Crystal Reports Viewer or somethhing 2

[codrutza]

Hi
Let's say I am buying Crystal Reports XI, for designing reports. I want to distribute the reports I develop in a company on 10 computers, so 10 peoples can run them. Which is the cheapest solution? Which is the simpliest? I don't want to write code to run the reports, because I am not a programmer. I am not good at installing either.
Can you help?
Thanks

 

[dgillz]

You need to buy a crystal viewer. Checkout data link viewer by Millet Software:

http://www.milletsoftware.com

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[codrutza]

I have never used a viewer, so forgive my dummie questions...
So this viewers have to be installed on each computer you want to distribute the reports, as in let's say 50 euro for each computer? A viewer for each computer? Is this all I have to do? Will all the functionalities from Crystal Reports work, as parameters, alerts, etc? Are they working well when reports are based on tables and/or stored procedures?
Thank you

 

[codrutza]

.. and very important: ae subreports working from viewers?

 

[dgillz]

Yes to all of the above. The only real requirement is that the user have access to the network location of the .rpt file. If you have sensitive reports that only your CFO or other executives view, payroll reports, etc. then this is how you restrict any user from running that report.

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[HowardHammerman]

Check out HammerLaunch for a low-cost easy to use viewer.
It is a "thick-client" solution. It must be installed on each of your ten computers. And the database must be accessable through your network.

With hammerlaunch you can refresh the data and pick reports. If the report has parameters you will be prompted as in Crystal. It has a command line feature so you can put a shortcut on the desktop to run the program. You can even use it with the Widows schedular to run reports at night.

Go to

http://www.hammerman.com

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