Alternate Row Color in Crystal Report

Most of the time while developing reports people wonder how to have alternating row colors in the report like below.

Customer Name	Address	City	State	Zip
Suparba panda	123 olive rd	St Louis	MO	54678
John Doe	456 Tree drive	Raleigh	NC	14676
Jane Doe	768 Hudson rd	Atlanta	GA	76555

There is a cool trick to it.

Go to the format section of the Details. Click the Color Tab. Then click the button next to the Background Color CheckBox..

In the formula editor of background color, type the following:

if RecordNumber mod 2 = 0 then crSilver else crNoColor

Save and close the editor.

And now when you run the report you will see alternate colors of silver and white in the details section.

Conclusion

In this article you learnt how to have alternating colors in the report detail section.

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