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Crystal Reports 2008 User's Guide

Crystal Reports 2008 Windows

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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction toCrystal Reports 2008 27 About Crystal Reports................................................................................28 About the Crystal Reports documentation.................................................29 Locate information quickly....................................................................29 SampleReports....................................................................................29 Chapter 2 What's New in Crystal Reports 2008 31

Introduction................................................................................................32 Advanced information visualization with Flash, Flex, and Xcelsius.....33 Improved end-user report viewing experience.....................................34 Enhanced report designerproductivity.................................................34 New flexible deployment options..........................................................35 Flexible application integration.............................................................36 What's different..........................................................................................37 Chapter 3 Installing Crystal Reports 2008 39

Installationoverview..................................................................................40 Installing Crystal Reports 2008..................................................................40 Installation requirements............................................................................41 Installing Crystal Reports on a local machine............................................41 To install on a localmachine................................................................42 Creating an installation point and installing from a network server...........48 Creating an installation point for Crystal Reports.................................49 Installing Crystal Reports from a network............................................49 Customizing yourinstallation.....................................................................56 Running a silent installation.......................................................................58

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Setting custom banners.............................................................................64 Upgrading Crystal Reports components....................................................65 Chapter 4 Quick Start...