View crystal reports

[mdafni]

Hi,

I have created some reports using Crystal Reports 11 Dev. using ODBC for Client Access (IBM AS400). Now I want the users (mainly Windows xp) to view, refresh and print the reports without having Crystal Reports. Is it possible? I tried export to Excel or Word RTF but it doesn't refresh the data. Do I need to create a form and integrate them with VB? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks
mdafni

 

[dgillz]

Yes, you need to purchase a crystal reports viewer program. Visual CUT or CUT light are my personal favorites however you can find many more at the following link:

http://www.kenhamady.com/bookmarks.html

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[IdoMillet]

Actually, since you simply need a viewer program, CUT Light and Visual CUT are not the best choices. DataLink Viewer would be a better fit (as well as any of the other viewers listed at the link provided by dgillz).

A Crystal 11 version of DataLink Viewer is now available for beta testing.

Alternatively, since you have the developer version of Crystal, you can create your own viewer.

Cheers,
- Ido

Visual CUT & DataLink Viewer:
view, e-mail, export, burst, distribute, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com

 

[synapsevampire]

You can create a form, use a 3rd party viewer, Crystal Enterprise, or the more advanced version of CR than you're running called SV.

There are also some open source things to look at on the aforementioned kenhamady site, as well as sample apps from BO:

http://support.businessobjects.com/fix/samplescr.asp

-k

 

[mdafni]

Thank you all for your help.

Ido suggested that I could create my own viewer as well. Any tips on how I can do it? Can someone like me (who is new at Crystal) develop it or should I just look and buy a viewer from the list you gave me?

Thanks
mddafni

 

[vidru]

If you have experience with some kind of programming language, then perhaps you could attempt to write your own. If not, then Ido's DataLink Viewer is a great choice, pound for pound.

-dave

 

[Mike Lewis]

Mdafni,

I would also recommend Ido's viewer. I have installed it at a client's site, and they are very happy with it. It is inexpensive, and was no trouble at all to set up.

Mike

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Crystal Reports (www.ml-crystal.com)

 

[IdoMillet]

Blushing profusely...

Visual CUT & DataLink Viewer:
view, e-mail, export, burst, distribute, and schedule Crystal Reports.

http://www.MilletSoftware.com