Crystal Reports 9: The Complete Reference, 2/e

Your Definitive Resource on Crystal Reports 9!

Covers upgraded GUI, custom functions, repository, Report Application Server, and more

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 whats new--for those who have experience with previous versions. Get the information, advice, and tools youll 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            

  Part I - The Core of Crystal Reports 9
   Ch. 1: Common Ground: Creating a Simple Report
   Ch. 2: Enhancing Appearance with Text Objects
   Ch. 3: Sorting and Grouping
   Ch. 4: Creating Geographic Maps
   Ch. 5: Using Formulas
   Ch. 6: Creating Your Own Formula Functions
   Ch. 7: The Repository
   Ch. 8: Analyzing with Advanced Selection Criteria
   Ch. 9: Making Your Reports Visually Appealing
   Ch. 10: Using Sections and Areas
   Ch. 11: Analyzing with Cross Tabs
   Ch. 12: Creating Charts
   Ch. 13: Using Sub Reports
   Ch. 14: Viewer Interaction With Parameter Fields
   Ch. 15: Exporting Reports
   Ch. 16: Reporting from SQL Databases
   Ch. 17: Accommodating Database Changes and Field Mapping
   Ch. 18: Reporting from OLAP Cubes
   Ch. 19: Querying SQL Databases with the Crystal SQL Designer
   Ch. 20: Simplifying Databases with Crystal Dictionaries
   Ch. 21: Reporting from Proprietary Data Types

  Part II - Crystal Reports 9 On The Web
   Ch. 22: Crystal Reports Web Alternatives
   Ch. 23: Crystal Reports with Microsoft Web Servers
   Ch. 24: Introduction to Crystal Enterprise
   Ch. 25: Using the Crystal Launchpad and ePortfolio
   Ch. 26: Customizing Crystal Enterprise with Crystal Server Pages

  Part III - Developing Custom Window Applications
   Ch. 27: Integrating Crystal Reports with Visual Basic
   Ch. 28: The Report Designer Component
   Ch. 29: Crystal Reports with Visual Studio .NET
   Ch. 30: Creating User Function Libraries with Visual Basic

  Part IV - Appendixes
    A. Installing and Configuring Crystal Reports Components
    B. Formula Language Reference
    C. RDC Object Model Reference
    D. VS.NET Object Model Reference