5. Click OK when you are finished.

The hyperlink is inserted as appropriate. Click it on the report to go to the appropriate site, e-mail address or other report.

Note:    If you create a hyperlink to another Seagate Crystal Report file, you are creating an on-demand subreport (see Subreports). Just as one subreport cannot contain another subreport, you cannot create a hyperlink between two subreports.