HP Intelligent Management Center Standard Software Platform - Manual (Page 425)

Integrating Shockwave Flash (SWF)
objects
Flash technology is a popular way to add animation to web pages. Flash
files can be viewed in a standalone Flash Player, inserted into web pages
or inserted into Crystal Reports.
Flash files have a .swf extension. To modify an SWF, you will need the
original source file and a Flash authoring tool.
You can either embed an SWF or link to an SWF in any section of a Crystal
Reports report.
When you embed the object, you can bind it to the report, but you may be
able to bind to only a single variable. You can bind to multiple values in a
cross-tab, but you cannot automatically extract the values.
To bind to multiple values, you should use an SWF object that has been
created with Xcelsius 2008.
When you link to an object, you will see a static representation of the data.
If the SWF object that you link to is updated, you must close and reopen
your report to view the changes.
There are restrictions for SWFs created using the Crystal Reports data
connection in Xcelsius 2008. Those SWFs can be added to the following
sections only:
• Report header
• Group header
• Group footer
• Report footer
Note:
• You must have Adobe Flash Player 9 installed on your machine to test
the functionality of the Flash object.
• To view a report that contains a Flash object, you need a viewer that
supports Flash rendering such as the .Net Webform or the Java DHTML
viewers.
• Reports that are exported or printed will display the default image that
you have set instead of the SWF object.
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Integrating Shockwave Flash (SWF) objects