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radar charts, 300
ranged maps, 316, 316–317
RAS (Report Application Server), 557–579
components
architecture, 557–558, 558
RAS SDK, 559, 589, 591
RAS Server, 558, 589–590
web browser, 559
web server, 559
web-reporting viewers, 560
configuring, 563–565, 563, 565
defined, 485, 557
documentation, 586
ePortfolio Lite
Advanced Search Wizard, 571, 572
changing report viewers, 567, 568
defined, 566
exporting reports to other formats, 570–571, 571
HTML Interactive Viewer, 568, 568, 570–572, 570–572, 577–578
HTML Page Viewer, 569, 569
opening, 566–567, 566
printing reports, 571, 572
Report Page Viewer, 572, 573
Report Parts Viewer, 569–570, 569–570, 573
setting preferences, 567, 567–568
viewing reports in, 567–570, 568–570
installing
help files, 562–563
menu items, 561–562
overview of, 560
selecting installation type, 561, 561
Windows platform support and, 560–561
Java and, 589–591
Launchpad, 564–565, 565
limitations, 565–566
overview of, 380, 411–412, 486, 536
programming ePortfolio Lite
creating ASP web projects, 573–575, 574–575
modifying default preferences, 576
modifying user interface, 576
overview of, 573
web-reporting viewers, 577–578
restarting, 564
server-side caching, 558
upgrading to Crystal Enterprise, 578–579
uses, 566
warning, 589
white paper on, 578
RDC (Report Designer Component), 441–483, See also application development
ActiveX Designer Runtime Libraries, 444, 445, 445, 449, 478
ActiveX Viewer, 445
adding reports, 446–449, 447–449
Application objects, 450, 451, 475
Automation Server, 444, 449–450, 450, 483
building Windows applications
accessing subreports as full reports, 471
changing graphs at runtime, 468, 469
changing pictures at runtime, 460
changing record/group selection, 457–459, 457, 459
changing report formulas at runtime, 467–468
changing sort criteria, 461–463
changing Word/Excel documents at runtime, 461
choosing reports to open at runtime, 475–476
creating program counters, 456–457
Crystal Report events in, 455, 455
and deploying, 481–483, 482
displaying database connection information, 472–473, 473
displaying reports with new parameters, 464–465
exporting reports, 465–467, 466
loading reports manually, 475–477
looping through collections, 462–463
looping through objects in sections, 469–470
looping through sections in reports, 471–472
NoData event messages, 459–460
overview of, 453–454, 454
prompting for user ID/passwords, 473
repeating Group Header messages, 456
setting report parameters, 464, 466–467
suppressing subreports, 470
switching data sources, 474
COM standards and, 443
components, 444–446, 444
Crystal Report Viewer
defined, 445
displaying reports, 476–477
methods, properties, events, 459, 459
modifying, 480, 481
overview of, 449
Crystal Reports Expert, 446–449, 447–449, 451–453
Crystal Reports Select Expert, 445
Database objects, 451
Embeddable Crystal Report Designer Control, 444, 477–480, 477, 479
installing Crystal Reports for VB, 442–443, 442–443
overview of, 410, 441, 483
RDC object model, 449–451, 450
Report Bean Viewer, 445
Report Designer, 444, 448, 475
Report objects, 451
Sections objects, 451
using, 446
Visual Basic code and, 451–453
warning, 445
RDC Runtime C Headers, 411
RDO (Remote Data Objects), 267, See also ODBC
Read-only option (sections), 212, 214, 217
Read-only option (text objects), 58, 59
Reading Order options (paragraphs), 63, 63
real-time data. See deploying reports
rearranging groups, 42, 42, 153–154, 154
record selection formulas, See also selection formulas
changing criteria in ASPs, 493–494, 494
changing in Windows applications, 457–459, 457, 459
editing, 185, 185
modifying, 403, 403
Record Sort Expert, 48, 48
records, See also databases
defined, 229
distinct, selecting, 293, 295
evaluated by running total fields, 168
in groups, sorting, 47–48, 48
processing, 355–357
redundancy in Crystal Enterprise, 550–552, 551–552
relational databases, 228, 228
Relative Positions option (sections), 212, 214, 217, 218
Remote Data Objects (RDO), 267, See also ODBC
removing, See also deleting
templates from reports, 350, 351
report alerts. See alerts
Report Application Server. See RAS
Report Bean Viewer, 445
Report Bursting Indexes, 384, 384
Report Custom Functions folder, 96, 96
Report Definition format, 390
report design environment. See configuring design environment
Report Designer Component. See RDC
Report Engine Automation Server, 410
Report Explorer, using formulas in, 89–90, 90
Report Footers, 23, 23, 208, 208
Report Headers, 23, 23, 208, 208
Report objects (in RDC), 451
Report Options dialog, 371, 373, 376
report output. See data output
Report Page Viewer, 560
Report Part Viewer, 74–75, 75, 560
report processing, multi-pass
defined, 354, 354
flowchart, 354
formulas for forcing, 361–362
overview of, 353, 362
Pass 1 processing
charts, 358
constants, 355
cross-tabs, 358
data retrieval, 355–356
group subtotals, 357
group summaries, 357
grouping data, 357
local record selection, 357
maps, 358
overview of, 354
server-based record selection, 355–356
simple recurring formulas, 356–357
sorting data, 357
storing data, 358
Pass 2 processing
complex charts, 359
complex cross-tabs, 359
complex maps, 359
complex sorts, 359
group selection formulas, 359
in-line subreports, 360
OLAP grids, 360
overview of, 358
pages on demand, 360
running totals, 359
WhilePrintingRecords formulas, 359
Pass 3 processing, 360–361, 361
specifying execution time, 361–362
report sections. See sections
report summary information. See summary report information
report viewers, See also Crystal Report Viewer
ActiveX Viewer, 445, 487–492, 488, 560
in ASP .NET pages, 516–517
changing in ASPs, 498, 499
creating in ASPs, 487–492, 488
customizing in .NET applications, 506
in Distribution Expert, 403, 404
HTML report viewer, 498, 499
interactivity with, 516–517
Java report viewer, 498, 499
in RAS
changing, 567, 568
HTML Interactive Viewer, 568, 568, 570–572, 570–572, 577–578
HTML Page Viewer, 569, 569
overview of, 560
Report Page Viewer, 572, 573
Report Parts Viewer, 569–570, 569–570, 573
reports, deploying. See deploying
reports, embedding reports in. See subreports
reports, programming. See application development; ASP; .NET;
programming; RDC
reports. See building; formatting; modifying
reports as web services. See XML
repository, 131–145
adding objects to, 92, 95, 126, 134–135, 134–136
creating a new, 142–144, 142–143
custom functions in, 126, 132–133, 133
customizing, 141
database tables, 142–143, 142–143
defined, 131–132, 132, 145
installation directory, 141, 141
linking to new locations, 144–145, 144–145
opening Repository Explorer, 132–133, 133
replacing, 142–144, 142–143
repository objects
adding to reports, 139–141, 139
deleting, 134, 138
disconnecting from reports, 141
managing in folders, 133, 134
modifying, 136–138, 137–138
naming, 143
overview of, 132, 133
updating, 137–138, 137–138, 141, 381, 388, 389
warning, 134
security permissions and, 143
Repository Custom Functions folder
accessing, 133, 133
Add to Report option, 95, 95, 139, 139
defined, 96, 96
Repository folder, 7, 246, 247
Reserve Minimum Page Footer option (sections), 212, 214, 217
Reset Page Number After option (sections), 212, 214, 215
retrieving data. See data retrieval
RGB color values, 222, 223
right-click menus, See also context menus
for cross-tabs, 325
for OLAP grids, 335, 336
for report templates, 345, 346
rotation, text, 60
.RPT files, defined, 4–5
.RPT files, e-mailing, 382, 383
.RTF files, 390
rulers for field placement, 37, 38–39
running total fields, See also formulas; summarizing data
creating, 166–167, 166
defined, 34, 97, 164–165
processing, 359
records evaluated by, 168
using, 167, 167
when to use, 165
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