Need help in how to declare variable in crystal report

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Hi all,
I need to convert the power builder code in vb.net.
this is the power builder code

receiptdate +" ("+Mid(Upper(dayname( receiptdate )) ,1,3)+")"

I tried to convert it like this

stringvar ReceiptDate = {DataTable1.ReceiptDate};
numbervar dayname = Mid(UpperCase(Day( {DataTable1.ReceiptDate})) ,1,3);
cstr(ReceiptDate) & cstr(dayname);

but when i want to save it in crystal report,it come out an error state that "A date is required."
Can anyone guide me how to solve it? Or is there any website that have tutorial about declaring variable in crystal report vb.net?

Posted 27-Dec-12 20:40pm

Des DC

Updated 28-Dec-12 15:07pm

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Des DC 5-Apr-13 20:42pm

SA,
this is my first post. The time I still don't know it got comment and question button to let other know the notification. After this post only I know there can use comment and question to get notification. I will take notice afterward. Thanks for the remind.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Apr-13 20:58pm

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Aarti Meswania · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-27T21:01:00

Solution 1

check datatype of field {DataTable1.ReceiptDate} it should be datetime

Happy Coding!
:)

Posted 27-Dec-12 21:01pm

Aarti Meswania

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Aarti Meswania 29-Dec-12 1:33am

if your field's datatype is not datetime then
in sql query you should convert field in datetime

else

give me an example in how your date come in report
it's format is
DD-MM-yyyy or yyyy-MM-dd or something else...

Des DC 30-Dec-12 1:57am

ok.
the format is in dd-mm-yyyy.

Aarti Meswania 30-Dec-12 7:33am

do like this...

stringvar yyear;
stringvar mmonth;
stringvar dday;

dday := Mid({DataTable1.ReceiptDate},1,2);
mmonth := mid({DataTable1.ReceiptDate},4,2);
yyear := right({DataTable1.ReceiptDate},4);

{DataTable1.ReceiptDate} + WeekdayName(DayOfWeek(Date(yyear ,mmonth, dday)))

Des DC 30-Dec-12 23:57pm

sorry for late reply.
I solved the problem by editing the format of the data.
anyway thanks for your help. :)

Aarti Meswania 31-Dec-12 0:21am

welcome! :)
Glad to help you! :)