Sep 17, 2002 11:15 AM
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(Updated Sep 19, 2002 03:06 PM)
I have been using Crystal Reports for Reports generation since my engineering. I have found it to be one of the best reporting tools. I even tried hands on Data Environment tool,but found it had many flaws
What is Crystal Reports ?
Crystal Reports is a part of Crystal Enterprise Business intelligence suite,which offers a collection of related technologies to help organizations make sense of corporate data and use this knowledge to make better decisions.
Depending on user needs and specific business scenarios, different technologies from across the spectrum are more or less relevant. The BI spectrum introduces each of these technologies and highlights their value to the organization.
About Crystal Reports
Very sophisticated Reporting Tool
Company:
Seagate Corporation
Previous Versions :
::4.5, 5.0 : they were the OCX versions
::From Version 7.0 Crystal reports migrated to .Dll version
::8 & 8.5 - integrated web
::Version 9 - Integration of .NET and Wireless Applications
Features
:: Quickly and easily generate reports with Report wizard
:: Support for Visual Basic, ASP,.NET
:: Search Expert :easily search /browse through your report
:: Select Expert :easily select records based on your criteria
:: Export option : at one click of your button, easily
export your report to word, email,Fax, RTF, Text and ODBC
:: Merge a sub report within your Main Report
:: Easy Formatting to enhance the presentations with
different styles
:: Intelligent formatting to highlight special fields,
totals, groups, summaries
:: In built formulas for all functions like mathematical
financial, statistical, database
:: In built functions for strings, numbers
:: Intelligently detects changes to underlying database
:: Programmer has total control over reports through code
:: Integrates into VB IDE for ease of development
About Crystal Reports 9
:: Provides Rapid Report Creation and Integration.
:: Crystal Reports delivers productivity tools for tightly
integrating interactive reports based on virtually any data into Web, wireless and Windows applications for runtime report viewing and customization.
:: Upgrade from previous versions of Crystal Reports or
Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET to the Advanced
Edition for more web flexibility, access to additional
data sources, advanced runtime report design and much
more. It provides a rich set of server-based reporting
services that can be tightly embedded into custom web
applications.
For Developers
:: High-productivity report creation and integration
For Applications Developers
:: Quickly transform almost any data into powerful,
interactive content. Tightly integrate reporting
into .NET, Java and COM applications. Let end users access and interact with reports via portals, wireless devices and Microsoft Office documents.
:: Create and integrate dynamic content from almost any data into .NET, Java and COM applications with tight control over end-user interactivity.
For Businessmen
:: Create compelling views of data without relying on IT.
