Vertical text alignment in Crystal Reports?

Question

In the Crystal Reports editor that comes with Visual Studio (2008) is it possible to align text to the center of a text box rather than to the top?

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Answer 1

You can achieve this with strings, as you will see a paragraph tab instead of a number tab when you enter the FORMAT FIELD menu. To make your number a string you should format it as a formula field thusly:

chr(13) + chr(10) + totext(mynumber,0)

Then in the FORMAT FIELD menu select - Line spacing: multiple of: 0.2

You may need to experiment with the 0.2 value until you find your number (i.e. string prefixed with a carriage return) nicely centered in the middle of your box.

Cheers, Chilly