Crystal Reports(R) 9: The Complete Reference

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 880 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Edition: 1st Edition November 19, 2002
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 007222519X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0072225198
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 2.1 inches
• Weighs: 3.8 pounds

Book Description
Create winning presentations and reports using the most powerful data analysis tool and this comprehensive guide. This book explains how to use the software to analyze and format data, generate reports, perform advanced interactive reporting from the Web, and much more, making it the ultimate one-stop Crystal Reports resource.

Download Description
Create winning presentations and reports using the most powerful data analysis tool and this comprehensive one-stop resource.

Reader Reviews
to start, I am a crystal developer who is responsible for putting reports on our sales intranet, and I bought this book thinking it could help me with the new version of Crystal. To be fair, the book does a good job of showing you how to create simple reports. Unfortunately, it never moves far beyond that and is not really deserving of the title "complete reference". Once you get through the basic material on report design, the chapters on distributing reports through the web, ASP, etc. are weak and the sections on other languages are worse-- the code examples are similiar to the projects that come with the product itself. And probably the worst part of it all, is a MAJOR chunk of the book refers to the previous versions of the product (including Crystal Enterprise 8.5, NOT 9) and outdated features with a disclaimer of "this hasn't been released yet, so here is the old stuff". Why would I buy a book with "version 9" on the cover, when it uses filler material from the previous version? It is a sad attempt to bulk up the page count and make you think you were getting something you are not. So in total, if I could rip the book in half, I would keep the first section and throw out the other half. It is still a good reference for report design, but not much else. Comment | | (Report this)