Basic Syntax

When creating formulas, you have the option of using either Crystal or Basic syntax. If you are familiar with Microsoft Visual Basic or other versions of Basic, then Basic syntax may be more familiar to you. In general, Basic syntax is similar to Visual Basic except that it has specific extensions to handle reporting.

Using Basic syntax does not slow report processing down. Reports using Basic syntax formulas can run on any machine that Crystal Reports runs on. Also, using Basic syntax formulas does not require distributing any additional files with your reports.

In this section:

• Basic Syntax Fundamentals

• Comments (Basic Syntax)

• Fields (Basic Syntax)

• Statements (Basic Syntax)

• Assignment (Basic Syntax)

• Simple Data Types (Basic Syntax)

• Range Data Types (Basic Syntax)

• Array Data Types (Basic Syntax)

• Variables (Basic Syntax)

• Functions (Basic Syntax)

• Operators (Basic Syntax)

• Control Structures (Basic Syntax)