Crystal Reports Using Desktop Applications, ASP. NET and XML Web Services with Visual Studio 2008

Duration 1 Day

This course is meant for those who want to use Crystal Reports with Desktop Applications, ASP.NET, and XML Web Services by using Visual Studio 2008. Trainees should be familiar with Crystal Reports or who have taken Crystal Reports Design I, II, and III. In addition, trainees should be familiar with .NET environment.

Note: No textbook will be provided in this course.

Who should attend?
This course is designed for report designers, who have taken CR: Report Design I – Fundamentals of Report Design and CR: Report Design II – Business Reporting Solutions and who are responsible for creating and distributing reports.

What will I learn?
After completing the course, learners will be able to:

  • Describe report processing
  • Use Subreports
  • Create complex formulas
  • Use Custom Functions

Course topics
Desktop Applications

  • Describe Multipass reporting
  • Use evaluation time functions
  • Use a dynamic array

ASP.NET Applications

  • Create Complex Formulas
  • Use Loop Control Structures
  • Use Arrays Functions and Loops
  • Use Nested Functions

What are Web Services?

  • Create Custom Functions
  • Use Custom Functions
  • Modify Custom Functions

Crystal Reports Web Services

  • Define subreports
  • Create an unlinked subreport
  • Create a linked subreport
  • Create an on-demand subreport
  • Using shared variables in a subreport
  • Use Shared Variables
  • Using Subreports to Link “Unlinkable” Data
  • Troubleshoot Some Common Subreport Issues