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Try having to do Crystal Reports in VB.Net!
Contract I had some years ago, seemed their reports were taking longer and eating more resources. Turns out that the CR reports were aggregating data across all of their data in their main transactional DB (and re-aggregating every time the report is run). Then not archiving old data no longer required for the reports (over 10 years worth)...
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Me? I gave up on it many years ago when I thought to try it in some early Visual Studio. A co-worker recommended it - he used it with Visual FoxPro (warning enough?).
Anyway, when I found out that I couldn't modify values at runtime (e.g., a caption with a user's name) I did a good-riddance. Eventually I started to use the 2-D Drawing tools and all has been well, since.
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Look I know you're new, and you don't know the site well, but...hang on a moment...
Eight years?
You've been here for eight years and you still haven't noticed the red text at the top of the page? Or did you think that doesn't apply to you?
Ask it here: http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/ask.aspx[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
The problem with the no of years on the internet is that you can never tell if they are genuine. Mother of Winston Churchill, 1880. : )
btw my question will definitely lead to technical question as I have mentioned I am working on a project. but if you can't wait, I can not do anything and will not get help.
am2013
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am2013 wrote: btw my question will definitely lead to technical question
So why not take it to the right forum directly?
am2013 wrote: will not get help
You're not going to get that here in the lounge either...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Sorry I got confuse with that many forums.. going to post in the right forum as link provided.
am2013
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Quote: Technical discussions are encouraged IMO, OP could easily lead to a discussion.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Be ashamed.
Be very ashamed.
No self-respecting developer associates crystal reports in any way, shape, or form with programming.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Quote: can anyone tell me what exactly they mean by Crystal reports merge module?
There is a Crystal clear message on the top, please don't merge Crystal Report in Lounge.
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Thanks for reporting that!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Who chooses CrystalMeth anymore? You can generate FAR superior content using raw HTML and some wizzy CSS. There is nothing in CrystalMeth that you cannot do less painfully using raw queries and some mark-up.
Ditch the useless crutch, CrystalMeth is for retardon MBA Wuckfits who do not understand how a computer works beyond a fanboyz Pavlovian reaction to shiney.
I had to use CrystalMeth in the past, but I'm in recovery.
veni bibi saltavi
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One does not simply quit once one has been drawn into it by its slimy tentacles. And remember: the first time is always free...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
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Thanks God I am not MBA.
But even I don't understand how computer works.
am2013
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Computers work, CrystalMeth doesn't.
That is all you need to know.
veni bibi saltavi
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then why SAP acquire it for their BI?
am2013
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SAP is a not a development tool, it is an accountancy tool. A frucking painful one at that.
CrystalMeth and SAP are a match made in hell and I hope they both burn in a fireball together.
veni bibi saltavi
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SAP is not development tool but an ERP and developing for an ERP is not a child's play. but you can't understand this because you are not an erp developer.
am2013
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I, for myself, is happy to have a boss who purchased a DevExpress License. Their XtraReports are very nice, and have very few (if any) pitfalls. And it was by far cheaper than developing it on our own.
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am2013 wrote: how crystal report work
Short answer is 'seldom'.
am2013 wrote: can anyone tell me what exactly they mean by Crystal reports merge module?
If I recall correctly: Since Crystal Reports <spit> has parts that isn't managed code it has to be installed separately from the Dot.Net code. This is done using a merge module.
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Jörgen Andersson wrote: Short answer is 'seldom'. Now you're being unfair Jörgen. Once the report is designed, it works fine. It's the designing part that doesn't work.
I do believe that it's quicker to run a query manually in SQL Management Studio and write down the result by hand - EVERY SINGLE TIME you need the report - than it is to design a Crystal Report and not only get it to work, but also to look reasonably nice...
Jörgen Andersson wrote: <spit> Hey, watch it! Those were my nice pair of shoes!
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant Anonymous
- The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine Winston Churchill, 1944
- I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy. Me, all the time
modified 10-May-16 8:28am.
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I have not used Crystal Reports since version 9.
My company bought the upgrade to version 10 and it would crash when generating our report.
Still waiting for the bug fix
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Crystal Reports? The sanctity of this place has been fouled!
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