Crystal Reports 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.

Table of Contents

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

Part II Crystal Reports 9 on the Web
Chapter 20 Crystal Reports Web Alternatives
Chapter 21 Crystal Reports and Microsoft Active Server Pages
Chapter 22 Introduction to Crystal Enterprise
Chapter 23 Using the Crystal Launchpad and ePortfolio
Chapter 24 Customizing Crystal Enterprise ePortfolio

Part III Developing Custom Window Applications
Chapter 25 Integrating Crystal Reports 9 with Visual Basic
Chapter 26 Crystal Reports with Visual Studio .NET

Appendix Installing and Configuring Crystal Reports Components