Crystal Reports(R) 9: The Complete Reference

Create winning presentations and reports using the most powerful data analysis tool and this comprehensive guide. This book explains how to use the software to analyze and format data, generate reports, perform advanced interactive reporting from the Web, and much more, making it the ultimate one-stop Crystal Reports resource.

After more than 10 years as an internal consultant and trainer in a large corporation, George founded his own consulting and training firm, The Ablaze Group, in 1994 George is certified by Crystal Decisions as both a trainer and consultant for Crystal Reports 9, Crystal Enterprise, and Seagate Info. He is a past recipient of the Crystal Decisions Training Partner of the Year award Prior to his computer career, George was a broadcaster. His voice may still be heard in various national radio and TV commercial and promotional campaigns

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

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