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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.
Part I - The Core of Crystal Reports 9
Ch. 1: Common Ground: Creating a Simple Report
Ch. 2: Enhancing Appearance with Text Objects
Ch. 3: Sorting and Grouping
Ch. 4: Creating Geographic Maps
Ch. 5: Using Formulas
Ch. 6: Creating Your Own Formula Functions
Ch. 7: The Repository
Ch. 8: Analyzing with Advanced Selection Criteria
Ch. 9: Making Your Reports Visually Appealing
Ch. 10: Using Sections and Areas
Ch. 11: Analyzing with Cross Tabs
Ch. 12: Creating Charts
Ch. 13: Using Sub Reports
Ch. 14: Viewer Interaction With Parameter Fields
Ch. 15: Exporting Reports
Ch. 16: Reporting from SQL Databases
Ch. 17: Accommodating Database Changes and Field Mapping
Ch. 18: Reporting from OLAP Cubes
Ch. 19: Querying SQL Databases with the Crystal SQL Designer
Ch. 20: Simplifying Databases with Crystal Dictionaries
Ch. 21: Reporting from Proprietary Data Types
Part II - Crystal Reports 9 On The Web
Ch. 22: Crystal Reports Web Alternatives
Ch. 23: Crystal Reports with Microsoft Web Servers
Ch. 24: Introduction to Crystal Enterprise
Ch. 25: Using the Crystal Launchpad and ePortfolio
Ch. 26: Customizing Crystal Enterprise with Crystal Server Pages
Part III - Developing Custom Window Applications
Ch. 27: Integrating Crystal Reports with Visual Basic
Ch. 28: The Report Designer Component
Ch. 29: Crystal Reports with Visual Studio .NET
Ch. 30: Creating User Function Libraries with Visual Basic
Part IV - Appendixes
A. Installing and Configuring Crystal Reports Components
B. Formula Language Reference
C. RDC Object Model Reference
D. VS.NET Object Model Reference
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.