Crystal Report - Newbie- Where do I begin.

[shaleen7]

I'm a total newbie to Crystal reports. We're hooking crystal reports to our SQL database in a few weeks and I know zero about it. I've heard it's similiar to a Microsoft Access database. Is this true? Can anyone suggest beginner books or sites? What's the difficulty factor for a newbie programmer?

Thanks
Shaleen

 

[Madawc]

You can write a decent basic report using the 'wizards' that the system comes with. For better usage, this is the place to look.

I came to Crystal as an experienced programmer who was however used to Mainframe standards. I got confused by the processing cycle, which is inflexible and you have to adapt to it. Also by nulls being different to zeros/spaces, and by Crystal's habit of stoping processing on a field when it finds a null, unless you do an IsNull test before anything else.

Madawc Williams
East Anglia, Great Britain

 

[Toxodont]

If you know a little bit of programming then you're all set. You should just start out by messing around with the program and when you get stuck come here. Somebody else has probably had the same problem as you before and you may be able to find a solution right here. Just go to the CR forums and do a keyword search on your problem and if you can't find a solution there then you can start a new topic clearly defining your problem! Simple as pie!

 

[Toxodont]

If you know a little bit of programming then you're all set. You should just start out by messing around with the program and when you get stuck come here. Somebody else has probably had the same problem as you before and you may be able to find a solution right here. Just go to the CR forums and do a keyword search on your problem and if you can't find a solution there then you can start a new topic clearly defining your problem! Simple as pie!

Toxodont