Keep pace with the times, new features of Crystal Report 10

Crystal Report 10 expands the feature set introduced from version 9 and has a major role in delivering the most stable and tested version. It also includes several more productivity and usability features, and runs through the entire report generation process. For current users, this version includes hundreds of improvements, enhancements, and patches based on user feedback. In addition, close integration with Crystal Enterprise is also the core focus of version 10.

● Report Design
● Report viewing and Interaction
● Application assembly and deployment
● Crystal report feature set Overview
Http://www.businessobjects.com/products/reporting/crystalreports/features.asp

Feature comparison (PDF-84 KB)-crystal report feature list from version 6 to 10
Http://www.businessobjects.com/global/pdf/products/crystalreports/cr10_feat_ver_ed.pdf

System Requirements-minimum computer requirements for installing and running crystal report 10.
Http://www.businessobjects.com/products/reporting/crystalreports/sysreq.asp

* Note-the following features vary with the version.

Report Design

Crystal Report 10 provides several new designer enhancements to increase flexibility and control data presentation.

● Formatting painter
Save time on formatting reports. Formatting painter allows you to copy the complete formatting options between objects with one click. You no longer need to apply colors, formats, and font styles by multiple operations.

● Funnel chart
Meets the data presentation requirements of the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) program. The new funnel chart displays data in a compelling way, totaling 100%-for example, by displaying sales data in a funnel chart, you can easily analyze sales channels.

● Repository Browser
Simplify the sharing of report objects among multiple report designers. The enhanced repository browser toolbar now provides search and Filtering Based on Object Types (and/or) text values. To facilitate object identification, you can also add a tooltip to the repository object.

● Asymmetric report
Provides custom views of OLAP grids. Using asymmetric reports, you can hide specific dimensions of data so that end users can only see relevant and valuable data.

● Horizontal page number
Add a horizontal page number to your report. Use a special field to easily add a page number to the Cross report.

● Warehouse Management
Crystal Report 10-together with Crystal Enterprise 10-helps report designers achieve great efficiency in report design and maintenance. Repository-central place for storing, sharing, and updating public report objects-now a manageable feature in Crystal Enterprise. Now, organizations can design and maintain management systems for reports. Repository objects can be protected and shared through the Crystal Enterprise, and can be generated using the Crystal Report designer. To easily convert the repository of version 9 to a new manageable repository, a migration tool is also included.

* Only some versions of the crystal report contain the entry-level version of the Crystal Enterprise.

View and interact with reports

Crystal Report 10 provides more options for information consumers to view, print, and export reports.

● Export to excel.
Maintains control over the export to excel. Crystal Report 10 introduces great flexibility to export fully formatted reports to excel. For example, you can choose to export all or some headers/footers and decide whether to display grid lines.

● Enhanced DHTML viewer printing.
The end user can print a report from the DHTML viewer with only one click. Crystal Report 10 contains an updated DHTML report viewer control, which simplifies the printing process and does not need to be exported to PDF.

● Server-side printing in windows and. net programs.
Print reports from any Windows machine. Use the Crystal Enterprise embedded version-included in the crystal report 10 Advanced developer version-you can enable server-side printing.

Application assembly and deployment

Crystal Report 10 simplifies the process of integrating dynamic information into. net, Java, and com web programs, and reduces the amount of code. With version 10, Business Objects has consolidated its commitment to cross-platform development through several new features and is easier to migrate to the Crystal Enterprise.

● 100% Java report component.
Use the crystal report together with your J2EE application. Crystal Report 10 introduces a powerful crystal report Report Engine of 100% Java version. This new report engine will help you make full use of Java, including the portability across operating systems and hardware platforms. It allows developers to connect to data and design dynamic reports that are easy to integrate into JSP, providing a fast way without programming. The Java report component is also integrated with popular integrated development environments, including Borland JBuilder X and BEA WebLogic Workshop.

● Simplified the. NET merge module.
Easily deploy your. NET application. Crystal Report 10 reduces the number of merging modules to meet the needs for easy deployment of. net programs. The four core merging modules can handle eight specific deployment scenarios for Windows programs, ASP. NET programs, and Web service programs. Soon, these modules will be provided to all version 10 users in the developer community.
Http://www.businessobjects.com/products/dev_zone/net/default.asp

● Simplified the Report Application Server (RAS) APIs.
You can write less code to implement common functions. In crystal report 10 Advanced Developer Edition, the amount of code required for developers to complete the most common tasks-using the report Application Server-is significantly reduced, making integration easier. Simplified tasks include setting parameters, logging on, and printing.

● Custom Java tag library.
Reduces the amount of code required to integrate reports into JSP pages. Crystal Report 10 introduces a custom Java tag library, which can significantly reduce the amount of code required to integrate reports into Java applications. With custom JSP tags, developers can easily add custom viewers to web programs.

● Upgrade from. Net to Crystal Enterprise.
Easily upgrade your. NET application to the Crystal Enterprise. Crystal Report 10 introduces a seamless upgrade solution that enables programs to be used.. NET Report component (bundled in Microsoft Visual Studio. net, Borland C # builder, or crystal report 9/10) to access the Crystal Enterprise and report application server. With the least code,. NET developers can take full advantage of the advantages of independent report processing servers. This also makes it possible to easily upgrade to other versions of crystal enterprises in the future.

●. NET web form viewer enhancement.
Increase the impact of your. NET Report viewer .. . NET web form viewer enhances availability, consistency, and customization capabilities, bringing great flexibility to development. For example, you can use the Visual Studio. Net designer to modify the font style and color of the hierarchy of the group tree in the web form based on the viewer-by-viewer.

●. Net dataset performance improvement.
Improved the processing performance of the Crystal Report and reduced the memory usage, thus enhancing the processing performance of datasets in the memory.

* Note-the above features vary with the version.