Crystal Reports for Rational Application Developer Designer Guide

Exporting your UFL to a JAR file

To have the reporting engine use your UFL, the UFL must be in a JAR file.

To export your UFL to a JAR file

  1. In the Package Explorer view, right-click the UFL, and click Export.
  2. Expand the Java node, and click JAR file.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Select the UFL resources to export.
    Verify that you include the function library class and all the User Function classes that you require.
  5. Enter the export destination, and then click Finish.

    Note: To use the UFL in a Crystal Reports Web project, the JAR file needs to be in the WebContent\WEB-INF\lib folder. It is recommended that you export the UFL JAR file to the lib folder of the Crystal Reports Web project.