| | |  | Software Engineering | Home » » » Crystal Reports Encyclopedia Volume 2: .NET 2005/2008 | | | | | | | Description: | | Written with experienced .NET programmers in mind, this volume provides in-depth information for integrating Crystal Reports into various applications, fully maps out the Crystal Reports object model, and enables developers to create windows, Web, and enterprise-level reporting solutions. Featuring code samples that can be copied and pasted into the reader's own applications, this manual explores all platforms and programming languages. Completely examining the latest VS.NET 2005 version of the software, this edition is updated with detailed tutorials on every aspect of the program to speed users through the process of creating reports. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Brian Bischof | | Paperback:
| 500 pages | | Publisher:
| Dotnet Tech | | Publication Date:
| November 01, 2008 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 097495361X | | Product Length:
| 9.18 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.3 inches | | Product Height:
| 0.99 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.83 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 1.4 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 6 reviews |
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3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 This is 'the book' on Crystal Reports ! ! !Sep 04, 2009
By john_t
This was an excellent book on Crystal reports. The only criticism I had for it was that it should have been titled something like: 'THE COMPLETE USERS GUIDE TO CRYSTAL REPORTS'
It is definitely a 'must have' for anyone learning, or looking for detailed information on, 'Crystal Reports'.
Had the title not been so clinical, it would have been the first, and probably the last book on Crystal Reports I would have had to purchased. Not the fifth!
nuff said ... buy it!
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Best dotNet Crystal book available.Mar 06, 2009
By D. Arthurs
Up until now, there have been no good books written on what goes on 'under the hood' of Crystal Reports when using it with dotNet or Visual Studio.
Brian's book is loaded with great examples and many real-life situations.
IMO, these books that Brian has written are far above superior to any of the other books that attempt to desccribe how Crystal works. And (unfortunately), I've purchased more than a few that helped me not at all. This book paid for itself the first time i opened it up.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Crystal Reports and C#Jan 28, 2010
By Richard John
This book has been tremendous in answering the little questions. It has a information on how to do many things. One day we were having problems with linkages and by checking this book we aere able to fix the problem quickly. The error was an interpetation of what to connect. This book clearly defined and demostrated how to do the linkage. We have not used many of the features this book explores, but as our project continues over the next two years I am sure we will use this book extensively.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 ConfusingFeb 24, 2010
By JWR
There is no question that the author knows Crystal Reports. It is his presentation that I have concerns with. For one, there is a lack of meaningful examples. He will give an example of a simple report and then when he talks about more advanced features he shows a picture of a different report (how was it generated?). In chapter 4 (Sorting and Grouping) he says to refer to figure 4.4, there isn't any figure 4.4. Also in chapter 4, he talks about Displaying Top N Reports, he states that the report must have a summary field in order to work. Ok, how do you create a summary field? I think the book has the needed information in it but finding it is frustrating. The download examples from his website appear to be written for VS2005, VS2008 will try to convert them but I had a couple of them fail to convert.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
This book is so helpfulFeb 14, 2010
By Sally S
"Sally S"
We recently migrated our software products from VB6 using Crystal Reports Report Designer Coponent to VB.Net using the built in Crystal Reports component. I honestly don't know what we would have done without this book. The report object model diagrams are worth the purchase price alone. Our reporting is quite complex, and with the help of Mr. Bischoff we were able to accomplish what we needed. Thank you!
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