Crystal Reports has several properties you
can set in the
"Properties" view to hide report sections. To see
these properties, select a report section and go to the
"Properties" view.
The Hide property hides a section whenever
you run the report. For example, in a summary report, the Hide property can be
used to display only the summaries, but not the details behind the summaries.
When the Hide property is applied to a section, it becomes visible when the
Drill-down cursor is used to drill down on the section contents. This property
is absolute; it cannot be conditionally applied using a formula.
The Suppress property also hides a section
when you run the report. Unlike the Hide property, however, you cannot apply
the Suppress property, then drill down to reveal the section contents. This
property can be applied absolutely, or conditionally using a formula. This is
useful for writing form letters. For example, in a form letter, you might
create two Body sections: one to suppress when sales are equal to or over $X
and one to suppress when sales are under $X.