http://aspalliance.com/ Recent articles on AspAlliance.com. In this video, Mohammad Azam demonstrates how to create sub-reports in crystal reports. He walks you through the steps required to display hierarchical data using crystal reports. [8:40] http://aspalliance.com/1675_Video_Creating_SubReports_Using_Crystal_Reports Mohammad Azam Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT In the second part of this series, Eric shows how to automatically incorporate testing report output from your crystal reports using Fitnesse and Visual Studio 2008. After providing a short overview, he examines the need for testing values and outlines the required steps to build a Fitnesse test. He also deeply analyzes the code sample along with the screenshot of the final output. http://aspalliance.com/1663_Utilizing_your_NET_projects_Automated_Acceptance_Tests_on_Crystal_Reports__Part_2 Eric Landes Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT In this first part of the series, Eric shows how to use automated acceptance testing against Crystal Reports using the object model. After providing the requirements, he examines how to utilize automated acceptance tests with reports along with sample code to validate the report. He concludes the article by providing a structure of the report settings. http://aspalliance.com/1643_Utilizing_your_NET_Projects_Automated_Acceptance_Tests_on_Crystal_Reports__Part_1 Eric Landes Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT Creating reports can be a daunting task. Reports can demand a great deal of effort and time, especially if you have not worked with Crystal Reports much. In this article, Jeff provides six quick Crystal Reports Design Tips to assist in creating killer reports with style and speed. Among other tips, you will learn how to add WaterMarks to your reports. Each tip has been deeply examined with the help of relevant explanations and screenshots for better understanding. http://aspalliance.com/1593_Six_Quick_Crystal_Reports_Design_Tips Jeff McWherter Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT Crystal Reports 2008 was released in October 2007. This article (written in Jan 08) explains the ins and outs of the CR2008 versions, integration with VS versions, side-by-side compatibility, upgrading reports and general features of interest to Visual Studio Developers. http://aspalliance.com/1564_What_Visual_Studio_Developers_Should_Know_About_Crystal_Reports_2008 Julia Lerman Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT In this review, Eric starts with a basic introduction and layout of Brian's Crystal Reports book. He then provides chapter wise detailed opinion of the contents and also some of his recommendations. http://aspalliance.com/1535_Review_Crystal_Reports_Encyclopedia_Professional_XI_Reports Eric Landes Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT In this article, you will learn how to write a Windows Forms viewer for reports created in the Crystal Reports end-user program (eg. Crystal Reports XI). The viewer allows users to view the existing reports with fresh data as well as input parameter variables at run time. The utility can be written with Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008. http://aspalliance.com/1483_Writing_a_Viewer_Utility_for_Crystal_Reports Julia Lerman Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT In this article Eric shows how to use the new Crystal Viewer to help distribute reports. http://aspalliance.com/1412_Using_Crystal_Viewer_to_Display_your_Crystal_Reports Eric Landes Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT In this article Eric shows how to create custom Crystal Reports for blogs and for portal statistics. http://aspalliance.com/1409_Creating_Custom_Reports_for_DotNetNuke_using_Crystal_Reports__Part_3 Eric Landes Mon, 03 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT In this second part of the series, Eric shows how to create a report on forums using Crystal Reports and DotNetNuke. http://aspalliance.com/1371_Creating_Custom_Reports_for_DotNetNuke_using_Crystal_Reports__Part_2 Eric Landes Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT In this series of articles Eric shows how to create custom Crystal Reports for DotNetNuke web sites. http://aspalliance.com/1369_Creating_Custom_Reports_for_DotNetNuke_Using_Crystal_Reports__Part_1 Eric Landes Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT In this article, Eric shows how to use Crystal Reports in a Windows Form application. http://aspalliance.com/1297_Displaying_Crystal_Reports_using_WinForms_and_C Eric Landes Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT This article will elaborate on a report created earlier for the Agile process. It describes how to make each story card unique using Team Foundation Server (TFS) and Crystal Reports. http://aspalliance.com/1270_Creating_a_Unique_Story_report_with_TFS_and_Crystal_Reports Eric Landes Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT In this article Eric shows the reader how to create a burn down chart (used in many agile software projects) using Crystal Reports and Team Foundation Server (TFS). http://aspalliance.com/1253_Creating_Agile_Project_Reports_with_TFS_and_Crystal_Reports__Part_3 Eric Landes Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT In this article Eric shows the reader how to create two reports using Crystal Reports and Team Foundation Server (TFS) for an agile project. http://aspalliance.com/1174_Creating_Agile_Project_Reports_with_TFS_and_Crystal_Reports__Part_2 Eric Landes Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT In this article Eric introduces the reader to creating management reports using Crystal Reports and Team Foundation Server (TFS) for an agile project. http://aspalliance.com/1160_Creating_Agile_Project_Reports_with_TFS_and_Crystal_Reports__Part_1 Eric Landes Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT In this article Pradeep demonstrates how to import dynamic images to the Crystal Report without any database overhead with the help of code samples. http://aspalliance.com/1097_Importing_Dynamic_Images_to_the_Crystal_Report_without_Database_Overhead_using_Visual_Studio_2005 Pradeep Shukla Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT This tutorial describes the various steps in generating a cross-tab report using the Crystal Report elements that are integrated with the Visual Studio 2005 default installation. http://aspalliance.com/1041_Creating_a_Crosstab_Report_in_Visual_Studio_2005_Using_Crystal_Reports Jayaram Krishnaswamy Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMT In this article Eric shows how to create a Crystal Report based on a Sharepoint List using web services. http://aspalliance.com/981_Creating_a_SharePoint_Lists_Report_Using_Crystal_Reports_with_Web_Services Eric Landes Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMT In this article Eric takes you through creating a Crystal Report that helps Project Managers using Microsoft Project Server produce a Project Velocity report. http://aspalliance.com/935_Creating_a_Project_Velocity_Crystal_Report_using_Microsoft_Project_Server Eric Landes Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT In this article Eric takes you through creating a Crystal Report that helps Project Managers using Microsoft Project Server summarize incomplete tasks. http://aspalliance.com/884_Creating_a_Task_Summary_Crystal_Report_from_Microsoft_Project_Server Eric Landes Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT In this article, Eric takes you through creating a Crystal Report that summarizes unanswered questions on the forums portion of a Community Server application. http://aspalliance.com/849_Creating_a_Crystal_Report_for_Community_Server Eric Landes Wed, 17 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT An article discussing how to deploy a Crystal web intranet application to a Dev/Testing and Production environment, using MSBuild. http://aspalliance.com/779_Deploying_Crystal_Report_Intranet_Web_Application_Using_MSBuild Eric Landes Thu, 02 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT This article describes how to use the CrystalReportsViewer and Crystal Report Template components within VS 2005 and how to populate a report from a dynamically generated DataSet at runtime without login errors. This is typically known as the "push" method. http://aspalliance.com/776_Creating_Dynamic_DataSets_for_Crystal_Reports_in_ASPNET_20 Chuck Bradley Tue, 28 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT In this article, Eric reviews the Crystals BI dashboard presentation product geared toward end-users. He looks at the product from a developers perspective. http://aspalliance.com/758_Review_Crystal_Xcelsius Eric Landes Wed, 18 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT This is the final part in a series about creating a quick way to manage Crystal Reports in a DotNetNuke private assembly. http://aspalliance.com/755_Creating_a_DotNetNuke_Private_Assembly_with_Crystal_Reports__Part_4 Eric Landes Mon, 16 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT In this 3rd of a four-part series, Eric shows how to display the Crystal parameters dynamically in a private assembly for DNN. http://aspalliance.com/754_Creating_a_DotNetNuke_Private_Assembly_with_Crystal_Reports__Part_3 Eric Landes Fri, 06 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT This is the second in a series of articles showing how to integrate a Crystal Report Manager into DotNetNuke. This article will step through creating a DAL (Data Access Layer) and BLL (Business Logic Layer) using DNN standards. http://aspalliance.com/734_Creating_a_DotNetNuke_Private_Assembly_with_Crystal_Reports__Part_2 Eric Landes Tue, 15 Nov 2005 00:00:00 GMT This is the first in a series of articles showing how to integrate a Crystal Report Manager into DotNetNuke. This article will step through creating a private assembly using Visual Studio as the development environment and using the Data Access Layer in DNN. http://aspalliance.com/733_Creating_a_DotNetNuke_Private_Assembly_with_Crystal_Reports__Part_1 Eric Landes Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT In the final part of a three-part series on Test Driven Development (TDD) in .NET, Eric Landes shows how to code to the scenario for a Business Intelligence project. He uses Crystal Reports 10 with nUnit to compare the output of a report to the raw SQL data from which the report is generated. http://aspalliance.com/712_Test_Driven_Development_for_a_Business_Intelligence_Project_with_Crystal_Reports_Part_3 Eric Landes Mon, 29 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT In the second part of a three-part series on Test Driven Development (TDD) in .NET, Eric Landes shows how to set up a further test for a Business Intelligence project. He uses Crystal Reports 10 with nUnit to compare the output of a report to the raw SQL data from which the report is generated. http://aspalliance.com/704_Test_Driven_Development_for_a_Business_Intelligence_Project_with_Crystal_Reports_Part_2 Eric Landes Mon, 15 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT In the first part of a three-part series on Test Driven Development (TDD) in .NET, Eric Landes shows how to set up the initial tests for a Business Intelligence project using Crystal Reports. Some preliminary knowledge of TDD is necessary. http://aspalliance.com/690_Test_Driven_Development_for_a_Business_Intelligence_Project_with_Crystal_Reports Eric Landes Tue, 05 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT A listing of different resources a developer can utilize when developing an ASP.NET solution with Crystal Reports. http://aspalliance.com/677_Recommended_Crystal_Reports_Resources_for_NET_Developers Eric Landes Tue, 31 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT In the third and final part of our series creating the FFAssist sample application, Eric Landes demonstrates new features of Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2 and Crystal Reports .NET. http://aspalliance.com/669_Sample_Application_FFAssist_using_Crystal_NET_for_Visual_Studio_2005__Part_3 Eric Landes Wed, 18 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT When deploying a Crystal Reports application written in ASP.NET, must the remote server have the Crystal Reports .NET server components installed? Ben Higgins from the ORCS Webteam addresses a common misconception. http://aspalliance.com/672_Deploying_a_Crystal_Reports_Application_to_a_Remote_Server Web Team at ORCS Web Fri, 13 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT An article that shows some methods that simulate creating a Crystal Report on the fly in an ASP.NET application using Crystal Developer 10. http://aspalliance.com/661_Create_Crystal_Reports_on_the_Fly_using_ASPNET Eric Landes Tue, 03 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT Eric Landes provides a layman's view of the different Crystal Reports licensing options available to web developers, from Crystal .NET to Crystal XI. http://aspalliance.com/654_Crystal_Reports_Licensing_Information_for_Web_Developers Eric Landes Thu, 24 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT Part 2 of a sample application to show the new features of Crystal .NET, available in Visual Studio 2005. http://aspalliance.com/598_Sample_App_FFAssist_Using_Crystal_NET_for_VS_2005__Part_2 Eric Landes Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT The introductory explanation of the Fantasy Footbal Assist sample Application (FFAssist). FFAssist demostrates some of the new features of Crystal .NET included with Visual Studio 2005. http://aspalliance.com/523_Sample_App_FFAssist_Using_Crystal_NET_for_VS_2005__Part_1 Eric Landes Tue, 01 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT Crystal Reports has the ability to produce output in PDF format. Often, it is desirable to have multiple reports appear in the same PDF file. Crystal Reports does not have the ability to export multiple reports into the same PDF, or to password protect a PDF, but several third party components can process PDFs post-export from Crystal Reports. We'll use one .NET control named Dynamic PDF Merger to combine two PDFs into a single file, and return the single file to the end user. http://aspalliance.com/571_Merging_and_Password_Protecting_PDFs_Exported_by_Crystal_Reports Richard Dudley Tue, 30 Nov 2004 00:00:00 GMT Often, the best way to prevent an error is to understand why it occurs. In various newsgroups, questions regarding the Crystal Reports LogOnException are asked quite often. A recent Crystal Alliance article discussed how to debug and get rid of this error. This article investigates why these occur, which when combined with the previous article, can help prevent this error from happening. http://aspalliance.com/532_Understanding_the_Login_Failed_Error_in_Crystal_Reports Richard Dudley Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT This snippet briefly demonstrates how to open new windows with Javascript and ASP.NET. http://aspalliance.com/525_CodeSnip_Opening_Crystal_Reports_in_a_New_Window_in_ASPNET Richard Dudley Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT One of the most common questions regarding Crystal Reports in ASP.NET is how to automatically print a Crystal Report. Because the Internet is a stateless, disconnected medium, automatic printing of a Crystal Report using Web Forms cannot be accomplished as easily as when using Windows Forms. This article examines two options for automatic printing of a Crystal Report using ASP.NET and compares one alternative method where the user must initiate printing. http://aspalliance.com/509_Automatically_Printing_Crystal_Reports_in_ASPNET Richard Dudley Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:00:00 GMT Many of the issues addressed on the forums are about logging onto Crystal Reports. This article shows how to debug some of these issues. http://aspalliance.com/490_Troubleshooting_Database_Login_Errors_using_Crystal_Reports_with_NET Eric Landes Fri, 23 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT Now that Crystal Reports 10 has been out a while, I wanted to go over some reasons to upgrade, and what you might encounter when upgrading. There are a lot of reporting options out there and this may give you some ideas as to how Crystal 10 could figure into your toolset. http://aspalliance.com/480_Reasons_to_Upgrade_Your_Web_Application_to_Crystal_10_ Eric Landes Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:00:00 GMT When exporting from Crystal Reports .NET to Excel, the output can turn out to be unusable without a lot of reformatting in the spreadsheet. This tends to make business managers unhappy. Fortunatly, with a few programming and report formatting options, you can have perfect Excel exports with very little effort. http://aspalliance.com/478_Exporting_to_Excel_in_Crystal_Reports_NET__Perfect_Excel_Exports Richard Dudley Tue, 22 Jun 2004 00:00:00 GMT Final Part in Series on a sample application that Dynamically displays a reports parameters, then allows the user to view that report. http://aspalliance.com/463_Automagically_Display_Crystal_Parameters_Part_III Eric Landes Wed, 26 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT This article follows up on the Part I, discussing the class that is used to dynamically create the collection of server controls for the parameters of a Crystal Report. http://aspalliance.com/459_Automagically_Display_Crystal_Parameters_Part_II Eric Landes Mon, 17 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT This article is a walkthrough of a sample application that programmatically displays crystal reports parameters on a web page and outputs that same report. http://aspalliance.com/456_Automagically_Display_Crystal_Parameters_Part_I Eric Landes Fri, 07 May 2004 00:00:00 GMT In this last part of the series, we will take a look at how conditional formatting can help us hide/display a section of the Crystal Reports report. Conditional formatting refers to those formatting that are triggered only when certain condition is satisfied. Note that these formatting will override any fixed formatting done earlier using the Format Editor. http://aspalliance.com/217_Creating_Professional_Reports_using_Crystal_Report_for_Visual_StudioNET_Part_3 Eric Landes Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT Continue to develop Drill Down reports in Visual Basic.NET using Crystal Report: moving these items around and placing them in a particular order to get the desired result. http://aspalliance.com/216_Creating_Professional_Reports_using_Crystal_Report_for_Visual_StudioNET_Part_2 Eric Landes Wed, 11 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT A step by step guide to developing Drill Down reports in Visual Studio.NET using Crystal Reports. A Drill Down report is interactive, intended to enhance the viewer's experience by initially providing only a summary of the overall information and then allowing the viewer to drill-down to the details of his interest. http://aspalliance.com/215_Creating_Professional_Reports_using_Crystal_Report_for_Visual_StudioNET_Part_1 Eric Landes Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT An overview of Crystal Reports. Walkthroughs show how to use both Pull and Push methods as well as exporting the report file into other formats. http://aspalliance.com/265_Crystal_Report_for_Visual_Studio_NET Eric Landes Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:00:00 GMT Sample code for logging on to Crystal .NET subreports using C#. http://aspalliance.com/231_Logging_on_to_Crystal_NET_subreports Eric Landes Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:32:34 GMT This article covers several tips picked up from various mailing lists on Crystal .NET. http://aspalliance.com/12_Crystal_NET_Tips Eric Landes Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:00:00 GMT How to dynamically create Formulas in crystal reports .net http://aspalliance.com/242_Crystal_Report_Formulas Eric Landes Sat, 25 Oct 2003 16:24:08 GMT Walk through of creating a Crystal Report http://aspalliance.com/11_Crystal_Net_Stored_Procedures_with_Datasets Eric Landes Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:43:47 GMT