Crystal Reports: presenting data in a graphical way without a chart

Based on some simple data I tried to create a special graphical presentation:



Here are the data, an Excel sheet:

year	number	month	amount
2009	1	jan	100
2009	2	feb	200
2009	3	mrt	100
2009	4	apr	200
2009	5	mei	-100
2009	6	jun	200
2009	7	jul	100
2009	8	aug	200
2009	9	sep	-200
2009	10	okt	200
2009	11	nov	100
2009	12	dec	200
2010	1	jan	100
2010	2	feb	200
2010	3	mrt	100
2010	4	apr	200
2010	5	mei	-100
2010	6	jun	200
2010	7	jul	100
2010	8	aug	200
2010	9	sep	-200
2010	10	okt	200
2010	11	nov	100
2010	12	dec	200
2011	1	jan	100
2011	2	feb	200
2011	3	mrt	100
2011	4	apr	200
2011	5	mei	-100
2011	6	jun	200
2011	7	jul	100
2011	8	aug	200
2011	9	sep	-200
2011	10	okt	200
2011	11	nov	100
2011	12	dec	200
2012	1	jan	100
2012	2	feb	200
2012	3	mrt	100
2012	4	apr	200
2012	5	mei	-100
2012	6	jun	200
2012	7	jul	100
2012	8	aug	200
2012	9	sep	-200
2012	10	okt	200
2012	11	nov	100
2012	12	dec	200

Furthermore, I created two formula fields.

Blockleft:

if {Sheet1_.amount}>0 then

    replicatestring(chrw(110),abs({Sheet1_.amount}\10))

Blockright:

if {Sheet1_.amount}<=0 then

   replicatestring(chrw(110),abs({Sheet1_.amount}\10))

• In the Details section I put  the fields Blockright, Month, Blockleft.
• The fields Blockright and Blockleft I gave the font WingDings.
• Blockright should be right aligned and Blockleft left aligned.
• Blockright should get the color red; Blockleft the color green.
• I grouped on Year.
• The rows I colored alternating using the formula:

if recordnumber mod 2 = 0 then
    color(255,255,200)
else
    color(255,200,255)