1. Inside Crystal Reports 7 for DataFlex T.M. Arnett Training Specialist

2. New Features of Crystal 7 Tour of Crystal 7 Using Crystal from VF6

3. Professional Version  Report Designer  A powerful ActiveX designer for Visual Basic  New Query Designer / Java  Web Reporting / Viewers  Additional SQL Features & Tools  Client/Server  Using ODBC Data Sources

4. Map Expert  Helps identify trends  Map on summary fields; subtotals & cross tabs  4 map layouts  5 map types  New view called the Analyzer tab

5. Enhanced Charting  Helps to analyze data  11 chart types  47 chart templates  an editor for creating custom charts  Bubble; Radar & XYZ charts  New Analyzer Tab

6. Enhanced Cross-Tab  Suppress empty rows & columns  Suppress subtotals & grand totals  Split wide cross-tabs over page breaks and repeat the row labels  Specify separate background for row & column grand totals  Conditionally format cells  Specify order of rows & Columns

7. Running Totals  Easy to use dialog  field to total  when to total  when to reset it

8. Document Import Tool  Convert old ASCII text reports into Crystal Reports  Map the report fields to the original database  Generate the report whenever you want

9. Highlighting Expert  Quick formatting to currency & numbers  One dialog to setup  condition  background color  border style

10. Field Mapping  more database control  allows you to remap a field value

11. Enhanced Formula Editor  Long Formulas made easier by:  Bookmarks  Search & Replace  Rearranging elements of the formula  entirely new look

12. Enhanced Exporting  Export reports to:  MS Word  MS Excel  Saves the report as a temp file and will automatically open it in the appropriate application.

13. Parameter Fields  Greater flexibility  multiple default prompting values  range limiting  edit masks

14. Enhanced Subreports  Increase report organization  Data remains hidden until user drills-down on the frame

15. Using Crystal with VDF  Configure to use indexes  Set Location (same as report)  Place.RPTs in the \DATA directory

16. Let’s create a report!

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