Re: Next vresion reporting

From: Serge Dosyukov (serge_at_argosoftware[DOT)
Date: 10/20/03 

Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:22:00 -0700

I was using CR since v7
it works just fine in many different situations
there is almost no problem to distribute a engine (I did write couple of
scripts myself for CR7 and CR8)
there is no problem in changing SQL in current version.
if we look at IDE - compare RB and CR - you will find many similar things...
Updates? yes this section in horrible, but they do better now, there is
consolidated updates available and many issues addressed...
So version 9 is better...
Main advantage is Reports without Delphi (this is from user stand point) and
you can still use active data connectors to get data directly from Delphi
code if you would like.

Rave....? I think it will get same features very soon.

...
I do not have any problem to use Rave but I do not want to be limited to it. 

-- 
Serge Dosyukov
Borland Delphi 6 product certified
MCP
"Programming is not a job; it is a style of life."
"Richard Grossman" <rgrossmanDELETE-THIS-PART@techIII.com> wrote in message
news:3f944d4d$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> I'm totally amazed to see demand for Crystal Reports.
>
> I completely detest Crystal Reports.  The IDE is horrible and slow, you
> have to start over just to change the original query (and it deletes all
> fields connected to a query when the query is deleted), it can't
> properly handle fields calculated in SQL without using a stored proc and
> then you can't change anything about the query except the where and
> order by clauses at run-time, figuring how to distribute the necessary
> drivers on user workstations is pure black magic and trial-and-error,
> and the website can't tell you which updates you need without wading
> through pages and pages of irrelevant downloads.
>
> This is based on Crystal Reports 8.0.  I didn't go for the 8.5 upgrade
> because I saw no evidence of even an attempt much less a commitment to
> fixing these problems.
>
> And now they have stopped supporting version 8.
>
> Has it gotten any better with Crystal 9?
>

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