Figure 1.1. Crystal Reports Welcome screen
Figure 1.2. Using the Report Wizard
Figure 1.3. Report Gallery
Figure 1.4. Available data sources
Figure 1.5. Connection dialog
Figure 1.6. Open dialog
Figure 1.7. Connection settings
Figure 1.8. An available data source
Figure 1.9. Database components
Figure 1.10. Data dialog
Figure 1.11. Selected table
Figure 1.12. Choosing fields
Figure 1.13. Browse Data window
Figure 1.14. Find Field window
Figure 1.15. Sequencing fields
Figure 1.16. Grouping the information
Figure 1.17. Group By Country
Figure 1.18. Summaries dialog
Figure 1.19. Summarization default
Figure 1.20. Count summarization method
Figure 1.21. Previewing the report
Figure 1.22. Preview mode
Figure 1.23. Group tree
Figure 1.24. Using the Group tree
Figure 1.25. Design mode
Figure 1.26. The five basic bands
Figure 1.27. Design mode sections
Figure 1.28. Toolbars and menus
Figure 1.29. Indented group data
Figure 1.30. Drawing boxes
Figure 1.31. Adding a graphic
Figure 1.32. Print Date variable
Figure 1.33. Object resize handles
Figure 1.34. Last page of the report
Figure 2.1. Open An Existing Report
Figure 2.2. Field Explorer
Figure 2.3. Database Fields
Figure 2.4. Field Explorer context menu
Figure 2.5. Dropping a field into position
Figure 2.6. Vertical guideline markers
Figure 2.7. Activating guidelines
Figure 2.8. New fields added
Figure 2.9. Grouping toolbar icons
Figure 2.10. Group Expert
Figure 2.11. Group alignment
Figure 2.12. Inserting a group
Figure 2.13. Insert Group dialog
Figure 2.14. Define Named Group dialog
Figure 2.15. Data that doesn’t meet the custom group criteria
Figure 2.16. Group header context menu
Figure 2.17. Sorting records
Figure 2.18. Group and summarize
Figure 2.19. Percentage summary
Figure 2.20. Groups, sorts, and summaries
Figure 2.21. Help file main menu
Figure 2.22. About Crystal Reports
Figure 3.1. Report summary information
Figure 3.2. Report Title placeholder
Figure 3.3. Document Properties
Figure 3.4. Text objects
Figure 3.5. Format Editor - Common tab
Figure 3.6. Border options
Figure 3.7. Font options
Figure 3.8. Font problem
Figure 3.9. Paragaph options
Figure 3.10. Formatting Boolean data
Figure 3.11. Standard date formatting
Figure 3.12. Custom date formatting
Figure 3.13. Standard time formatting
Figure 3.14. Custom time formatting
Figure 3.15. Standard number formatting
Figure 3.16. Custom number formatting
Figure 3.17. Formatting boxes
Figure 3.18. Extending boxes
Figure 3.19. Formatting lines
Figure 3.20. Formatting pictures
Figure 3.21. Hyperlink options
Figure 3.22. Defining a report part
Figure 3.23. Linking to another report object
Figure 3.24. OLE components
Figure 3.25. Linking to Excel
Figure 3.26. Linking to a cell
Figure 3.27. Editing links
Figure 3.28. Embedding a BMP file
Figure 4.1. The Report Explorer
Figure 4.2. Using formulas in the Format Editor
Figure 4.3. The Field Explorer
Figure 4.4. Naming a formula
Figure 4.5. The Formula Workshop and the Workshop Tree
Figure 4.6. Formatting Formula folder without all nodes displayed
Figure 4.7. Formatting Formula folder with all nodes displayed
Figure 4.8. New Formatting Formula
Figure 4.9. Section Expert New Page After option button indicating code with a different icon.
Figure 4.10. Adding a Repository function to the report
Figure 4.11. The complete Workshop Tree
Figure 4.12. The Find dialog
Figure 4.13. The Search Expert
Figure 4.14. Using conditions in the Search Expert
Figure 4.15. The Formula Editor
Figure 4.16. Finding things in the Formula Editor
Figure 4.17. Choosing the formula language in the Formula Editor
Figure 4.18. Expanding and collapsing categories in the Function Tree
Figure 4.19. Function Keyword Auto Complete with a typed value
Figure 4.20. Function Keyword Auto Complete without a typed value
Figure 4.21. The Formula Expert
Figure 4.22. Populating a parameter value in the Formula Expert
Figure 4.23. Additional choices
Figure 4.24. Saving a formula created with the Formula Expert
Figure 4.25. Dependencies on other custom functions
Figure 4.26. The Workshop Tree after using the Formula Expert
Figure 4.27. Viewing properties of custom functions
Figure 4.28. Control Structures for Crystal Syntax
Figure 4.29. Control Structures for Basic Syntax
Figure 4.30. Using a formula to format a background color
Figure 4.31. How a loop works
Figure 4.32. Starting a new custom function
Figure 4.33. Naming a custom function
Figure 4.34. A new function in the tree
Figure 4.35. AddSuffixToNumber function in Basic Syntax
Figure 4.36. AddSuffixToNumber function in Crystal Syntax
Figure 4.37. Custom function properties
Figure 4.38. Categorized custom functions
Figure 4.39. Calling a custom function
Figure 4.40. Color constants for formatting
Figure 4.41. The Function Tree and Operator Tree for SQL expressions
Figure 4.42. Finding performance information
Figure 5.1. Sharing report objects
Figure 5.2. The Repository Explorer
Figure 5.3. The Workshop Tree
Figure 5.4. The folders in the repository
Figure 5.5. Adding text and bitmap objects
Figure 5.6. Adding custom functions
Figure 5.7. Adding a SQL command to the repository
Figure 5.8. Describing a SQL command object
Figure 5.9. A SQL command as a data source
Figure 5.10. Setting a global option to update connected repository objects
Figure 5.11. Updating connected repository objects when a report is opened
Figure 5.12. Adding a repository custom function to a report
Figure 5.13. Crystal Reports installation directory
Figure 5.14. Repository installation directory
Figure 5.15. or_objectdetails_30 table
Figure 5.16. or_objectdetails_31 table
Figure 5.17. or_objectdetails_32 table
Figure 5.18. or_objectdetails_33 table
Figure 5.19. or_objects table
Figure 5.20. or_type_schema table
Figure 5.21. ODBC data source setup
Figure 5.22. ORMAP.INI
Figure 6.1. A sorted report
Figure 6.2. Group Expert
Figure 6.3. Inserting a group
Figure 6.4. Setting group options
Figure 6.5. A report grouped on a field
Figure 6.6. Choosing a formula for a group
Figure 6.7. Manually indenting groups
Figure 6.8. A report grouped on a formula
Figure 6.9. Grouping on a date field
Figure 6.10. Moving or reordering a group
Figure 6.11. Hierarchical table
Figure 6.12. Hierarchical relationships
Figure 6.13. Hierarchical Options
Figure 6.14. Hierarchical report with group tree
Figure 6.15. Summarize Across Hierarchy
Figure 6.16. Coding a group selection formula
Figure 6.17. Group selection formula applied
Figure 6.18. Special grouping fields
Figure 6.19. Inserting a summary
Figure 6.20. Summarized number fields
Figure 6.21. Group Sort Expert
Figure 6.22. Top and Bottom N reporting
Figure 6.23. Top 1 with Others
Figure 6.24. Top 1 without Others
Figure 6.25. Creating a running total field
Figure 6.26. Running Total Expert
Figure 6.27. A running total result
Figure 6.28. Inserting a subreport
Figure 6.29. Creating a link in a subreport
Figure 6.30. An embedded subreport
Figure 6.31. Subreport menu
Figure 6.32. Subreport in Design mode
Figure 6.33. Formatting a subreport
Figure 6.34. Placing a value retrieval formula
Figure 6.35. Page size warning
Figure 7.1. The Select Expert
Figure 7.2. Comparison operators
Figure 7.3. An is one of selection
Figure 7.4. Additional conditions
Figure 7.5. Generated SQL query
Figure 7.6. Record selection formula
Figure 7.7. Coding a group selection formula
Figure 7.8. Parameter fields in the Field Explorer
Figure 7.9. A new parameter field
Figure 7.10. Setting default values for a parameter
Figure 7.11. Adding a parameter to a report query
Figure 7.12. Choosing a comparison field
Figure 7.13. Choosing a comparison operator
Figure 7.14. Choosing a comparison value
Figure 7.15. Ask the user a question or two.
Figure 7.16. Single and range value parameter
Figure 7.17. Unconditionally suppress fields
Figure 7.18. Suppress zero values
Figure 7.19. Text object with embedded fields
Figure 7.20. Suppressing embedded blank fields
Figure 7.21. Section
Figure 7.22. The Highlighting Expert
Figure 7.23. Coding a highlight
Figure 7.24. A highlighted field
Figure 7.25. Creating an alert
Figure 7.26. Editing an alert
Figure 7.27. Coding an alert
Figure 7.28. A triggered alert
Figure 7.29. Alert results
Figure 7.30. Alert function tree
Figure 8.1. Band layout
Figure 8.2. Bands in Design mode
Figure 8.3. Designer settings
Figure 8.4. Section submenu
Figure 8.5. Drill-down sections
Figure 8.6. Drill-down tabs
Figure 8.7. Section Expert
Figure 8.8. Inserting sections with the Section Expert
Figure 8.9. New sections in Design mode
Figure 8.10. Formatting multiple columns
Figure 8.11. Data displayed in multiple columns
Figure 8.12. Object Size And Position
Figure 8.13. Setting a section background color
Figure 8.14. Color spectrum
Figure 8.15. Section spacing
Figure 8.16. Resizing a section
Figure 8.17. Select All Section Objects
Figure 8.18. Multiple selection of objects
Figure 9.1. Database components
Figure 9.2. Pulling data
Figure 9.3. Database Expert - Data tab
Figure 9.4. Database Expert - Links dialog
Figure 9.5. Browse Field
Figure 9.6. Sample data
Figure 9.7. Creating a manual link
Figure 9.8. Automatic links
Figure 9.9. Link types
Figure 9.10. Resorts
Figure 9.11. Finance companies
Figure 9.12. Regions
Figure 9.13. Region resorts
Figure 9.14. Joining data
Figure 9.15. Join types
Figure 9.16. Inner join
Figure 9.17. Left outer join
Figure 9.18. Left join data
Figure 9.19. Right outer join
Figure 9.20. Full outer join
Figure 9.21. More than two tables
Figure 10.1. The Database Expert
Figure 10.2. Data access architecture
Figure 10.3. ODBC layers
Figure 10.4. ODBC Data Source Administrator
Figure 10.5. Setting up a DSN
Figure 10.6. Database Expert ODBC connections
Figure 10.7. Data Source Selection
Figure 10.8. Connection Information
Figure 10.9. VistaNations ODBC connection
Figure 10.10. OLE DB
Figure 10.11. OLE DB Provider
Figure 10.12. OLE DB connection
Figure 10.13. SQL Server OLE DB
Figure 10.14. Connecting to OLAP data
Figure 10.15. Adding an OLAP server
Figure 10.16. OLAP cubes
Figure 10.17. Native drivers
Figure 10.18. Native drivers in Database Expert
Figure 10.19. Crystal SQL Designer
Figure 10.20. SQL query
Figure 10.21. Query results
Figure 10.22. Saving a .qry file
Figure 10.23. Crystal queries in the Database Export
Figure 10.24. Crystal Dictionary data source
Figure 10.25. Setting an alias
Figure 10.26. Determining the view
Figure 10.27. Database Files connectivity
Figure 10.28. DAO in the Database Expert
Figure 10.29. An XML file structure
Figure 10.30. Installing the XML ODBC driver
Figure 10.31. Configuring an XML location
Figure 10.32. Advanced options for XML configuration
Figure 10.33. The Database Expert with an XML data source
Figure 11.1. Standalone PC database
Figure 11.2. Workgroup PC database
Figure 11.3. Database Files
Figure 11.4. Client/server databases
Figure 11.5. SQL dialects
Figure 11.6. Selecting cities
Figure 11.7. Selecting distinct cities
Figure 11.8. Using a WHERE clause
Figure 11.9. Grouping and sorting
Figure 11.10. SQL Expression Fields
Figure 11.11. SQL Expression Editor
Figure 11.12. Adding a SQL command
Figure 11.13. Modify Command dialog
Figure 11.14. Selected Tables
Figure 11.15. Field Explorer
Figure 11.16. Report based on a SQL command
Figure 11.17. Query parameter
Figure 11.18. Stored procedures as a data source
Figure 11.19. Stored procedure results
Figure 11.20. SQL database utilities
Figure 11.21. Changing a database
Figure 12.1. First page of report
Figure 12.2. A bar chart in a report
Figure 12.3. Chart Expert
Figure 12.4. Data options
Figure 12.5. Advanced layout option
Figure 12.6. X-axis and Y-axis
Figure 12.7. Chart Sort Order
Figure 12.8. Edit Summary
Figure 12.9. Setting chart options
Figure 12.10. Chart menu options
Figure 12.11. Chart templates
Figure 12.12. Custom chart templates
Figure 12.13. General chart commands
Figure 12.14. Customizing chart titles
Figure 12.15. Grid customizations
Figure 12.16. Changing chart item fonts
Figure 12.17. Changing a chart’s viewing angle
Figure 12.18. Z coordinate series settings
Figure 12.19. Map files
Figure 12.20. Map layer files
Figure 12.21. Geographic map
Figure 12.22. Map Expert
Figure 12.23. Advanced map layout
Figure 12.24. Maps based on cross-tab grids
Figure 12.25. Map types
Figure 12.26. Map menu
Figure 12.27. Layer Control
Figure 12.28. Resolving a mapping mismatch
Figure 12.29. Cross-tab example
Figure 12.30. Cross-Tab Expert
Figure 12.31. Cross-Tab Styles
Figure 12.32. Customizing a style
Figure 12.33. Formatting grid lines
Figure 12.34. Cross-tab options
Figure 12.35. Cross-tab after interaction
Figure 12.36. An example of an OLAP grid
Figure 12.37. Starting the OLAP process
Figure 12.38. Choosing an OLAP data source
Figure 12.39. Adding an OLAP server
Figure 12.40. The OLAP Expert
Figure 12.41. Adding rows and columns
Figure 12.42. Adding slices
Figure 12.43. OLAP grid styles
Figure 12.44. Customized OLAP styles
Figure 12.45. OLAP menu options
Figure 12.46. OLAP grid after interaction
Figure 12.47. Analyzer’s Cube View
Figure 12.48. Row menus
Figure 12.49. Highlighting threshold values
Figure 12.50. Time - first dimension
Figure 12.51. Measures - second dimension
Figure 12.52. Product - third dimension
Figure 12.53. Yearly Income - fourth dimension
Figure 12.54. Dimensions rearranged
Figure 13.1. Template files
Figure 13.2. Storage location
Figure 13.3. Document Properties
Figure 13.4. Template field placement
Figure 13.5. Template menu
Figure 13.6. Format Editor
Figure 13.7. Formula Workshop
Figure 13.8. Template Expert
Figure 13.9. Standard Report Creation Wizard—Optionally Applying A Template
Figure 13.10. Removing a template
Figure 14.1. Three-pass processing
Figure 14.2. Page count indicator
Figure 15.1. Global database options
Figure 15.2. Global data source settings
Figure 15.3. XML Expert
Figure 15.4. Global reporting options
Figure 15.5. Global layout options
Figure 15.6. Global field formatting
Figure 15.7. Global font formatting
Figure 15.8. Global formula editor settings
Figure 16.1. Creating Report Bursting Indexes
Figure 16.2. Switching databases
Figure 16.3. Link Options
Figure 16.4. Mapping fields
Figure 16.5. Database verified
Figure 16.6. Database verification options
Figure 16.7. Updating repository objects
Figure 16.8. Export options
Figure 16.9. Export HTML version 3.2
Figure 16.10. Export HTML version 4
Figure 16.11. Export HTML Version 4
Figure 16.12. Accessing a report on a web server
Figure 16.13. New items added to the Report menu
Figure 16.14. Compile Report dialog
Figure 16.15. Report Distribution Expert - Options
Figure 16.16. Report Distribution Expert - File List
Figure 16.17. Report Distribution Expert - Third Party DLLs
Figure 16.18. Report Distribution Expert - Distribution
Figure 16.19. End-user report viewer
Figure 16.20. Changing the selection criteria
Figure 16.21. Report viewer
Figure 16.22. Report viewer Window Style Options screen
Figure 17.1. A Windows application displaying a Crystal report
Figure 17.2. A web application displaying a Crystal report
Figure 17.3. A web service
Figure 18.1. Compiling the program
Figure 18.2. Reusing program code
Figure 18.3. Compiling the program
Figure 18.4. Using a DLL
Figure 18.5. Compiling the program
Figure 18.6. Loan object model
Figure 18.7. The Crystal Report object model
Figure 18.8. Methods, properties, and events in a Crystal object
Figure 19.1. Installing Crystal developer components
Figure 19.2. Enabling the Crystal Report Designer
Figure 19.3. The RDC components
Figure 19.4. Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer Runtime Library
Figure 19.5. Crystal Reports ActiveX Designer Design and Runtime Library
Figure 19.6. Crystal Report Gallery with VB
Figure 19.7. Project data using the Report Expert
Figure 19.8. Crystal Report Expert
Figure 19.9. Visual Basic design environment
Figure 19.10. RDC Object model hierarchy diagram
Figure 19.11. Methods for the Application object
Figure 19.12. Field object properties
Figure 19.13. Report section events
Figure 19.14. Resort VB application
Figure 19.15. Methods, properties, and events of the Crystal Report Viewer with VB’s Object Browser
Figure 19.16. User choosing export format and destination
Figure 19.17. Graph properties
Figure 19.18. Connection information to SQL Server
Figure 19.19. Report Designer Component
Figure 19.20. Previewing a report from the Report Designer
Figure 19.21. The customized Crystal Report Viewer
Figure 19.22. Report Viewer events
Figure 19.23. Package and Deployment Wizard
Figure 19.24. RDC Automation Server DLL
Figure 20.1. Report Viewer
Figure 20.2. Filtered report
Figure 20.3. Report comment
Figure 20.4. Form with four input elements
Figure 20.5. The Java viewer
Figure 20.6. The HTML viewer
Figure 21.1. Solution Explorer
Figure 21.2. Choose A ReportDocument dialog
Figure 21.3. Property Inspector
Figure 21.4. Report Viewer
Figure 21.5. Creating a Setup and Deployment project
Figure 21.6. Adding merge modules
Figure 21.7. Setup project output
Figure 21.8. Adding a Crystal Viewer to a web page
Figure 21.9. Binding a report to the viewer
Figure 21.10. Viewing the report data
Figure 22.1. Creating a web service project in Visual Studio .NET
Figure 22.2. Creating the AddMe web method
Figure 22.3. Web service client interface
Figure 22.4. Adding a web reference
Figure 22.5. Web service architecture
Figure 22.6. WSDL document
Figure 22.7. SOAP request and response using Visual Studio’s test client
Figure 22.8. SOAP response from the AddMe web
Figure 22.9. Publishing a Crystal report as a web service
Figure 22.10. Crystal web service methods available to the Crystal Viewer
Figure 22.11. Displaying the web service report
Figure 23.1. Crystal Enterprise architecture
Figure 23.2. ePortfolio main page
Figure 23.3. Report Options menu
Figure 23.4. Viewing a report from Crystal Enterprise
Figure 23.5. Crystal Management Console main menu
Figure 23.6. Crystal Enterprise Configuration Manager
Figure 23.7. Crystal Import Wizard
Figure 23.8. Adding a Crystal report to a Crystal Enterprise folder
Figure 23.9. Crystal Offline Viewer
Figure 23.10. Installing Crystal Enterprise
Figure 23.11. Crystal Enterprise Launchpad
Figure 23.12. Installing a web connector only
Figure 23.13. Copying the APS database
Figure 23.14. Adding Crystal Enterprise services to another server
Figure 23.15. Three computers dedicated to Crystal Enterprise and separate database and web servers
Figure 23.16. Hardware and software redundancy
Figure 23.17. Hardware and software redundancy and fault tolerance
Figure 23.18. Downloading a Crystal Report
Figure 24.1. Crystal Enterprise Report Application Server architecture
Figure 24.2. Selecting the Report Application Server installation type
Figure 24.3. Report Application Server Configuration Manager
Figure 24.4. Report Application Server Launchpad
Figure 24.5. ePortfolio Lite
Figure 24.6. ePortfolio Lite Preferences
Figure 24.7. ePortfolio Lite without the disabled features
Figure 24.8. Product Catalog report
Figure 24.9. Product Catalog Report using the HTML Page Viewer
Figure 24.10. Product Catalog Report using the Report Parts Viewer
Figure 24.11. Product Catalog Report using the Report Parts Viewer Detail view
Figure 24.12. Interactive Report Viewer toolbar
Figure 24.13. Export The Report window
Figure 24.14. Print The Report window
Figure 24.15. Advanced Search Wizard
Figure 24.16. Report Page Viewer toolbar
Figure 24.17. New Project dialog
Figure 24.18. Add Item dialog
Figure 24.19. Project Explorer with ePortfolio Lite files imported
Figure B.1. Crystal Reports 9 documentation