Customized Report Distribution—Using Crystal Reports Components
by Roger Sanborn, Steve Lucas, Kathryn Hunt, Joe Estes, Michael Voloshko, James Edk
Special Edition Using® Crystal Reports® 10
- Copyright
- Foreword
- About the Lead Author
- About the Contributing Authors
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Introduction: Information Delivery with Crystal Products
- Crystal Reports Design
- Creating and Designing Basic Reports
- Introducing the Crystal Reports Designer
- Understanding Data and Data Sources
- Introduction to the Data Explorer
- Adding Database Objects to Your Report
- Joining Database Objects Together
- Understanding the Different Join Types
- Using the Report Creation Wizards
- Understanding the Crystal Reports Gallery
- Using the Standard Report Creation Wizard
- Creating a Report Without Wizards
- Troubleshooting
- Crystal Reports in the Real World—SQL Commands
- Selecting and Grouping Data
- Filtering, Sorting, and Summarizing Data
- Understanding and Implementing Formulas
- Introduction
- Using the Formula Workshop
- Using the Workshop Formula Editor
- Creating Formulas with the Formula Expert
- Using the Formula Extractor to Create Custom Functions
- The Multi-Pass Reporting Process of the Crystal Reports Engine
- Troubleshooting
- Crystal Reports in the Real World— Custom Functions
- Implementing Parameters for Dynamic Reporting
- Creating and Designing Basic Reports
- Formatting Crystal Reports
- Fundamentals of Report Formatting
- Introduction
- Positioning and Sizing Report Objects
- Modifying Object Properties for Formatting Purposes
- Exploring the Format Editor Dialog Common Options
- Combining and Layering Report Objects
- Configuring Report Page and Margin Properties
- Crystal Reports in the Real World—Referencing External Resources
- Working with Report Sections
- Visualizing Your Data with Charts and Maps
- Custom Formatting Techniques
- Fundamentals of Report Formatting
- Advanced Crystal Reports Design
- Using Cross-Tabs for Summarized Reporting
- Using Record Selections and Alerts for Interactive Reporting
- Using Subreports and Multi-Pass Reporting
- Using Formulas and Custom Functions
- Designing Effective Report Templates
- Understanding the Importance of Reuse in Reporting
- Understanding Report Templates
- Using Report Templates
- Using Existing Crystal Reports as Templates
- Understanding How Templates Work
- Creating Useful Report Templates
- Using Template Field Objects
- Using Report Templates to Reduce Report Creation Effort
- Applying Multiple Templates
- Crystal Reports in the Real World—Standardized Templates
- Additional Data Sources for Crystal Reports
- Multidimensional Reporting Against OLAP Data with Crystal Reports
- Enterprise Report Design—Analytic, Web-based, and Excel Report Design
- Web Report Distribution—Using Crystal Enterprise
- Introduction to Crystal Enterprise
- Using Crystal Enterprise with Web Desktop
- Crystal Enterprise Architecture
- Introduction
- Crystal Enterprise Architecture Overview
- The Client Tier
- The Application Tier
- The Server Tier: Introduction to the Crystal Enterprise Framework
- The Server Tier: Overview of the Crystal Enterprise Services
- The Data Tier
- The Crystal Enterprise Architecture in Action
- Taking Advantage of the Crystal Enterprise Distributed Architecture
- Extending Crystal Enterprise
- Planning Considerations When Deploying Crystal Enterprise
- Deploying Crystal Enterprise in a Complex Network Environment
- Introduction
- Understanding Network Protocols
- Understanding Firewall Types
- Configuring the Crystal Enterprise Architecture for Your Network Environment
- Interaction Between the WCS and the WC
- Deploying Crystal Enterprise with an IP Packet Filtering Firewall
- Using Crystal Enterprise with NAT
- Exploring the NAT and Crystal Enterprise Relationship
- Crystal Enterprise and Proxy Servers
- Administering and Configuring Crystal Enterprise
- Customized Report Distribution—Using Crystal Reports Components
- Java Reporting Components
- Overview of the Crystal Reports Java Reporting Component
- Understanding the Java Reporting Components Architecture
- Differences with the Java Reporting Engine
- Configuring the Application Server
- Delivering Reports in Web Applications
- Using the Crystal Tag Libraries
- Exporting Reports to Other File Formats
- Printing Reports from the Browser
- Common Programming Tasks
- Developing with a Visual Development Environment
- Troubleshooting
- Crystal Reports .NET Components
- Understanding Microsoft's .NET Platform
- Understanding the Different Crystal .NET Components
- An Overview of the Crystal Reports 10 .NET Components
- The Report Designer
- The Report Engine Object Model
- Delivering Reports with the Windows Forms Viewer
- Delivering Reports with the Web Forms Viewer
- Database Credentials
- Setting Parameters
- Understanding the Report Application Server Bridge
- Troubleshooting
- COM Reporting Components
- Java Reporting Components
- Customized Report Distribution—Using Crystal Enterprise Embedded Edition
- Introduction to Crystal Enterprise Embedded Edition
- Crystal Enterprise—Viewing Reports
- Viewing Reports over the Web
- Introduction to the Crystal Report Viewers
- Understanding the Report Source
- Implementing the Page Viewer
- Implementing the Part Viewer
- Implementing the Interactive Viewer
- Implementing the Grid Viewer
- Using the Export Control to Deliver Reports in Other Formats
- Troubleshooting
- Crystal Enterprise Embedded—Report Modification and Creation
- Customized Report Distribution—Using Crystal Enterprise Professional
- Introduction to the Crystal Enterprise Professional Object Model
- Creating Enterprise Reporting Applications with Crystal Enterprise Part I
- Advanced Scenarios with the Crystal Enterprise Object Model
- Scheduling Reports
- Event-based Scheduling
- Scheduling to a Destination
- Using Crystal Enterprise Notifications
- Scheduling to a Server Group
- Scheduling to a Specific Format
- Setting Database Credentials
- Passing Parameters to the Report
- Troubleshooting
- Creating Enterprise Reporting Applications with Crystal Enterprise Part II
- Using SQL Queries in Crystal Reports
- Index
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