Crystal Reports Licensing?
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Hi. Im thinking of using crystal reports in my companys applications but im not sure how the licensing works. The main question is: if i dont require the clients aplication to have a report designer, only print preview, printing and exporting, which license must i purchase? I dont think i need the "Crystal Reports 9 Report Creation API Named User License, English", cause it includes the designer "...in order to integrate end user report creation capabilities into thick-client desktop applications.". But i havent found another licensing program for my case. Anyone with experience in this can help me?
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Hi. Im thinking of using crystal reports in my companys applications but im not sure how the licensing works. The main question is: if i dont require the clients aplication to have a report designer, only print preview, printing and exporting, which license must i purchase? I dont think i need the "Crystal Reports 9 Report Creation API Named User License, English", cause it includes the designer "...in order to integrate end user report creation capabilities into thick-client desktop applications.". But i havent found another licensing program for my case. Anyone with experience in this can help me?
Miguel Lopes wrote: Anyone with experience in this can help me? When I used Crystal 8.5 we had to make sure that we had a license for each client even though all they were doing was viewing the report (ad-hoc). We looked into using them for reporting over the web; however we decided to go with Data Dynamics because they have a royalty-free report designer. Besides, Crystal Reports over the web is way too expense, call them and they will quote you a price. X|
Nick Parker
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. - Theodore Roosevelt
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Miguel Lopes wrote: Anyone with experience in this can help me? When I used Crystal 8.5 we had to make sure that we had a license for each client even though all they were doing was viewing the report (ad-hoc). We looked into using them for reporting over the web; however we decided to go with Data Dynamics because they have a royalty-free report designer. Besides, Crystal Reports over the web is way too expense, call them and they will quote you a price. X|
Nick Parker
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything. - Theodore Roosevelt
Hi. Thanks for the quick answer. I started looking at Data Dynamics for their "Active Reports" products, but it seems it only works with VB! Im a VC++ programmer and im in a middle of a vc++ software development, so vb is not an option. On the other hand, it has an activeX version... can i access it easely through vc++?
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Hi. Thanks for the quick answer. I started looking at Data Dynamics for their "Active Reports" products, but it seems it only works with VB! Im a VC++ programmer and im in a middle of a vc++ software development, so vb is not an option. On the other hand, it has an activeX version... can i access it easely through vc++?
Miguel Lopes wrote: On the other hand, it has an activeX version... can i access it easely through vc++? With version 8.5 you most certainly can, you used to be able to download a free trial version which actually came with samples in the different languages, I remember it had samples for both VB and VC++. Check them out, they really have a nice product, but so does Crystal. I think it really depends on how much you are willing to pay. I haven't found anything that I couldn't do with Active Reports that I could with Crystal. -Nick
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Miguel Lopes wrote: On the other hand, it has an activeX version... can i access it easely through vc++? With version 8.5 you most certainly can, you used to be able to download a free trial version which actually came with samples in the different languages, I remember it had samples for both VB and VC++. Check them out, they really have a nice product, but so does Crystal. I think it really depends on how much you are willing to pay. I haven't found anything that I couldn't do with Active Reports that I could with Crystal. -Nick
You were right! Active Reports is really an excellent product! Ive read most of their documentation and it fits really well! Now im stuck cause i dont find VC++ samples and especially cause i dont know how can i get the required DLL's to make a test application so we can decide to buy it or not. Can u give me some links or hints? Thanks for the help in general!
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You were right! Active Reports is really an excellent product! Ive read most of their documentation and it fits really well! Now im stuck cause i dont find VC++ samples and especially cause i dont know how can i get the required DLL's to make a test application so we can decide to buy it or not. Can u give me some links or hints? Thanks for the help in general!
Miguel Lopes wrote: Can u give me some links or hints? Try Product Downloads[^], select ActiveReports 2.0 Pro unless you need to get the .NET version. I believe that it comes packed with samples. Let me know. -Nick Parker
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Miguel Lopes wrote: Can u give me some links or hints? Try Product Downloads[^], select ActiveReports 2.0 Pro unless you need to get the .NET version. I believe that it comes packed with samples. Let me know. -Nick Parker
Thanks for the quick answer! Since my last msg, i already started to use the product downloads and right now i already have a vc++ working app with the activeX. Now i only need to learn the API :) Thanks for the help! Now im on track. Ill have it incorporated in our apps within a week!
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Thanks for the quick answer! Since my last msg, i already started to use the product downloads and right now i already have a vc++ working app with the activeX. Now i only need to learn the API :) Thanks for the help! Now im on track. Ill have it incorporated in our apps within a week!
Glad to help. :) -Nick Parker