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Example of renaming fields

You do not like the notation of Given 1 and Given 2 for people's name fields.

You prefer to call the fields First Name and Middle Name for all users.

 

Process for renaming fields

The process involved simply involves the modification of the Synergy.rl file that is located in your Synergetic directory. You can edit this file with any text editor, such as Notepad.

To modify the field names in Windows 8:

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Additional information
This facility renames the labels in all areas that the original label appears in Synergetic. It does not however, rename the field labels within printed Crystal Reports.

If you need to rename Crystal Report field labels you can modify the required reports through the Crystal Report Designer (if you have it installed) and save into the Synergetic Reports\Site directory.

The RL file simply renames field labels as they appear on the screen, not the actual database fields. So when you are extracting data you must use the original field names. Ensure that your staff members know this if they need to customise any Crystal Reports or run database queries.

To restore the original field names, either delete or comment out the new lines in the Synergy.rl file by prefixing them with asterisks.

If the file already exists but has not yet been used, it contains the following brief notes on how to use the file effectively:

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