Crystal Reports 9: The Complete Guide to Crystal Reports Design and Development

Author: Parker
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book introduces how to create stunning, versatile reports and complex interactive analysis documents, suitable for online and offline environments. The main content covers how to use this powerful reporting tool to develop and design reports, extract information from databases, generate data tables and charts, and integrate with Visual Basic and Visual Studio .NET applications. The book covers all the core technologies required by Crystal Reports users while emphasizing new features. Through this book, readers can create beautiful reports and applications based on reports. This book specifically introduces the design and development techniques of the new version of the reporting design software Crystal Reports 9. Based on George's 8 years of application and training experience, the book combines technical details of the software with numerous reporting and program design examples, guiding readers to quickly master the tool and design complex, powerful, and beautiful reports. The book is divided into three parts. The first part discusses reporting design techniques, explaining how to use the powerful reporting design tool to develop and design reports, draw database information, and create data tables and charts. The second part introduces how to integrate reports with web applications. The third part explores the integration of reports with Visual Basic and Visual Studio .NET applications. The book comprehensively covers the core technology details of Crystal Reports, highlights new features, and requires readers to have some development experience. This book is suitable for professionals in relevant fields who need to create sales data reports or financial reports. It is particularly useful for report creators in medium and large logistics companies and can also serve as a technical reference for developing related web applications.