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Printing CLOB Comments

Crystal Reports - Add the ACLOB table ........................................................................................................ 1
Add the ACLOB tables CLOB_0 field (comments data) to the report. ......................................................... 4
Add Comment data in X3 .............................................................................................................................. 7
Run the Report .............................................................................................................................................. 8

This document will explain how to print CLOB type comments on a Crystal Report. These are the
comments that are created using the File / Comment option that is available in most X3 functions.
The following steps show the process of printing comments (that are stored as CLOB data types in the
ACLOB table) on a Crystal Report. In this example comments associated with the TABCOUNTRY will be
used. The same logic is used to print comments associated with other tables such as the
BPCUSTOMER, ITMMASTER, or SORDER tables.
Crystal Reports - Add the ACLOB table
In Crystal Reports, open the TABCOUNTRY report.
Click on Database Expert, Link tab and add the ACLOB table.

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Click the Links tab and link the TABCOUNTRY table using its CRY (Country) field to the IDENT1 field on
the ACLOB table.
NOTE: the IDENT1 field on the ACLOB table holds the key value of the table. The CODBLB field on
ACLOB designates the object to which the key value is related (e.g., CODBLB = CO_ITM is for the
ITMMASTER (ITM) object.) You may need to add a selection to your report for a specific CDOBLB if the
key value is the same for other objects.

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Click Link Options and be sure to use the Left Outer Join option for the link of the main table to the
ACLOB table.

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Add the ACLOB tables CLOB_0 field (comments data) to the report.

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Use the Format Field option on the CLOB_0 field and assign the RTF Text option to the Text
Interpretation field. This field MUST be RTF text (Rich Text Format).

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Add Comment data in X3

In X3 add a comment using the File / Comment option. In this example, a comment was added to the
country US in the TABCOUNTRY table.

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Run the Report

Run the TABCOUNTRY report and the comment added for country US is displayed.

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