Great Reasons for Upgrading to Crystal Reports
9
With Crystal Reports 9, creating compelling views of
business data is easier and faster than ever before. Crystal Reports 9
introduces several innovative solutions for increased power and productivity
in report design and web delivery. More than 50 new features and
enhancements are provided in this latest release!
For Business Professionals
More control over data connectivity
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Unlimited SQL control
Edit SQL directly for unlimited control over database connectivity.
Specify database connections and create parameterized SQL commands to
perform any query your database supports.
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Support for Unicode
With full support for Unicode strings, you can display data stored in
virtually any language as well as present multiple languages in a single
report.
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New time-saving design tools
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Component reuse
Store and maintain key report objects - including SQL commands, images,
custom functions, and text objects – in a central library for faster report
development. You can then reuse, share and update popular report objects
from a single place for faster report design and maintenance. The Crystal
Repository also enables single point updating - update the component once
and the change is available across all reports.
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Custom Functions
Extract business logic from key formulas to create custom
formula-language
functions. Store custom functions in the Crystal Repository for reuse
across
multiple reports.
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Formula Workshop
Spend less time creating and maintaining
formulas. The Formula Workshop, an enhancement to the Crystal Reports
Formula Expert, is a central place to develop and maintain formulas and
custom functions. It includes a new codeless Wizard, enhanced error
tracking, and auto-complete for easier creation. The formula string limit
has also been increased from 256 to 64,000 characters.
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Report Explorer
Easily navigate to and find different parts
of your reports in design view and easily locate hidden fields in complex
reports using the new Report Explorer. All Explorers are now floatable
windows that let you tailor the design environment to your own preferences.
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More web flexibility
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Advanced, interactive
viewers
Zero-client viewer controls let you
control how end users interact with reports and modify them at runtime.
Automatically turn on advanced options, such as the ability to search on
saved data and export the results to Microsoft Word, Excel and HTML.
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Enhanced support for
Microsoft Office and mobile users
Let end
users insert charts, tables, and other report objects into Microsoft
Outlook, Word and Excel documents - and refresh* them right within the
documents - using Crystal Reports' support for Microsoft Smart Tags in
Office XP. Exporting to Excel has been significantly enhanced, providing
excellent quality rendition from Crystal Reports.
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Java, .NET and COM SDKs
A rich set of Java, .NET, and COM APIs let you control how end users
interact with reports and modify them at runtime. Automatically turn on
advanced options including highlighting, zooming, and text searching. Tight
integration with Microsoft Office lets end users search on report data and
export the results to Microsoft Word, Excel and HTML.}
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New deployment licensing
Upgrade to the new Advanced Edition to take advantage of flexible
deployment licensing for web applications. New queuing capabilities are
ideal for managing variable user loads in a web environment.
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Hassle-free upgrade experience
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Side-by-side
installation
Install and use Crystal
Reports 9 on the same machine as previous versions of Crystal Reports to
make migrating existing reports easier.
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Special upgrade pricing
Take advantage of the additional
features and enhancements in Crystal Reports 9 with special upgrade pricing
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