Re: Books On Crystal Reports

I recently did a bit of work using CR to generate some reports from an SQL
Server database, and went searching for a reference book to use. The best I
found was "Crystal reports XI. The Complete reference", by George Peck. It
includes sections covering "CR on the Web", and "Custom Web and Windows
Reporting Applications", the latter has chapters covering CR with ASP and
Visual Basic, and with Visual Studio .NET. I didn't look for anything for
previous versions of CR, however.

The Help system in CR XI also seems very comprehensive. However, I can't
comment on previous versions.

There are forums for CR on the Business Objects website; try
http://support.businessobjects.com/forums/default.asp My personal
experience with a couple of them is that there are many more questions than
answers :-( They are certainly nowhere near as responsive as the MS
newsgroups! You might get some better recommendations for reference books
there.

One last thing: why are you only upgrading to CR 10? The latest version is
CR XI.

HTH,

Rob


"MDW" <MDW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I know this is kind of an odd question, but I don't know where else to post
this.

My company standardizes its reporting using Crystal Reports. I have never
used it before, but I am very conversant with the MS Access reports
engine.
I'm told they're similar, and that Crystal even has an automation language
similar to VBA.

Can anyone recommend a book on Crystal Reports, ideally one with a focus
in
programming/automation?

We're using CR8, and will be upgrading to CR10 later this year.

Thanks.

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Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now!


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