Crystal Reports 7: The Complete Reference

Create presentation-quality reports from virtually any database using the most powerful data analysis tool and this authoritative guide. Crystal Reports 7: The Complete Reference explains in detail how to use the software to analyze and format data,generate reports,and perform advanced interactive reporting from the Web. The book also illustrates how to develop custom applications and incorporate any Crystal Report into your Windows applications — without leaving the Visual Basic development environment. Complete with bonus CD-ROM containing free Seagate software,VB code,utilities,and a sample Web site,this is a resource no Crystal Reports user should be without.

Inside,you'll find out how to:

• Perform powerful data analysis and create professional-quality reports
• Report directly from data sources—including SQL databases—easily
• Maximize report flexibility with advanced formulas and sophisticated reporting techniques
• Use the query,reporting,and multidimensional OLAP features of Seagate Analysis
• Integrate reports into Visual Basic application using the ActiveX Report Designer Component,as well as other integration methods
• Execute interactive,web-enabled reporting with the Crystal Web Reports Server or Microsoft Visual InterDev and Active Server pages