Crystal Three report Solutions big contrast:. NET object model, Report application server object model, Crystal Enterprise object model

Overview
For WEB application development using the. NET platform, Crystal decisions provides three more advanced report object models for developers:
1. Crystal Report Visual Studio. NET version (. NET) object model: bundled in Microsoft Visual Studio. NET and Crystal Report 9 developer and Advanced editions.
2. New Report Application Server (RAS) object model: Bundled in Crystal Report 9 developer and Advanced editions.
3. Crystal Enterprise (Crystal Enterprise) (CE) object model: Provided separately in Crystal Enterprise 9, and can also be used by the new. NET SDK.
This document is intended to compare the. NET, RAS, and CE object models, and to provide guidance on the timing of the use of each of the object models.
Directory
What is a. NET object model?
What is the report Application server object model?
What is the Crystal Enterprise object model?
Application development
Handling performance
User requests
Component Vs. Standalone server
Report components Vs. Report Server Communications
Report Creation API
Extensibility
Migrating. NET applications to RAS
What is a. NET object model?
The. NET object model is contained in the Crystal Report Visual Studio. NET Edition and Crystal Report 9 developer and Advanced editions.
The. NET object model was originally designed and developed as an integration component directly bundled into Microsoft Visual Studio. NET products. The bundling technique is based on a subset of the Crystal Report 9 features, including an integrated Report designer and a report and viewer object Model ...
Crystal Report 9, is a rich feature of the Crystal Report of Visual Studio. NET Edition upgrades, including the above. NET components and many additional new features. In addition, the. NET object model is also updated to provide many enhancements. While the focus of this article is on comparing the. NET object model with the RAS object model, we still include in Appendix A A comparison of the features of the Crystal Report Visual Studio. NET version and Crystal Report 9.
What is the report Application server object model?
Report Application Server (RAS) is a new and powerful object model. RAS is a client/server system that enables report creation, processing, and operation in a multi-tiered environment. It consists of two basic components: the RAS server and the Software Development Kit (SDK) that provides the server interface. Because RAS is designed to be two separate components, report processing can be uninstalled from the WEB server.