[DUG] CRViewer.dll from delphi

[Neven MacEwan]

Rohit
> Final remark - I dont know anyone that is a fan of CR.  That should 
> tell you that at least we are honest and practical about it  :-)
I wouldn't describe myself as a 'fan' but when I started using it (about 
v3) there was nothing to compare with it as a way of doing
ad-hoc graphical reports on PC databases, which I why I chose it to 
integrate in my delphi apps.

It was as revolutionary to us for reporting, It avoided "export to 
excel" reporting (yuck!)
Similarly in database support  flexql (an SQL Query and UPDATE tool ) 
was an amazing development, It
meant we could carry around on on 1.44 Mb floppy the means to track down 
and correct database corruptions.

You can slag it all you like but despite the best efforts to destroy 
itself its still a powerful report writer, the worst
thing was always the company itself  (crystal, seagate, crystal 
decision, business obj & now Sap)

The only thing near to it is cognos which never really reached the PC Space

I tried recently to have a play the MS SQL Reporting Services and guess 
what, I
had to install IIS (I use Apache) at which point I gave up and went back 
to CR

N


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> Jeremy Coulter wrote:
>> I have a question about this.
>>
>> Why do people use Crystal reports then have the whole overhead of dlls
>> qwerky delphi units instead of products such as ReportBuilder, Rave, or
>> FastReports which are 1. native Delphi code and 2. are just as good as
>> Crystal? An 3. no dlls.
>>
>> Its just an interest qustion than mean to start a flaming session. I have
>> not used Crystal and Delphi since like Dephi 5 and that was only because I
>> had to so we didn't have 2 sets of identical reports to maintain.
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz [mailto:delphi-bounces at delphi.org.nz] On
>> Behalf Of Rohit Gupta
>> Sent: 7 March 2009 10:19
>> To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
>> Subject: Re: [DUG] CRViewer.dll from delphi
>>
>> One of my employees used it and got our app working.  The only reason we
>> have not migrated is that
>>
>> Before we could just copy the CR dlls to the users fatclients or TS
>> sessions.  Now we have to use an MSI installer to install it on ever
>> workstation (automatically).  Its not a goer yet.
>>
>> I think it was easy enough, just use the new vcl and tiny changes in the
>> calling procedure.  If you have specific problems, I can ask her.
>>
>>
>> Neven MacEwan wrote:
>>   
>>> Hi
>>>
>>> I'm playing with the CRViewer.dll for Crystal 11 has anyone used this?,
>>> Unlike any other OCX ive used
>>> this seems to be full of IUnknowns!
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Neven
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