Seagate Crystal Reports 8

Build a scaleable Web reporting solution and create presentation-quality reports from virtually any database using the most powerful data analysis tool available. Seagate Crystal Reports 8: The Complete Reference explains in detail how to use the software to analyze and format data, generate reports, and create interactive, Web-based reports. The book also covers new features Seagate Crystal Reports 8 has to offer, including the no-footprint DHTML report viewer, reporting with the new Microsoft Excel and Access add-ins, and updated features of the Report Designer Component for integration into Web pages and Visual Basic programs.

Plus, you'll get sample reports, and VB and Web application source code on the bonus CD-ROM. Learn to:

• Analyze data and create professional-quality reports
• Report directly from data sources—including SQL databases—easily
• Create reports dynamically within applications with the new runtime report creation functions
• Embed hyperlinks, HTML documents, and e-mail addresses within reports
• Use the query, reporting, and multidimensional OLAP features of Seagate Analysis
• Integrate reports into Visual Basic applications using the ActiveX Report Designer Component
• Develop interactive Crystal reports with Visual InterDev and the new Design-Time Control
• Share your reports over the Web using advanced e-reporting capabilities, such as DHTML

Table of contents

Part I: Seagate Crystal Reports X Introduced

Chapter 1: Common Ground: Creating a Simple Report

Chapter 2: Enhancing Appearance with Text Objects

Chapter 3: Grouping

Chapter 4: Creating Geography Maps

Chapter 5: Using Formulas

Chapter 6: Analyzing with Advanced Selection Criteria

Chapter 7: Making Your Reports Visually Appealing

Chapter 8: Using Conditional Formulas/Fonts

Chapter 9: Analyzing with Cross Tabs

Chapter 10: Creating Charts

Chapter 11: Using Subreports

Chapter 12: Viewer Interaction with Parameter Fields

Chapter 13: Distributing and Compiling Reports

Chapter 14: Reporting from SQL Databases

Chapter 15: Accommodating Database Changes and Field Mapping

Chapter 16: Importing Legacy Reports with the Document Import Tool

Chapter 17: Reporting from OLAP Cubes

Chapter 18: Using Seagate Analysis

Chapter 19: Querying SQL Databases with the Crystal SQL Designer

Chapter 20: Simplifying Databases with Crystal Dictionaries

Part II: Developing Custon Window Applications

Chapter 21: Creating Your First Visual Basic/ Crystal Reports Application

Chapter 22: The ActiveX Control

Chapter 23: The Report Designer Componet

Chapter 24: The Report Engine Automation Server

Chapter 25: The Report Engine API

Chapter 26: Distributing Visual Basic/ Crystal Reports Applications

Part III: Crystal Reports 8 on the Web

Chapter 27: Crystal Reports 8 Web Alternatives

Chapter 28: The Crystal Web Componet Server

Chapter 29: Crystal Reports and Microsoft Active Server Pages