Murach's ADO.NET 2.0 with VB 2005
How to use Crystal Reports

This chapter shows you how to use Crystal Reports, a feature of the Visual Studio development environment, to create professional reports that you can view and print from within your Windows and web applications.

Chapter 20 How to use Crystal Reports
An introduction to Crystal Reports 698
The three elements of a Crystal report 698
The two models for providing data to a report 698
How to create a Crystal report 700
How to choose the method for creating a Crystal report 702
How to use the Standard Report Creation Wizard 704
How to select the tables for a report 704
How to link tables 706
How to select fields 706
How to group data 708
How to summarize data 708
How to sort report groups 710
How to add a chart 710
How to filter the report data 712
How to select a report style 712
How to use the Crystal Report Viewer control 714
How to display data in a Crystal report 714
How to work with a report viewer using its built-in controls 716
How to customize a report viewer 718
How to work with a report viewer using its methods 720
How to use the Crystal Report Designer 722
An overview of the Crystal Report Designer 722
How to work with report sections 724
How to work with fields in the Field Explorer 726
How to create a formula field 728
A custom Invoice Summary report 730
How to use Crystal Reports with web applications 732
How to create a Crystal report using a CrystalReportSource control 732
How to display data in a Crystal report 734
How to work with a report viewer using its built-in controls 736
How to use the properties and methods of a report viewer 738


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