What is this book about? Crystal Reports is one of the world's leading software packages for creating feature-rich reports and is now fully integrated with Visual Studio .NET. With this book, you will learn how to use the software to produce elegant and effective reports for Windows and the Web. It provides a detailed guide to the functionality provided with Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET, and shows how to integrate reports into .NET applications.
What does this book cover?
Professional Crystal Reports for Visual Studio.NET 2003 has been expanded to include functionality of the latest offering from Microsoft’s .NET platform and also the latest release of Crystal Reports. With the release of Visual Studio.NET 2003 the version of Crystal Reports included with the product has been updated and expanded. This title covers all of the fundamentals of working with Crystal Reports including:
- Creating and integrating reports into Windows and web-based applications
- Creating XML Report Web Services
- Working with ADO.NET
- Using formulas and logic in reports
- Developing distributed reporting applications
- Deploying reporting applications
The book also explores topics covering the new features and functionality.
In this new edition, you'll also find a number of enhancements, including the following:
- An entire chapter focused on Report Design
- More in-depth code samples to build complex applications with an emphasis on commonly used features.
- Examples that demonstrate integration with other databases and platforms (i.e. Oracle, etc.) as opposed to just samples for Access, SQL Server, etc.
- Expanded coverage on using parameters with Crystal Reports and customizing the report content at run-time.
