help!!!!!! crystal reports

[Sharleen]

i am thinking of using crystal reports... it is easy to use..??

what steps are involved in creating crystal reports in VB6.


thanks

[mrbiam]

I would use the dataReports located within visual basic, most everyone does.

[Sharleen]

I am using them now but I cannot export them .. well I can export them but the layout gets totally screwed. ANy help there?????????

thanks

[smh]

I have been happier using the dataReports. I think they look better with VB than the Crystal Reports also. Crystal reports aren't too hard to use, unless your reports get very complex though.

[Quintonir]

This seems a good moment to me to ask: What the hell is Crystal Reports? I saw it standing somewhere a few times and stuff, but never really looked at it. What is it?

Thanks,


Quintonir



(Ask a lot lately, but that's because this is the first time I can actually ASK VB questions to people.)

[Sharleen]

My reports look great using datareport ..but I need to export them or save them to email to others.. but the layout is lost when i do that.. any ideas?

[smh]

Crystal Reports is just a report generator to help you make organized reports that are pleasing to the eye easier. You can use it with many types of databases to quickly create reports.

Sharleen, I don't have an answer for you. I have only used them in my VB projects.

[smh]

What version of Crystal Reports are you using?

If it's 7.0 or later, read this....

http://community.crystaldecisions.ne...s/c2003190.asp

[smh]

I'm sorry....Ignore that last thread. You are using the dataRereport designer not Crystal Reports. I can't find an answer for you on the data Reports exporting

[dcarlson]

I use crystal reports 8 and you can create more complex reports than with VB datareports. Although, I've found that the exporting with crystal reports doesn't always turn out the way you want, but you can export.

[Achichincle]

If you're trying to export DataReports why don't you try exporting them to HTML (for which there is already a method) and then you can include that in your email (by using something like vbSendMail.DLL).

When you export the DataReports it probably sends it out as text and that's probably what's screwing up your formatting. Try using a fixed-width font such as Courier (not Courier New) or MS Fixed Sys and see if your formatting remains.

[Rob3161]

Hello I am a new user of this forum and don't know how to ask question in Forum.. Please Can anyone HELP Me? My Email is [email protected].........

[klintsovi]

Hi,
Is there a tutorial or some sort of manul for report generation?

Thanks

[majestek]

can dataReports be used with ADO/ODBC connections? If so how? I would appreciate a quick reply. Thanks

[Sparkie]

Been using crystal reports for some time now and just begining to to work more in VB than SQL. Crystal is okay, not too hard to learn and yes there are problems when exporting retc. As far as manuals etc out there...there are. Borders actually has several different ones. I am not too impressed with the maunals comign from programmign aspect. Seem to be more " here look at this, pull this here....." I feel the manuals have a bit to be desired when it comes to showing what formuals or how to og about getting//building formulas, search crieta etc....

[squirrelly1]

can someone please tell me how to find/use dataReports... Does it come with VB6 Pro SP3???? This sounds like a lot easier way to give reports than totally creating the forms and such myself!!! thanx,

~Squirrelly1