>- Each of our customers must register with Crystal Reports, we can do this
>for them, however, it is more maintenance for us

> I just finished a two week evaluation of Crystal Reports.NET.  Along the
way
> I used usenet to get a lot of anwers to my questions.  During that time
many
> people asked that I post my results, good or bad, so here it is.  Just
> wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped my out during this evaluation,
> it's been fun :)

> Strong Points:
> - Many export Export Formats
>     - Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
>     - Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET (.rpt)
>     - HTML 3.2 and 4.0 (.html)
>     - Microsoft Excel (.xls)
>     - Microsoft Rich Text (.rtf)
>     - Microsoft Word (.doc)
> - Greater ability to group, sort and cross tab data
> - Conditional formatting,
>     - Make this value red when a certain condition is met, good for
> thresholds, combined with parameter passing this could be very powerful
> - Page based statistics such as charts, subtotals
> - Suppress if duplicated
> - technical support is excellent and timely
> - re-use exact same rpt files in web aspx page
> - has a limited object model so that the report can be changed
> programmatically
> - Web based formatting is very good
> - Can load reports from files against a base class, extensible

> Known limitations and problems:
> - licensing is unclear when talking about a "Automated Distribution
System"
>     - depending on what Crystal says about this issue, it could send my
> costs through the roof and destroy my product's price point.  Therefore,
it
> would be a no go.
> - blank columns seem not to be output well, throws off the entire column
> ordering
> - export to Excel does not hold landscape setting, all other export
formats
> do
>     - reproduced by CR Tech support, incident is tracked, if lucky will be
> VS.NET SP1  that may ship in June
> - Column suppression cannot be done, a hack may do it but presentation
> quality would seriously suffer
> - Cannot set the text on chart legends
>     - Can create chart with Chart Analyzer in 8.5 and then bring into
.NET,
> however, this is a one way street.
>     - 8.5 and .NET will be compatible in SP1 (maybe)
> - Event log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - IIS Log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - Outlook and Exchange mail reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - Cannot load a bitmap dynamically
> - Doesn't seem to understand System.Globalization namespace what so ever,
> means that dates have to passed in as strings.  This may affect a report
> where you want to do cool grouping on dates etc.
>     - due to fact that communication with CR engine is done on a
background
> thread
>     - CR says that this may be addressed in the future
> - Formatting is a little weak, cannot put border around the logical
> sections, header, details, footer etc.
> - Each of our customers must register with Crystal Reports, we can do this
> for them, however, it is more maintenance for us
> - Int and Fix don't seem to work in formulas, despite formatting the
column
> properly

> Below are the topics of some working notes I made, I would happy to post
any
> particular one if somebody wants it.  Posting it all at once would be a
> little brutal.
> - Steps to create a report
> - How to add a column to a report
> - How to work with time based hh:mm:ss columns
> - How to pass data into the report
> - How to export to HTML
> - How to submit a tech support incident
> - How to underlay a large image as a watermark for the details section
> - How to prevent column (page) headers from appearing on chart page
> - How to add alternating background row colors
> - How to create a time string
> - How to add a parameter

> Notes on formatting:
> - Beware of formatting multiple objects, formulas may be copied or
> overridden.
> - Font size less than 8 is possible, although the font size box will still
> show 8.

> --
> Robert Chapman, MCSD
> Manager, Applications Development
> prairieFyre Software Inc.
> http://www.prairiefyre.com

> I just finished a two week evaluation of Crystal Reports.NET.  Along the
way
> I used usenet to get a lot of anwers to my questions.  During that time
many
> people asked that I post my results, good or bad, so here it is.  Just
> wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped my out during this evaluation,
> it's been fun :)

> Strong Points:
> - Many export Export Formats
>     - Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
>     - Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET (.rpt)
>     - HTML 3.2 and 4.0 (.html)
>     - Microsoft Excel (.xls)
>     - Microsoft Rich Text (.rtf)
>     - Microsoft Word (.doc)
> - Greater ability to group, sort and cross tab data
> - Conditional formatting,
>     - Make this value red when a certain condition is met, good for
> thresholds, combined with parameter passing this could be very powerful
> - Page based statistics such as charts, subtotals
> - Suppress if duplicated
> - technical support is excellent and timely
> - re-use exact same rpt files in web aspx page
> - has a limited object model so that the report can be changed
> programmatically
> - Web based formatting is very good
> - Can load reports from files against a base class, extensible

> Known limitations and problems:
> - licensing is unclear when talking about a "Automated Distribution
System"
>     - depending on what Crystal says about this issue, it could send my
> costs through the roof and destroy my product's price point.  Therefore,
it
> would be a no go.
> - blank columns seem not to be output well, throws off the entire column
> ordering
> - export to Excel does not hold landscape setting, all other export
formats
> do
>     - reproduced by CR Tech support, incident is tracked, if lucky will be
> VS.NET SP1  that may ship in June
> - Column suppression cannot be done, a hack may do it but presentation
> quality would seriously suffer
> - Cannot set the text on chart legends
>     - Can create chart with Chart Analyzer in 8.5 and then bring into
.NET,
> however, this is a one way street.
>     - 8.5 and .NET will be compatible in SP1 (maybe)
> - Event log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - IIS Log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - Outlook and Exchange mail reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - Cannot load a bitmap dynamically
> - Doesn't seem to understand System.Globalization namespace what so ever,
> means that dates have to passed in as strings.  This may affect a report
> where you want to do cool grouping on dates etc.
>     - due to fact that communication with CR engine is done on a
background
> thread
>     - CR says that this may be addressed in the future
> - Formatting is a little weak, cannot put border around the logical
> sections, header, details, footer etc.
> - Each of our customers must register with Crystal Reports, we can do this
> for them, however, it is more maintenance for us
> - Int and Fix don't seem to work in formulas, despite formatting the
column
> properly

> Below are the topics of some working notes I made, I would happy to post
any
> particular one if somebody wants it.  Posting it all at once would be a
> little brutal.
> - Steps to create a report
> - How to add a column to a report
> - How to work with time based hh:mm:ss columns
> - How to pass data into the report
> - How to export to HTML
> - How to submit a tech support incident
> - How to underlay a large image as a watermark for the details section
> - How to prevent column (page) headers from appearing on chart page
> - How to add alternating background row colors
> - How to create a time string
> - How to add a parameter

> Notes on formatting:
> - Beware of formatting multiple objects, formulas may be copied or
> overridden.
> - Font size less than 8 is possible, although the font size box will still
> show 8.

> --
> Robert Chapman, MCSD
> Manager, Applications Development
> prairieFyre Software Inc.
> http://www.prairiefyre.com

> - licensing is unclear when talking about a "Automated Distribution
System"
>     - depending on what Crystal says about this issue, it could send my
> costs through the roof and destroy my product's price point.  Therefore,
it
> would be a no go.

> - Each of our customers must register with Crystal Reports, we can do this
> for them, however, it is more maintenance for us

> >- Each of our customers must register with Crystal Reports, we can do
this
> >for them, however, it is more maintenance for us

> Sorry I dont understand this one; Is it the type of app you are creating
> that requires this. or are you saying that if we create reports using
> crystal.net in a winform app the user of that app has to register the
report
> viewer! ( i am presuming you have to pay for this)

> What happens if you put a report viewer in a Web Application!!!

> What happens if you create an interface that allows a user to create a
> report dynamically (i understand that you can do this with crystal)

> Colin

> > I just finished a two week evaluation of Crystal Reports.NET.  Along the
> way
> > I used usenet to get a lot of anwers to my questions.  During that time
> many
> > people asked that I post my results, good or bad, so here it is.  Just
> > wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped my out during this
evaluation,
> > it's been fun :)

> > Strong Points:
> > - Many export Export Formats
> >     - Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
> >     - Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET (.rpt)
> >     - HTML 3.2 and 4.0 (.html)
> >     - Microsoft Excel (.xls)
> >     - Microsoft Rich Text (.rtf)
> >     - Microsoft Word (.doc)
> > - Greater ability to group, sort and cross tab data
> > - Conditional formatting,
> >     - Make this value red when a certain condition is met, good for
> > thresholds, combined with parameter passing this could be very powerful
> > - Page based statistics such as charts, subtotals
> > - Suppress if duplicated
> > - technical support is excellent and timely
> > - re-use exact same rpt files in web aspx page
> > - has a limited object model so that the report can be changed
> > programmatically
> > - Web based formatting is very good
> > - Can load reports from files against a base class, extensible

> > Known limitations and problems:
> > - licensing is unclear when talking about a "Automated Distribution
> System"
> >     - depending on what Crystal says about this issue, it could send my
> > costs through the roof and destroy my product's price point.  Therefore,
> it
> > would be a no go.
> > - blank columns seem not to be output well, throws off the entire column
> > ordering
> > - export to Excel does not hold landscape setting, all other export
> formats
> > do
> >     - reproduced by CR Tech support, incident is tracked, if lucky will
be
> > VS.NET SP1  that may ship in June
> > - Column suppression cannot be done, a hack may do it but presentation
> > quality would seriously suffer
> > - Cannot set the text on chart legends
> >     - Can create chart with Chart Analyzer in 8.5 and then bring into
> .NET,
> > however, this is a one way street.
> >     - 8.5 and .NET will be compatible in SP1 (maybe)
> > - Event log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> > - IIS Log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> > - Outlook and Exchange mail reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> > - Cannot load a bitmap dynamically
> > - Doesn't seem to understand System.Globalization namespace what so
ever,
> > means that dates have to passed in as strings.  This may affect a report
> > where you want to do cool grouping on dates etc.
> >     - due to fact that communication with CR engine is done on a
> background
> > thread
> >     - CR says that this may be addressed in the future
> > - Formatting is a little weak, cannot put border around the logical
> > sections, header, details, footer etc.
> > - Each of our customers must register with Crystal Reports, we can do
this
> > for them, however, it is more maintenance for us
> > - Int and Fix don't seem to work in formulas, despite formatting the
> column
> > properly

> > Below are the topics of some working notes I made, I would happy to post
> any
> > particular one if somebody wants it.  Posting it all at once would be a
> > little brutal.
> > - Steps to create a report
> > - How to add a column to a report
> > - How to work with time based hh:mm:ss columns
> > - How to pass data into the report
> > - How to export to HTML
> > - How to submit a tech support incident
> > - How to underlay a large image as a watermark for the details section
> > - How to prevent column (page) headers from appearing on chart page
> > - How to add alternating background row colors
> > - How to create a time string
> > - How to add a parameter

> > Notes on formatting:
> > - Beware of formatting multiple objects, formulas may be copied or
> > overridden.
> > - Font size less than 8 is possible, although the font size box will
still
> > show 8.

> > --
> > Robert Chapman, MCSD
> > Manager, Applications Development
> > prairieFyre Software Inc.
> > http://www.prairiefyre.com

> I just finished a two week evaluation of Crystal Reports.NET.  Along the
way
> I used usenet to get a lot of anwers to my questions.  During that time
many
> people asked that I post my results, good or bad, so here it is.  Just
> wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped my out during this evaluation,
> it's been fun :)

> Strong Points:
> - Many export Export Formats
>     - Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
>     - Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET (.rpt)
>     - HTML 3.2 and 4.0 (.html)
>     - Microsoft Excel (.xls)
>     - Microsoft Rich Text (.rtf)
>     - Microsoft Word (.doc)
> - Greater ability to group, sort and cross tab data
> - Conditional formatting,
>     - Make this value red when a certain condition is met, good for
> thresholds, combined with parameter passing this could be very powerful
> - Page based statistics such as charts, subtotals
> - Suppress if duplicated
> - technical support is excellent and timely
> - re-use exact same rpt files in web aspx page
> - has a limited object model so that the report can be changed
> programmatically
> - Web based formatting is very good
> - Can load reports from files against a base class, extensible

> Known limitations and problems:
> - licensing is unclear when talking about a "Automated Distribution
System"
>     - depending on what Crystal says about this issue, it could send my
> costs through the roof and destroy my product's price point.  Therefore,
it
> would be a no go.
> - blank columns seem not to be output well, throws off the entire column
> ordering
> - export to Excel does not hold landscape setting, all other export
formats
> do
>     - reproduced by CR Tech support, incident is tracked, if lucky will be
> VS.NET SP1  that may ship in June
> - Column suppression cannot be done, a hack may do it but presentation
> quality would seriously suffer
> - Cannot set the text on chart legends
>     - Can create chart with Chart Analyzer in 8.5 and then bring into
.NET,
> however, this is a one way street.
>     - 8.5 and .NET will be compatible in SP1 (maybe)
> - Event log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - IIS Log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - Outlook and Exchange mail reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - Cannot load a bitmap dynamically
> - Doesn't seem to understand System.Globalization namespace what so ever,
> means that dates have to passed in as strings.  This may affect a report
> where you want to do cool grouping on dates etc.
>     - due to fact that communication with CR engine is done on a
background
> thread
>     - CR says that this may be addressed in the future
> - Formatting is a little weak, cannot put border around the logical
> sections, header, details, footer etc.
> - Each of our customers must register with Crystal Reports, we can do this
> for them, however, it is more maintenance for us
> - Int and Fix don't seem to work in formulas, despite formatting the
column
> properly

> Below are the topics of some working notes I made, I would happy to post
any
> particular one if somebody wants it.  Posting it all at once would be a
> little brutal.
> - Steps to create a report
> - How to add a column to a report
> - How to work with time based hh:mm:ss columns
> - How to pass data into the report
> - How to export to HTML
> - How to submit a tech support incident
> - How to underlay a large image as a watermark for the details section
> - How to prevent column (page) headers from appearing on chart page
> - How to add alternating background row colors
> - How to create a time string
> - How to add a parameter

> Notes on formatting:
> - Beware of formatting multiple objects, formulas may be copied or
> overridden.
> - Font size less than 8 is possible, although the font size box will still
> show 8.

> --
> Robert Chapman, MCSD
> Manager, Applications Development
> prairieFyre Software Inc.
> http://www.prairiefyre.com

> I just finished a two week evaluation of Crystal Reports.NET.  Along the
way
> I used usenet to get a lot of anwers to my questions.  During that time
many
> people asked that I post my results, good or bad, so here it is.  Just
> wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped my out during this evaluation,
> it's been fun :)

> Strong Points:
> - Many export Export Formats
>     - Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
>     - Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET (.rpt)
>     - HTML 3.2 and 4.0 (.html)
>     - Microsoft Excel (.xls)
>     - Microsoft Rich Text (.rtf)
>     - Microsoft Word (.doc)
> - Greater ability to group, sort and cross tab data
> - Conditional formatting,
>     - Make this value red when a certain condition is met, good for
> thresholds, combined with parameter passing this could be very powerful
> - Page based statistics such as charts, subtotals
> - Suppress if duplicated
> - technical support is excellent and timely
> - re-use exact same rpt files in web aspx page
> - has a limited object model so that the report can be changed
> programmatically
> - Web based formatting is very good
> - Can load reports from files against a base class, extensible

> Known limitations and problems:
> - licensing is unclear when talking about a "Automated Distribution
System"
>     - depending on what Crystal says about this issue, it could send my
> costs through the roof and destroy my product's price point.  Therefore,
it
> would be a no go.
> - blank columns seem not to be output well, throws off the entire column
> ordering
> - export to Excel does not hold landscape setting, all other export
formats
> do
>     - reproduced by CR Tech support, incident is tracked, if lucky will be
> VS.NET SP1  that may ship in June
> - Column suppression cannot be done, a hack may do it but presentation
> quality would seriously suffer
> - Cannot set the text on chart legends
>     - Can create chart with Chart Analyzer in 8.5 and then bring into
.NET,
> however, this is a one way street.
>     - 8.5 and .NET will be compatible in SP1 (maybe)
> - Event log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - IIS Log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - Outlook and Exchange mail reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> - Cannot load a bitmap dynamically
> - Doesn't seem to understand System.Globalization namespace what so ever,
> means that dates have to passed in as strings.  This may affect a report
> where you want to do cool grouping on dates etc.
>     - due to fact that communication with CR engine is done on a
background
> thread
>     - CR says that this may be addressed in the future
> - Formatting is a little weak, cannot put border around the logical
> sections, header, details, footer etc.
> - Each of our customers must register with Crystal Reports, we can do this
> for them, however, it is more maintenance for us
> - Int and Fix don't seem to work in formulas, despite formatting the
column
> properly

> Below are the topics of some working notes I made, I would happy to post
any
> particular one if somebody wants it.  Posting it all at once would be a
> little brutal.
> - Steps to create a report
> - How to add a column to a report
> - How to work with time based hh:mm:ss columns
> - How to pass data into the report
> - How to export to HTML
> - How to submit a tech support incident
> - How to underlay a large image as a watermark for the details section
> - How to prevent column (page) headers from appearing on chart page
> - How to add alternating background row colors
> - How to create a time string
> - How to add a parameter

> Notes on formatting:
> - Beware of formatting multiple objects, formulas may be copied or
> overridden.
> - Font size less than 8 is possible, although the font size box will still
> show 8.

> --
> Robert Chapman, MCSD
> Manager, Applications Development
> prairieFyre Software Inc.
> http://www.prairiefyre.com

> Hi can you please post notes on
> - How to pass data into the report
> and
>  - How to add alternating background row colors

> Thank you!
> -Dmitri

> > I just finished a two week evaluation of Crystal Reports.NET.  Along the
> way
> > I used usenet to get a lot of anwers to my questions.  During that time
> many
> > people asked that I post my results, good or bad, so here it is.  Just
> > wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped my out during this
evaluation,
> > it's been fun :)

> > Strong Points:
> > - Many export Export Formats
> >     - Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
> >     - Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET (.rpt)
> >     - HTML 3.2 and 4.0 (.html)
> >     - Microsoft Excel (.xls)
> >     - Microsoft Rich Text (.rtf)
> >     - Microsoft Word (.doc)
> > - Greater ability to group, sort and cross tab data
> > - Conditional formatting,
> >     - Make this value red when a certain condition is met, good for
> > thresholds, combined with parameter passing this could be very powerful
> > - Page based statistics such as charts, subtotals
> > - Suppress if duplicated
> > - technical support is excellent and timely
> > - re-use exact same rpt files in web aspx page
> > - has a limited object model so that the report can be changed
> > programmatically
> > - Web based formatting is very good
> > - Can load reports from files against a base class, extensible

> > Known limitations and problems:
> > - licensing is unclear when talking about a "Automated Distribution
> System"
> >     - depending on what Crystal says about this issue, it could send my
> > costs through the roof and destroy my product's price point.  Therefore,
> it
> > would be a no go.
> > - blank columns seem not to be output well, throws off the entire column
> > ordering
> > - export to Excel does not hold landscape setting, all other export
> formats
> > do
> >     - reproduced by CR Tech support, incident is tracked, if lucky will
be
> > VS.NET SP1  that may ship in June
> > - Column suppression cannot be done, a hack may do it but presentation
> > quality would seriously suffer
> > - Cannot set the text on chart legends
> >     - Can create chart with Chart Analyzer in 8.5 and then bring into
> .NET,
> > however, this is a one way street.
> >     - 8.5 and .NET will be compatible in SP1 (maybe)
> > - Event log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> > - IIS Log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> > - Outlook and Exchange mail reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> > - Cannot load a bitmap dynamically
> > - Doesn't seem to understand System.Globalization namespace what so
ever,
> > means that dates have to passed in as strings.  This may affect a report
> > where you want to do cool grouping on dates etc.
> >     - due to fact that communication with CR engine is done on a
> background
> > thread
> >     - CR says that this may be addressed in the future
> > - Formatting is a little weak, cannot put border around the logical
> > sections, header, details, footer etc.
> > - Each of our customers must register with Crystal Reports, we can do
this
> > for them, however, it is more maintenance for us
> > - Int and Fix don't seem to work in formulas, despite formatting the
> column
> > properly

> > Below are the topics of some working notes I made, I would happy to post
> any
> > particular one if somebody wants it.  Posting it all at once would be a
> > little brutal.
> > - Steps to create a report
> > - How to add a column to a report
> > - How to work with time based hh:mm:ss columns
> > - How to pass data into the report
> > - How to export to HTML
> > - How to submit a tech support incident
> > - How to underlay a large image as a watermark for the details section
> > - How to prevent column (page) headers from appearing on chart page
> > - How to add alternating background row colors
> > - How to create a time string
> > - How to add a parameter

> > Notes on formatting:
> > - Beware of formatting multiple objects, formulas may be copied or
> > overridden.
> > - Font size less than 8 is possible, although the font size box will
still
> > show 8.

> > --
> > Robert Chapman, MCSD
> > Manager, Applications Development
> > prairieFyre Software Inc.
> > http://www.prairiefyre.com

> For passing data to a report see:
> http://support.crystaldecisions.com/library/kbase/articles/c2010251.asp

> Alternating row colors:
> - put this forumla against the background color of the details section

> WhileReadingRecords

> Global iRowCounter as number

> Global colColor as number

> If iRowCounter Mod 2 <> 0 Then

>     colColor = RGB (253,254,230)

> else

>     colColor = crNoColor

> End if

> iRowCounter = iRowCounter + 1

> formula = crNoColor

> Then put this formula against the background of every column:

> Global colColor as number

> formula = colColor

> This method uses a formula against a section to ensure that the formula
gets
> evaluated, it then returns crNoColor as to not interfere with the sections
> color.  We then re-declare the global variable in the colum background
> formulas to access it.

> --
> Robert Chapman, MCSD
> Manager, Applications Development
> prairieFyre Software Inc.
> http://www.prairiefyre.com


> > Hi can you please post notes on
> > - How to pass data into the report
> > and
> >  - How to add alternating background row colors

> > Thank you!
> > -Dmitri

> > > I just finished a two week evaluation of Crystal Reports.NET.  Along
the
> > way
> > > I used usenet to get a lot of anwers to my questions.  During that
time
> > many
> > > people asked that I post my results, good or bad, so here it is.  Just
> > > wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped my out during this
> evaluation,
> > > it's been fun :)

> > > Strong Points:
> > > - Many export Export Formats
> > >     - Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
> > >     - Crystal Reports for Visual Studio .NET (.rpt)
> > >     - HTML 3.2 and 4.0 (.html)
> > >     - Microsoft Excel (.xls)
> > >     - Microsoft Rich Text (.rtf)
> > >     - Microsoft Word (.doc)
> > > - Greater ability to group, sort and cross tab data
> > > - Conditional formatting,
> > >     - Make this value red when a certain condition is met, good for
> > > thresholds, combined with parameter passing this could be very
powerful
> > > - Page based statistics such as charts, subtotals
> > > - Suppress if duplicated
> > > - technical support is excellent and timely
> > > - re-use exact same rpt files in web aspx page
> > > - has a limited object model so that the report can be changed
> > > programmatically
> > > - Web based formatting is very good
> > > - Can load reports from files against a base class, extensible

> > > Known limitations and problems:
> > > - licensing is unclear when talking about a "Automated Distribution
> > System"
> > >     - depending on what Crystal says about this issue, it could send
my
> > > costs through the roof and destroy my product's price point.
Therefore,
> > it
> > > would be a no go.
> > > - blank columns seem not to be output well, throws off the entire
column
> > > ordering
> > > - export to Excel does not hold landscape setting, all other export
> > formats
> > > do
> > >     - reproduced by CR Tech support, incident is tracked, if lucky
will
> be
> > > VS.NET SP1  that may ship in June
> > > - Column suppression cannot be done, a hack may do it but presentation
> > > quality would seriously suffer
> > > - Cannot set the text on chart legends
> > >     - Can create chart with Chart Analyzer in 8.5 and then bring into
> > .NET,
> > > however, this is a one way street.
> > >     - 8.5 and .NET will be compatible in SP1 (maybe)
> > > - Event log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> > > - IIS Log reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> > > - Outlook and Exchange mail reporting, NOT SUPPORTED IN .NET
> > > - Cannot load a bitmap dynamically
> > > - Doesn't seem to understand System.Globalization namespace what so
> ever,
> > > means that dates have to passed in as strings.  This may affect a
report
> > > where you want to do cool grouping on dates etc.
> > >     - due to fact that communication with CR engine is done on a
> > background
> > > thread
> > >     - CR says that this may be addressed in the future
> > > - Formatting is a little weak, cannot put border around the logical
> > > sections, header, details, footer etc.
> > > - Each of our customers must register with Crystal Reports, we can do
> this
> > > for them, however, it is more maintenance for us
> > > - Int and Fix don't seem to work in formulas, despite formatting the
> > column
> > > properly

> > > Below are the topics of some working notes I made, I would happy to
post
> > any
> > > particular one if somebody wants it.  Posting it all at once would be
a
> > > little brutal.
> > > - Steps to create a report
> > > - How to add a column to a report
> > > - How to work with time based hh:mm:ss columns
> > > - How to pass data into the report
> > > - How to export to HTML
> > > - How to submit a tech support incident
> > > - How to underlay a large image as a watermark for the details section
> > > - How to prevent column (page) headers from appearing on chart page
> > > - How to add alternating background row colors
> > > - How to create a time string
> > > - How to add a parameter

> > > Notes on formatting:
> > > - Beware of formatting multiple objects, formulas may be copied or
> > > overridden.
> > > - Font size less than 8 is possible, although the font size box will
> still
> > > show 8.

> > > --
> > > Robert Chapman, MCSD
> > > Manager, Applications Development
> > > prairieFyre Software Inc.
> > > http://www.prairiefyre.com