Product Overview
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Change text, formulas, parameters,
fonts, colors, printers, set database
location, and more in multiple Crystal
Reports at the same time.
Modifying objects and their properties
in one or many Crystal Reports is fast
and easy with .rpt Inspector!
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.rpt
Inspector 3 Professional Suite is a
“must have” tool for anyone using
Crystal Reports. This ground-breaking,
time saving add-on for Crystal Reports
will save you hours or even days.
What should be a simple task, making
consistent changes to one or more
reports at the same time, is a daunting,
time-consuming, and error prone process
without .rpt Inspector. With .rpt
Inspector, making changes to multiple
Crystal Reports takes only minutes and
is more consistent and reliable than
making manual changes to each Crystal
Report separately.
Your ROI is
immediate. Even the simple task of
standardizing all fonts (change all
Arial to Times New Roman) in 30 reports
could take an average report designer
about 15 minutes per report--nearly 8
hours combined. Add to that the time it
takes to do any number of other tasks,
such as to standardize parameter default
values across the same reports. Before
you know it, you've spent more money
doing it the old fashioned way -- one
report at a time. Or you could have used
.rpt Inspector and accomplished the same
work on all 30 reports (or even 300+
reports) in less then 15 minutes
combined. .rpt Inspector continues
to provide value with each use, quickly
paying for itself many times over.
Unlike
the Crystal Reports designer, .rpt
Inspector allows you to open one, two, a
hundred, or even several hundred reports
all at the same time!. You can use
the tools in .rpt Inspector to find and
filter in common objects and properties
(formulas, parameters, parameter default
values, text, headers, footers, size,
driver, database, printer, and so on)
across the selected Crystal Reports and
modify them all at the same time with
visual feedback.
With
.rpt Inspector you can modify:
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• Alerts
• Colors
• Sections |
• Fonts
• Report Settings
• Graphs |
• Parameters
• Formatting
• Formulas |
• Printer Settings
• Text
• Conditional Formatting |
and
hundreds of other settings in your
Crystal Reports
Put the
pieces together and solve the Crystal
Reports editing puzzle with .rpt
Inspector™. 
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Data source / Database
Migration and Conversion - Set
Location, Convert Driver, Verify
Database
The wizard now supports set
location, convert driver, and
verify database on one
or many reports at the same
time. Now also supported are
ODBC / OLE DB / Native DB2 /
Native Informix / Native Oracle
/ Native SQL Server / Native
Sybase.
You can literally change
hundreds of report's data
sources / databases, and update
field mappings in minutes.
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ODBC / OLE DB / Native DB2 /
Native Informix / Native Oracle
/ Native SQL Server / Native
Sybase - product wide support
Now when enabling the preview
viewer and making a connection
to a database, you'll be
prompted to enter a user id and
password if necessary on all
supported connectivity methods.
Connectivity methods that
require more information than a
user id and password (OLE DB and
Native drivers) are also
completely supported.
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Standardize parameter default
values
It's now easier than ever to
standardize and update your
parameter's default values. With
the redesigned Parameter Editor
(default values editor), you can
select multiple parameters
across one or many Crystal
Reports and can append or
overwrite default values with
ease.
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Copy parameter default values
from source to one or more
destinations
Another new way to work with
parameter default values is our
one-to-many copy relationship.
This allows you to select your
source, copy its values, and
paste them to as many
destinations as necessary.
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Search and Replace
Looking
for a specific text but not sure
of all the places
it resides (text objects,
parameter objects, formula
objects)? It's easier than ever
to find what you're looking for
and/or replace it with something
else. You can even fine tune
your search by specifying which
objects to search.
You can take advantage of
pattern matching search which
uses regular expressions.
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Report Lists
Do you work with the same sets
of reports? You no longer need
to open them one at a time.
Even if you select multiple
reports in the open dialog,
you'll love this feature.
Just like an MP3 playlist, you
can create a virtually unlimited
number of Report Lists.
Add to each report list any
number of Crystal Reports you'd
like, from any directory on your
system or from mapped network
drives.
Click on a report list and it
will automatically open all
reports in the list.
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Drag and Group™
Originally introduced in version
1, our patent pending technology
allows you to quickly and easily
analyze properties across
objects and reports. Drag and
Group is the concept of
selecting item(s) in the Objects
pane, and dragging one or more
properties from the Property
pane back to the Objects to
create a new column. Then right
clicking on the column header
and selecting group by object
name (where the object name is
the name of the column; i.e.
font; font color, formula,
etc.). The result is a pivot
view.
   We've
further optimized performance on
grouping and moving items within
the groupings (top / bottom / up
one / down one). Plus we've
exposed the grouping level color
configuration and added support
for auto-refresh of groupings.
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Multiple Report Preview
Windows
We've even
enhanced our preview viewer. In
addition to showing you open
sub-reports as a separate tab
(configurable in TOOLS |
OPTIONS), we have now given you
the ability to open a virtually
unlimited amount of preview
windows. Simply right click on
one of the report tabs in the
preview viewer pane and select
Open In A New Window open.
But we didn't stop there. You
can drag and drop the report
tabs between all open preview
windows. And if you want your
sub-reports to automatically
follow, turn it on in TOOLS |
OPTIONS.
This powerful feature allows you
to quickly and easily see your
changes come to live to multiple
previews at the same time.
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Spell Checker
   Now
you can spell check your text
and even add custom words to the
dictionary. No more embarrassing
typos. Spell checker is
available in Text, Formulas, and
Parameters editors.
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Dockable and Floatable window
panes and menus
We've completely redesigned the
foundation of .rpt Inspector to
be faster and easier to use. All
window
panes and menus are now dockable
and floatable. This gives you
ultimate control of the user
interface to customize as you
see fit.
Many editors (text, formulas,
parameters, etc.) have also been
redesigned to support docking.
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Customizable layouts
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our new dockable and floatable
window panes and menus, you'll
want to customize the layout
that suits you best. So we've
given you the ability to save a
virtually unlimited number of
customizable layouts that you
can quickly and easily switch to
on the fly.
But don't worry. It's easy to
return back to the default
layout at anytime.
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.rpt Inspector™ Is Easy To Use
“I'm just climbing into .rpt
Inspector and it looks awesome! You
weren't kidding about the ease of
use. I'm firing away and using the
power within 30 minutes. It's fast
becoming an indispensable tool for
me.”
Shirley Richardson, Atlanta, Georgia
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Change Multiple Reports
Believe this! The quest to make
targeted and precise changes
across multiple reports can
become a reality. Use .rpt
Inspector’s technique called
"Grouping" to make changes to
any individual report detail
across any number of reports.
Make a change to a text field,
like your company name, and
nothing else will move or
change. You are empowered to
make quick, focused, and
specific changes across multiple
reports. .rpt Inspector’s
editing features will shave
hours off your current reports
editing process. |
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Standardize Reports
.rpt Inspector makes it easy to
standardize any section of your
reports. Let’s say your legal
department has changed the
company disclaimer that appears
in the footer section of all
your reports. "Business as
usual" requires you to open each
individual Crystal Report to
update the disclaimer. With
.rpt Inspector you change all
the disclaimers, in all the
footers, all at the same time!
Just target the disclaimer text
in as many reports as you select
and make the change. It's that
quick and easy. Improve
productivity by targeting any of
the hundreds of object
properties to make specific,
focused changes to any or all of
your reports. |
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Find Report Errors
 Step
up and compare reports and/or
single out very detailed
information using .rpt
Inspector’s grouping technique.
For example, a group of reports
may utilize a specific formula
with the same name. Several of
them are giving strange data
that doesn't agree with the
majority. By sorting and
grouping on the formula name you
can now view every report using
that formula and compare the
formula syntax for accuracy. If
an error is found it can be
corrected in minutes. Use this
feature to audit, debug, or find
and correct errors in all your
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Maintain Accuracy
Focus on the specific properties
you actually want to change and
preserve the accuracy of all
your reports. Never again will
you accidentally move the text
while selecting a change and
completely disrupt a report.
Stay on the path with .rpt
Inspector and change only your
targeted items, never affecting
any other aspect of the reports. |
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Cost Effective
.rpt Inspector typically pays
for itself the first time you
use it. The price of the
product runs less than the cost
in time and productivity to make
one small change the old way. |
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.rpt Inspector Is A Cinch To
Master
Any Crystal Reports user can
quickly master .rpt Inspector.
We are here for you if you need
help. Our full menu of support
basics can demystify the process
of editing multiple reports. The
online tutorials make the
learning easy. Investigate the
product. Watch the 5 minute
tutorial overview and you too
can get the hang of .rpt
Inspector. We include a wide
range of common task tutorials
such as changing fonts,
formulas, and printer settings.
The tips and tricks guide will
help you discover how to take
advantage of duplex printers or
teach you how to ready your
 reports
“to step up” to Crystal
Enterprise. Our detailed user
instruction and reference
guides, together with the
on-line email support, make .rpt
Inspector a cinch to master.
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"It’s everything you said
it was. Surprisingly quick
changes and an easy
interface. You’ve really
come through with a winner."
Gordon
Lake, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Supported File Formats
.rpt
Inspector™ 2 Professional Suite for
Crystal Reports versions 5 - 8.5
• Read - Crystal Reports versions 5
through 8.5 .rpt files.
• Write - Crystal Reports version 7/
8.x .rpt file format.
.rpt
Inspector™ 2 Professional Suite for
Crystal Reports versions 9 - 10
• Read - Crystal Reports versions 5
through 10 .rpt file format.
• Write - Crystal Reports version
9/10 .rpt file format. |
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System Requirements |
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Windows
2000, XP, or 2003 |
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• Intel
Pentium II (or equivalent) or higher |
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• 64
MB RAM Minimum, 256 MB RAM Recommended |
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• 30 MB
Minimum Hard Drive Space |
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• Valid
Licensed Copy of Crystal Reports 8.5, 9,
10 or XI installed prior to installing
.rpt Inspector. |
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.rpt Inspector works with these Crystal
Decisions / Business Objects products |
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• Crystal
Reports Standard, Professional,
Developer, Advanced, and Server versions
8.5, 9, 10, and XI. |
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Business Objects Enterprise XI |
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• Crystal
Enterprise 9 and 10. |
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• Most
OEM Versions of Business Objects
Enterprise, Crystal Enterprise, and
Crystal Reports 8.5 - XI |
Important: Use the following Install Key to
activate the trial version after installation.
RC00 - HKCK - XN8M - LJCE - SXL0
Note: Trial is a
fully functional product for 30 days, limited to
15 combined saves.
Download the .rpt Inspector product brochure.
Download a trial version of .rpt Inspector 3
Professional Suite for Crystal Reports version 8.5
Download a trial version of .rpt Inspector 3
Professional Suite for Crystal Reports version
9
Download a trial version of .rpt Inspector 3
Professional Suite for Crystal Reports version
10
Download a trial version of .rpt Inspector 3
Professional Suite for Crystal Reports version
XI
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