Crystal Reports 10: The Complete Reference

Produce winning presentations and reports with expert advice from this definitive guide. Discover vital tips on how to best utilize Crystal Reports' features to analyze data, and build professional, complex, and effective reports. Find the entire spectrum of user knowledge'from advice for new users on how to develop, design, and build a simple report, to in-depth information on complex features such as Crystal Server Pages and integrating Crystal Reports into Visual Basic.NET programs.

CONTENTS

Part I: Crystal Reports 10 Introduced
1. Getting the Feel of Crystal Reports 10
2. Enhancing Appearance with Text Objects
3. Sorting and Grouping
4. Creating Geographic Maps
5. Using Formulas
6. Creating Custom Functions
7. The Repository
8. Analyzing with Advanced Selection Criteria
9. Making Your Reports Visually Appealing
10. Using Sections and Areas
11. Analyzing with Cross-Tabs
12. Creating Charts
13. Using Subreports
14. Viewer Interaction with Parameter Fields
15. Exporting Reports
16. Reporting from SQL Databases
17. Creating and Using Business Views
18. Accommodating Database Changes and Field Mapping
19. Reporting from OLAP Cubes
20. Reporting from Proprietary Data Types

Part II: Crystal Reports 10 on the Web
21. Crystal Reports Web Alternatives
22. Crystal Reports with ASP and ASP.NET
23. Introduction to Crystal Enterprise
24. Using the Crystal Launchpad and ePortfolio
25. Customizing Crystal Enterprise ePortfolio

Part III: Developing Custom Window Applications
26. Integrating Crystal Reports X with Visual Basic
27. Crystal Reports with Visual Studio .NET
28. Crystal Reports with Java
Appendixes
A. Installing and Configuring Crystal Reports Components
B. Formula Language Reference