Re: Crystal OR Dev Reports

MADEIRA SALLY <softsense_at_home.com> wrote:

>I also will be using a VB Front End....
>
>Thanks Again
>
>MADEIRA SALLY wrote:
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>> What do you think!
>>
>> Creating Client/Server and Intranet based reporting tool. What is
>> better to use - Crystal reports or the Developer/2000 reports?
>>
>> I actually like crystal but what is the opinion out there?

For sheer flexibility and integration with programs like VB I believe nothing compares to Crystal....After a long research project into data access tools, our agency selected Crystal 7 over offerings form Platinum,Cognos and others because it was far easier to learn and teach and offered the widest array of deployment options...

While Dev2000 reports 'may' be more powerful in what they can do, modifying them is no trivial task and distributing them to end users can be problematic ----

Another feature we liked about Crystal 7 was its free ( that's as in no cost ) run-time component which lets you run pre-defined reports on a client workstation without having to install Crystal on that workstation and at no cost, no matter how many users have it set up....Although pre-defined, the reports can be made nearly ad-hoc thru the use of parameter fields that will prompt for selection criteria at run-time.

This my sound like a commercial for Crystal, but iI assure you I am not now, nor have I ever been, a Crystal employee or shareholder ----

This is one person's opinion, so treat it as such....

John Greco
MnDOT Human Resource Office
Email to john.greco_at_dot.state.mn.us Received on Thu Jun 24 1999 - 15:53:18 CDT