Best application for VB6 reporting?

What is the best application available for VB6 reporting?
Is Crystal Reports the best?

I like Crystal, but Ihave not used the VB "built in" report writer

If you face budget constraints you could always use either Excel or Access for your reports.

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Originally Posted by Hack

If you face budget constraints you could always use either Excel or Access for your reports.

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Also, you can use the built-in data report from vb6 IDE, as long as you got the data environment defined.

Crystal Report is good, but too much overhead when you need to deploy the application to the users.

Crystal. Had some problems with build-in report cutting of / getting to the bottm of A4 paper size.

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Originally Posted by mapperkids

Crystal Report is good, but too much overhead when you need to deploy the application to the users.

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It's just a couple of controls and a report form - not much overhead at all.

I've always used Cognos Impromptu and haven't had any problems but I can't compare it to the others as I've never used them.

Crystal is very powerfull but since it was sold to Business Objects new releases are NOT VB6 freindly - if you can get Crystal 8 (8.5) then go for it. Otherwise stay away - nothing but the headach.
Another good option is Active Reports 2.0 from Data Dynamics.

Both (Crystal and Active) are not free - in fact they are expencive.

Moved.

I use Crystal 9 - very easy to use with VB6

Data report is very nice. But one drawback is we cannot get running total and page wise total

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Originally Posted by RhinoBull

Crystal is very powerfull but since it was sold to Business Objects new releases are NOT VB6 freindly - if you can get Crystal 8 (8.5) then go for it. Otherwise stay away - nothing but the headach.
Another good option is Active Reports 2.0 from Data Dynamics.

Both (Crystal and Active) are not free - in fact they are expencive.

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:confused:
I don't understand you.
I have no problem with CR11 and vb6