Summary

In this chapter, we've learned that building reports with Visual Basic .NET using Crystal Reports is no more difficult than it is in Visual FoxPro. In fact, for my money, Crystal Reports is a little better.

In the next chapter, we'll look at the competition: thin client. It's important to know what it is and how it works because many of your competitors will try to sell thin client applications as the solution in cases where a smart client (the same kind of applications we've been developing for years , but using an Internet-based data server) would better serve their needs. You need to understand how they work in order to understand their considerable shortcomings.