Crystal Reports(R) 9: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) - Softcover

Peck, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 007222519X ISBN 13: 9780072225198

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2002

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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.

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About the Author

George Peck (Redondo Beach, CA) is a software trainer, consultant and developer with more than 20 years of experience in the computer industry. 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. He started with a large Visual Basic/Crystal Reports project for a major West Coast bank, and since then he has trained, consulted, and developed custom software for large and small clients throughout the United States and Canada. George is certified by Seagate Software as both a trainer and consultant. Seagate awarded him Training Partner of the Year for 1998-1999.

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Your Definitive Resource on Crystal Reports 9!

Covers upgraded GUI, custom functions, repository, Report Application Server, and more

Create eye-popping, presentation-quality reports and complex, interactive analysis documents both on and off the Web with help from this one-stop reference. Learn to use the latest version of this powerful reporting tool to develop and design reports, draw information from databases, make tables and charts, integrate with Visual Basic and Visual Studio .NET applications, and much more. This helpful resource provides comprehensive coverage of core basics for new Crystal Reports users, and plenty of review--as well as clarity on what's new--for those who have experience with previous versions. Get the information, advice, and tools you'll need to conquer the learning curve and produce winning reports and report-based applications.

• Develop, design, and build business, corporate, and personal reports
• Learn essentials such as mapping, formatting, grouping, design, and exporting
• Share formula logic and report objects within your organization using the new repository and custom functions
• Utilize templates, complex formulas, charts, report wizards, and more
• Integrate Crystal Reports into Visual Studio .NET Windows and Web applications
• Implement state-of-the-art Web reporting with the new Report Application Server
• Customize Crystal Enterprise for efficient and speedy Web delivery
• Integrate Crystal Reports with Visual Basic and Active Server Pages using Crystal Reports' Report Designer Component
• Maximize report performance with your SQL database

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 007222519X
• ISBN 13: 9780072225198
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 880