Crystal Reports 9: The Complete Reference

Your Definitive Resource on Crystal Reports 9!

Create eye-popping, presentation-quality reports and complex, interactive analysis documents both on and off the Web with help from this one-stop reference. Learn to use the latest version of this powerful reporting tool to develop and design reports, draw information from databases, make tables and charts, integrate with Visual Basic and Visual Studio .NET applications, and much more. This helpful resource provides comprehensive coverage of core basics for new Crystal Reports users, and plenty of review--as well as clarity on what's new--for those who have experience with previous versions. Get the information, advice, and tools you'll need to conquer the learning curve and produce winning reports and report-based applications.

• Develop, design, and build business, corporate, and personal reports
• Learn essentials such as mapping, formatting, grouping, design, and exporting
• Share formula logic and report objects within your organization using the new repository and custom functions
• Utilize templates, complex formulas, charts, report wizards, and more
• Integrate Crystal Reports into Visual Studio .NET Windows and Web applications
• Implement state-of-the-art Web reporting with the new Report Application Server
• Customize Crystal Enterprise for efficient and speedy Web delivery
• Integrate Crystal Reports with Visual Basic and Active Server Pages using Crystal Reports' Report Designer Component
• Maximize report performance with your SQL database

Contents

• Getting the Feel of Crystal Reports 9
• Enhancing Appearance with Text Objects
• Sorting and Grouping
• Creating Geographic Maps
• Using Formulas
• Creating Custom Functions
• The Repository
• Analyzing with Advanced Selection Criteria
• Making Your Reports Visually Appealing
• Using Sections and Areas
• Analyzing with Cross-Tabs
• Creating Charts
• Using Subreports
• Viewer Interaction with Parameter Fields
• Exporting Reports
• Reporting from SQL Databases
• Accommodating Database Changes and Field Mapping
• Reporting from OLAP Cubes
• Reporting from Proprietary Data Types

• Crystal Reports Web Alternatives
• Crystal Reports and Microsoft Active Server Pages
• Introduction to Crystal Enterprise
• Using the Crystal Launchpad and ePortfolio
• Customizing Crystal Enterprise ePortfolio

• Integrating Crystal Reports 9 with Visual Basic
• Crystal Reports with Visual Studio .NET