User Guide

364 Chapter 2: ColdFusion Tags
Usage
Use this tag to generate a report using a report definition created in either ColdFusion Report
Builder or in Crystal Reports. (For more information on using the ColdFusion Report Builder,
display the online help by opening the Report Builder and pressing F1.)
permissions Report
Builder
Opt (format="PDF" only) Specifies one or more of the
following permissions:
• AllowPrinting
• AllowModifyContents
• AllowCopy
• AllowModifyAnnotations
• AllowFillIn
• AllowScreenReaders
• AllowAssembly
• AllowDegradedPrinting
Separate multiple permissions with a comma.
datasource Crystal
Reports
Opt Name of registered or native data source.
type Crystal
Reports
Opt standard • standard (not valid for Crystal Reports 8.0)
• netscape
• microsoft
timeout Crystal
Reports
Opt Maximum time, in seconds, in which a connection
must be made to a Crystal Reports file.
report Crystal
Reports
Requir
ed
Report path. Store Crystal Reports files in the same
directories as ColdFusion page files.
orderBy Crystal
Reports
Opt Orders results according to your specifications.
username Crystal
Reports
Opt Username required for entry into database from
which report is created. Overrides default settings
for data source in ColdFusion MX Administrator.
password Crystal
Reports
Opt Password that corresponds to username required
for database access. Overrides default settings for
data source in the ColdFusion Administrator.
formula Crystal
Reports
Opt One or more named formulas. Terminate each
formula with a semicolon. Use the format:
formula = "formulaname1 =
'formula1';formulaname2 = 'formula2';"
If you use a semicolon in a formula, you must escape
it by typing it twice (;;). For example:
formula = "Name1 = 'Val_1a;;Val_1b';Name2 =
'Val2';"
Attribute Applies
to
Req/
Opt
Default Description