Visual Basic : Crystal Reports for Visual Basic user's manual : version 4.0 / Microsoft Corporation.

CONTENIDO
Chapter 1. Getting Started 1
Starting Crystal Reports 1
The Crystal Reports Registration dialog box 2
Quick Start 5
Chapter 2. Introduction 9
About Crystal Reports 9
Use as a print engine with Visual C++ 10
Why Crystal Reports 10
Row Crystal Reports prepares reports 11
Things you can do with Crystal Reports 11
Additional things you can do 12
All this and more, yet easy to use and distribute 13
Databases that work with Crystal Reports 14
The Crystal Reports window 15
Right mouse-button capabilities 20
Crystal Reports Cursors 21
Crystal Reports report windows 22
Messages 24
Getting Help With Crystal Reports 24
Context sensitive help 25
Indexed help 25
Help Features 25
About this manual 26
Special notations used in this manual 27
Chapter 3. Using Crystal Reports 29
Deciding on the content of your report 30
Developing a prototype on paper 36
Setting up the prototype using Crystal Reports 37
Manipulating data with formulas and functions 53
Grouping, summarizing, and sorting your data 60
Editing and formatting the data 64
Adding graphics and OLE objects 65
Specifying records/groups to be included 66
Printing the finished report 67
Chapter 4 Tutorial - Customer List 69
Customer list report 70
Getting Started 70
Working with text and OLE objects 82
Sorting and summarizing your report 87
Rearranging data into a data block format 92
A first look at selecting records 98
Chapter 5. The Crystal Custom Control 103
The Crystal Reports package 103
How to install the CRW Custom Control 104
Changing properties in the Crystal Report Control Properties dialog box 105
Crystal Custom Control properties 107
General property page 107
Print Window property page 108
Printer property page 109
Print to File property page 110
Database property page 111
Selection property page 112
Other properties 113
Setting properties at runtime 114
The Crystal Custom Control sample application 120
The Sample Application Dissected 122
Appendix A Product Support, Upgrades, and Licensing 129
Product Support 129
FAX Support - FREE 129
Crystal Connect Modem Support 130
Telephone Support 130
Mail-in Support - FREE 130
Online Bulletin Board Support - FREE! 131
Fax On Demand 131
Extended Technical Support Policy 131
Product Registration 132
Crystal Reports Upgrade Express 132
Product Return Policy 132
Product Replacement Policy 133
International Technical Support Contacts 133
License Agreement and Limited Warranty 134
Index 137