Hello Crystal Reports Team,
Please see some of the issues and questions
I have had about the software.
- 1) CR doesn’t seem to be great at creating reports
where each page needs its own custom design (like a magazine). Any ways to make this easier?
- 2) CR has issues when you use multiple datasets. It seems to want you to create sub reports for every query. Are there easier ways for this too?
- 3) Is there a way to add expressions that tell
whether or not a picture is to be shown?
- 4) The graphs and charts on the report are going to
use custom images. Is that possible to create?
- 5) Are there any syntax guides for Crystal Syntax?
We are currently using Visual Studio Report Designer and
SSRS which creates RDL reports. What are the main benefits over SSRS? We are
definitely interested in your software but we need to know for sure if it can
create something similar to a magazine layout.
So far we have looked into Microsoft Publisher, Indesign, Active Reports, and Telerik Reports.
1) Microsoft publisher and Adobe Indesign can't connect to a dataset so we can't use that.
2) Active Reports would work great but its too expensive for the software that distributes reports automatically.
3) Telerik reports seems similar to Crystal Reports but its more expensive so we weren't sure what the differences are.
The main reason why we would want to switch reporting applications is because Visual Studio has a 96 DPI limit so when we print reports the images look terrible. We worked with a graphics designer to design the way our reports look, however, we can't find an application suited to build a report that looks like a magazine and can handle at least 300 DPI.
Please let me know what you think. If we can get your software to do what we need then we will probably buy it.
Thanks!
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