Crystal report flowing text around image - vb.net

I want to have this layout in crystal reports:
How to do this?

If the following data fetched from the database you can corretly obtined the output you want with out any repetition in column values :-).I think you put static data in the label field and set the muti column layout.right?

For image layout, I have no knowledge.
Multi Column layout:
Multi-Column layout is available in Crystal Report. For multiple columns:
1. Go to the detail section. Resize it so that it takes the width of a
single column.
2. Add your fields of interest to the details section. Resize them so
that they only use the specified width only.
3. Go into your Section Expert. In the section "Details", turn on the
Format with Multiple Columns option.
4. A new tab "Layout" will now be visible. It allows additional
formating including gap between the columns etc.
This should do the multi-column layout.

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RDLC - How to display each row from dataset in each page?

I am having set of text boxes in the report and binding each columns in the text box from the Data set.
As of now only first record from the dataset is binding in the text box.
I need all the rows in the dataset to bind in the text boxes page wise.
Each row in the dataset bind to text boxes page wise.
First record in first page,Second record in second page ... etc.
How to achieve this? Help me to solve this...
Thanks in Advance,
Stephen.L
I recently faced the same issue, I used some help from stackoverflow to solve the issue, u might have already figured it out but this is to help others with similar issue.
Make sure you have a Dataset defined for your report.
Add a "Table" control to the report. This seems to be needed in order to iterate the rows in your Dataset.
Delete the header row and two of the default columns from the table so that you are left with a single row with a single column.
Expand the table to the width of your layout and make it as tall as you will need for your "free form" layout.
By default, there is a TextBox inside the table cell. Right-click the empty table cell and choose "delete" to remove that TextBox.
Drag a "Rectangle" control into the empty table cell. It seems to automatically "dock" to the width/height of the table cell.
Now you should be able to drag the fields from your DataSet (TextBoxes, etc) into the Rectangle to produce the desired layout.
You can use a List with page breaks at the end of details group.

Display Hyperlink field on rows based on value from the database

How do I dynamically display the 'Edit' on the hyperlink field based on the values on the rows, generated from the database.
N/B.: the gridview automatically generates rows.
Do you mean you want a DataGridViewLinkColumn in the grid with Edit displayed if appropriate? Like this:
In which case, make the whole column a LinkColumn and whether or not it's clickable will be taken care of internally by the grid. Columns which don't display Edit will not be clickable.
If you don't mean this then please provide more detail.

Fixed textframes in MigraDoc?

I wrote a very simple drag and drop style report screen online so users can specify labels and fields etc much like an MS Access Report. I am having an issue getting this to output as PDF and I am using MigraDoc. The TextFrame allows you to specify a Left/Top which is good but I need to do this for multiple rows and I can't quite get it to work in this way.
At present I tried to add a table and a row (for each record) and put textframes within this with the left/top properties but every field gets put in the same place i.e. 0,0 and the records flow over both the header and footer?
I am using c#

access: displaying data on a report

i have a report that is attached to a query
i want to display the contents of a query. there are three columns. i made a list box but it looks weird:
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i dont want the scroll bars, i just need the three fields from a query to be displayed regularly just as they would be in a spread sheet or grid
In your report's Detail section, create a text box (not a list box) for each of those 3 fields in your query.
It might be easier to get oriented by creating an autoform based on the query.

How do I show data in the header of a SQL 2005 Reporting Services report?

Out of the box SSRS reports cannot have data exposed in the page header. Is there a way to get this data to show?
One of the things I want in my reports is to have nice headers for my reports. I like to have a logo and the user's report parameters along with other data to show to give more information for the business needs the report needs to clarify. One of the things that Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services cannot do natively is show data from a Dataset in the header. This post will explain how to work around this and how easy it is.
Create the Report Server Project in the Business Intelligence Projects section and call it AdventureWorksLTReports. I use the AdventureWorksLT sample database from CodePlex.
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Next show the Page Header by right clicking in the Report area with the designer.
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The Page Header will appear. If you want to show the Page Footer this can be accessed from the same menu as the Page Header.
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I created a stored procedure that returns data for the Sales Order to be presented in the Page Header. I will show the following information about the Sales Order in the Page Header:
Order Date
Sales Order Number
Company
Sales Person
Total Due
I create a TextBox for each of my data fields in the Page Header along with a TextBox for the corresponding label. Do not change the Expression in the TextBoxes that you want the Sales Order data in.
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In the Report Body, place a TextBox for each data field needed in the Page Header. In the Visibility for each TextBox, select True for Hidden. This will be the placeholder for the data needed in the Page Header.
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Your report should look similar to the screenshot shown below.
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The last step and most important is to reference the Hidden TextBox in the TextBoxes located in the Page Header. We use the the following Expression to reference the needed TextBoxes:
=ReportItems!.Value
Your report should now look similar to the following:
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Your Report preview should now have the Sales Order Header data in the Report Header.
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You have to do it through Parameters. Add a parameter for each piece of data you would like to display, then set the parameter to Hidden. Then set the default value to "From Query" and set the Dataset and Value field to the appropriate values.
I think the best option is creating a internal parameter, with the default value the field of the dataset you want to show.
Here are two possible workarounds:
You can place the databound field within the body of the report as a hidden textbox, and then in the header place another textbox with it's value pointed at the the one hidden within the body.
Try using report parameters to store the data, and use those parameters to access the data in the header.
This technique wouldn't work if your report spans over multiple pages, use queried parameters instead, and set the textbox value to =Parameters!Name.Value as per this article.
I'm with Orion Adrian here. Report parameters are the way to go.
I wanted to show a field, common to all returned rows, in the header, and for this scenario I went for the linked table solution (placing a table containing the field in the body and link a textbox in the header to this table).
I did that because if you are using the parameter solution and no data is returned to the field in question, the text "Parameter is missing a value" is shown instead of just a blank table. I reckoned this text would confuse users (as the parameter isn't even visible).