Printing Wingding Fonts
Don’t think that printing graphics involves just displaying JPG and BMP files. You can also get some interesting results using the non-standard fonts. One font in particular that is very useful is the Wingdings font. You can add special symbols such as checkboxes, arrows, folder, etc. For example, open the Windows Character Map application and select the Wingdings font from the dropdown box. You’ll see the characters in Figure 2-21.
Figure 2-21. A sample of the Wingdings characters
Tutorial 2-3. Using Wingdings Font to Display a Book Icon.
Let’s walk through a tutorial of how to add a picture of a book to the report.
- Open the Character Map application on Windows XP by selecting Start > All Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Character Map.
- Choose the font Wingdings.
- Look at the first row and find the picture of a book. It should be the sixth picture on the left.
- Double-Click on the book picture (that makes it appear at the bottom) and click the Copy button. It has been saved to the Clipboard’s memory.
- Go into the Crystal Reports’ designer and add a new text object. This puts you in edit mode.
- Press Ctl-V to paste the picture into the text box. You should see the picture of the book in the text object.
In Chapter 5 we’ll walk through a tutorial that uses formulas to display checkboxes.
